Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1903-02-20
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! Boz Sen ne mud Assembly branch
es "f t." legislature are we'll into
their WORK now.
The most important bill enaeted
during thc past week was the irriga-
ton Bill reported by the Committee
on Agriculture Senator Newlands
has fathered the bin all the way
through and appeared before each
branch ofthe Legislature when the
bill was up for consideration and
fully explained its object and the
benefits hopad 0 be derived from its
enactment The bill carries with it
an appropriation of Sl2, 100000 to
carry its provisions into effect. 1t
has passed both houses and will be
approved by the Governor.
In the Senate the following bills
introduced by Senator Freudenthal
have passed that body.
Senate Bill No $40 provide for
display of Nevada products at the
Worlds Fair, st. Louis Exposition,
with an appropriation of 80, 100000
for the purpose.
Senate bill No 23-To provide for
the appointment of deputy Poll Tax
Collectors, and allowing them as
compensation, sum equivalent to
ten per cent of the amount collect
ed by them, There is no provision
in the statute at present authoriz-
ing appointment for this purpose or
for collection of personal property
or bullion taxes, but such comissions
have been allowed by Commission
ers for number of years past adding
to the county's revenue, through
having more collectors in the field
and stimulating them to greater
effort The bill applies only to
Deputy tax collectors and not the
several County Assessors. Many
Secretaries of Corporations act as
collectors and many more poll taxes
will be collected by this means.
Senate bill No. 27-Amends the
present law requiring that all arti-
cles of property for which one is as
sessed. shall be published in detail,
and requires only the real estate
values, improvements, and personal
property values to be printed. To
print each article assessed involved
SO much work and expense that
many counties in the state could not
comply with the law at all. By the
new bill the cost of publication is
not increased, and remains at not to
exceed twenty cents name.
Senate bill No. 28-Refers to
Boards of County Commissioners in
convassing election returns and lin
its the time to Is days within which
a recount may be demanded by
candidate who has been defeated by
ten votes or less. Heretofore no
limit of time has been fixed and this
has resulted in much discussion, and
brought on law suit in Washoe
County at the recent election, where
two parties contested for seat in
the Assembly.
The bill OF Assemblyman Vaughn
of searchlight; requiring mining
operators to put chain ladders in
shafts has been defeated by large
majority in the Assembly branch.
The q. s. Circuit Court has been
occupied for several days hearing the
arguments in the case of the Salt
Lake Mining Co. vs.. the Tonapah
Mining Co. and involving valuable
mining ground at the new camp.
Col. A. @. Ellis, now of Salt Lake.
but formerly of this place, w. E. F.
Deal and Thos. Wren of Reno, and
Campbell & Metson Of San Francisco
all leading and bright lawyers, are
in the case.
A number of balls, parties, theatres
etc. have furnished diversion from
official duties, and the coming event
is the Inaugural Ball, to take place
ON the 23rd., and to which invita-
tions have been very generally ex-
tended in the state to not only
polititions, but to friends of Gov.
Sparks as well, and it will be the
event of the Legislative season.
Carson has had its cold snap too
along with other sections Of the
state. Many water pipes have been
frozen and for the past ten days, the
thermometer has registered from
zero, to l6 degrees below.