Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1903-03-13
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Lincoln County Record


Monaay next will be the last da,
for which pay will be allowed the
10 ,islators at this session. The un-
6nished work on haud however, will
require several days more to dispose
nj aud the legislature is not libely to
adjourn until about Friday the 18th.
Lincoln County's interests are re-
ceiving attention. The objections
nised in the County to the bill in
troduced by Assemblyman Syphus
10 increase the salary of the county
School Supt has..resulted in the IN
PRODUCTION of bill by the Lincoln
County Delegation consolidating the
Office of School Sup't with that OF
District Attorney, as it was previous
to four years ago, and the salary, as
before, will be $1,000 per annum.
The law is to take effect from the
first Monday in January 1905.
The bill introduced by Syphus to
refund the bonded debt of the
County was considered by the Lin
coin County Delegation, and after
discussion was amended, and passed
the Assembly branch. 1t will pass
the Senate branch also when 1t
comes up for action there.
The present Redemption Fund IN
the County Treasury was created in
1885 for the purpose of paying scrip
issued between April 1873 and
April 1875. While the books show
some of this scrip to be unredeemed,
yet none has been presented for pay
ment for several years and in order
that the books of the Auditor and
Treasurer may be squared, Senator
Prudential has introduced a bill
repeating the law that created the
Redemption Fund and providing
that any scrip against it may be paid
at par from the General Fund.
Senator Prudential has also in
troduced bill authorizing prospect
ors to enter on unimproved and un-
fenced lands owned by individuals,
to prospect for minerals. Mineral
land IS not supposed to be sold under
agricultural applications, but it is
hard sometimes to determine
whether land contains mineral oil
not and thousands of acres OF such
land are held by individuals who
neither improve nor prospect it, MOI
will they allow others to prospect it
The bill has passed the Senate and
will doubtless pass the Assembly.
School District taxes, levied il
addition to the state and county rate
do not find favor. Bunkerville anc
Searchlight Districts who recently
voted an extra tax with which t.
build school houses are the only ex
amples furnished in Lincoln count.
in the past Is years. While specia
tax levy for the express purpose o
continuing a school term has no
been levied for longer period thai
that.
The school law has always assum
ed that six months school would b
held each year in district, and tina
if the state and county apportlor
ment to district was not sutficler
for such length of time, additions
means would be raised by specis
tax in such district. This has nj
generally been done however an
Assembly Bill No. 129 makes it con
pulsory on the part OF trustees OF
district when the ordinary fun(
will not keep the school open s
months, the levy a special tax Il
such purpose, and provides that al
district which does not hold $
months term, shall not be entitled
any apportionment Of State
County money thereafter.
By Senate Bill No. 81 introduce
by Rolf, County Commissioners a
authorized to accept and approve tt
bond of any county officer, when tt
bond is given by a Surety Compal
which is qualified by the laws oil n
yada to do business in this Sta
This is a good measure and will J
lieve both officers and their frlen
from much trouble and will ma
the giving of large bonds, co
paratively easy matter,