Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-13
NYE COUNTY
COURT HOUSE
McCABE'S BILL IN TIE SEN
ATES HANDS
Kew .cii;;..ran Addresses the
Senate on the Measure

Assemblyman McCahe's bill to hold
a special election in Nye county fer
the purpose of deciding en- the re-
moval CT the county seat from Bel
mont to Tonopah came before the
Senate yesterday. The Assembly
passed the bill withou. dissenting
vote a few days ago and the Senate
has had the bill under consideration
for number of days. When the bill
came UP yesterday, the Senate was
resolved into the Committee of the
Whole to hear Key P:ttman, one Of
the residents Of Tonopah, had to say
on the matter. He has been in this
city for sCme time advocating any
measure that would give the people
out that way chance to decide on the
advisability of transferring the scene
Of court and public recc,d-
MIR Pittman spoke at considerable
length in regard to the bill. He con-
tended that the provisions Of the mea
sure were absolutely just in regard To
the qualifications OF yogers who were
to decide on the matter. He sugges-
TED that instead OF Il majority vote
as McCabes bill reads. that the Sen
ate make the bill rea1 three-Afths Of
the voters The voters to be tax
payers. not these who were On the list
last year, but those who today fGot
the tax roll and help pay the county
expenses.
He cited the fact frat TOnOpah is
today paying the heaviest bullion tax
Of any district; that over two hun
dred residences have been built since
the last tax roll was completed, and
that through the results OF the dis
covery OF TonOpah, the county indebt-
edness had been reduced more than
half lie called upon The Senators to
give the taxpayers, as we'll as the PEG
pie CT Nye county a GRANGE to act on
a question that is al important TO the
entire commonwealth. With a three
fiGths provision, he believed that a
just test CT the advjsahility Of the
proposed change conld he arrived at.
Mr. Pittman was asked a number Of
questions by Nj. Ben. the Senator
from Nye who opposed the measure
and answered them in q straight for
ward manner and to the point. Br,
Pittman certainly explained the Nc
Cabe bill in ali its details and showed
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ing the county seat II Tonopah.
he bill WIS called Up cut Of order
BIZ Senate FOL I the evening SoCS-
ion and was read section by section
The amendments proposed by Mr.,
Pittman in his talk before the Com
Senator Bell voting no to all Of
fared. The bill was EIDE a special
order for today at 2 p. m. when a de
ciSion from the Senate viii esttle the
controversy, for a time at least.
AN INFORMAL PE5CEPTiON.
Governor and Mrs. Sparks VIII Enter
Governor Sparks and his estimable
wife will receive the members OF the
Legislature, State officers, also theiI
friends and citizens of the State gen
orally, at the Armory hall on Saturda,
evening
The reception will he purely infor
NAL, the Governor and his wife de
string to meet their friends and t
bid the departing soloLs God spec,
On their journey homcward.
The function will commence at
O'Clock in the evening and continue
until 10 o'clock.
An imprOmptu program will be :
feature, so that the guests will b.
assured of a pleasant evening
No formal invitations will be is
sued, and the Governor and Mrs
Sparks will be glad to give all cor
dial welcome