Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-04-07

eu IhFO1aplN VIII rtCN' ilHcn''a'iph
that it do pass. Mrrch Sih, read
third [timel and lost by the following
vote: Yeas ID. Nays IL, Absent 3.
March Sth. returned to the Senate.
". T. Virgin. ASS. CT. rk Assembly.
March nth, returned from the Senate
on a recall. Reconsiirre1-placed
on third reading aid final passage
read third time and passed 10y the
following vote: Yeas II. Nays 3
Absent 1. March 9th, returned to
the Senate.W. I. Virgin. Asst. CLERK
Assembly. Mar. .. 90. Received III
Senate aud sent to enrolment
On the face OF the bill following
the last sec.lrn is the following:
James Z. Judge,
Pre- iieut of The Senate.
T J Oshnrn,
-Secreatry Of the Senate.
Il Allen.
Speaker Of the Assembly.
Nate ". Riff.
-t'hirf Clerk of the Assembly,
Governor Sadler in vetoing this
bill sard.
MY objections to the bill are
founded mainly on the history Of the
passage Of this measure as crown 10y
the legislative oil, ors. II the ehid
histor! is correct rs enrolled 81. the
bill. the procedure in the legislature
Is ST. ir 'eGuiar us to ere Ite III my
mind serious doub M re-. pccling the
actual enactment Of a bill III II con-
slit Iti"nul manner. lne financial
condition 81 the state is such that
procedure under the duub ful au-
thority Of the history which read. rs
follows: March Stll read the third
time and lost, ayes ID. nays l., absent
,. March Sth returned to Senate
Mar h oh 70 urncd FRO S-n It 10
Assembly on re al. Rc.onJi lie 'el.
placed al third reading pnd final
passage. Read third time and passed
10y the following vote: ! eas u. nays
>, absent H. cannot he considered M
correct"
II will he Sc III from this hi .tor, ms
given by the Governor IN his veto
message Is published IN the Carson
Appeal, hat the vote by winch the
bill pas 'ed the Ass ,mbly was rs fol
lows: yeas 81, nays >, ab Ont IL
This is evidently an error, either OF
the Governor or the Appeal. since
no such vote appears On the enrolled
bill. The vote 10y which it passed
beng according to the history on the
back OF the enrolled nll as follows:
-icas 81, nays 3. absent T..
Tho manner OF cnacting laws il
prescribed by Section IL Of article "
OF the Stute constitution. An exam.
ination OF that section will convince
any II that from the history Of Sen.
ate bill No. 1G. first given above. it
passed through every stage Of lcgis.
lation prescribed by the con titu'ioD
md possessed all the constitu iouul re
quircmenis to make il a valid statute
had tho Governor affixed his sIgniure
This section of the constitution reads
us follows:
Section Is. Every bill shall lac
read by acc ions nn thrcou separate
dayH in each house. unless in case Of
emergency, two.thirds ~ the house
where such bill hay he prn1ing shall
deem II necessary Ia dispense with
the rule; but the reading ~ u bill by
sections, On it tinal passage shall in
no case be dispensed with nnfl hr vote
on final passage ~ every b II or joint
resolution shall bc taken 10y yeas md
maya TO he recorded on the journals ~
each hiu1c; aud u major ~ ~ al the
mpmbrrs elected 10 each honsc piirll
bc necessary a. rats each bill or ini
resolution, md all bill or j int rcso
lu'inus 90 pass d shall be signed by
the prcailmg nnlc 'rs u the tc'pc D..
tive houses and Ivy the Secretary ~
Senate md CLERK OF the Assembly. =
Had the Governor signcd the hill il
would have been upheld by tho Su
pfcme cour, under lie doctrine laid
down N the foil wing ga tes ropnr'ml
in the ~ II Negadl: State ~ Nevada
va. Swift. pagc' iTG -2e1. and State
1 Of Nevada va. Rogers. pages