Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-31
PEOPLE MAY
DECIDE LAW
BY BALLOT
NEVADA POLICE BILL CAUSE
OF DISCUSSION
REFERENDUM GIVES PUBLIC A
CHANCE TO VOTE ON 1T
Petitions Now Being Circulated and
If Measure Is Enacted It VIII
Probably Be Submitted
for Lection

BY Associated Press.
CARSON. Jan. 30.-There is de-
termination by the members OF the
special session to wind up its WORK
either tomorrow or by noon Saturday
sunday will make the full twenty days.
The question of submitting the po'
lice measure to a vote of the people
of this state through the constitution
unde- the initiative and referendum
is causing considerable debate among
these interested on either side. The
referendum law passed the Nevada
legislature during the session of 1901
and became a part of the constitution
by approval of the people in 1904 This
measure provides that whenever lO
per centum of the voters shall so pc
tition, any law passed by the legisla-
ture shall be submitted to the vote OF
the peopIe. When a majority of cleo
tors signify their approval of law it
shall stand as a law and shall not be
annulled. When such majority shall
signify their disapproval, the law so
disapproved shall be void and of no
effect
Petitions Prepared
Petitions are already prepared and
will go out as soon as the legislature
adtorrns. The act giving the attorney
general power to appoint deputies IN
any county in Nevada to assist IN
prosecuting criminal cases was passed
in the assembly this morning. The
bill becomes a law as soon as the
governor aftixes his signature.
This is a bill acting in conjunction
with the police measure. The original
minority who opposed the police meas
ure voted against the bill, so to 2.
A bill appropriating $4,000 for fur
nishing the Mackay building at the
university was passed. Several minor
measures were referred to the COM
mittee of the whole and will be taken
I'm this afternoon. The judicial bill
creating a separate district of Esmer-
aida county, which passed the senate
Yesterday, was referred to a special
committee of the counties interested
in the assembly.
To Adjourn Saturday
The senate assed a resolution this
afternoon setting the time of adjourn
ment of the special session OF the
legislature for noon Saturday. The file
is clean in the house. which assures
the passage of all bills by the time
There is quite a fight progressing
over increasing the salary of the lieu
tenant governor. A bill was drawn and
referred to q committee increasing MS
salary from $500 to $4,000 year. 1t
was found that tho measure was un-
constitutional, the office being cleo
tfve.~ A substitute was offered making
the lieutenant governor the commits
sary of the new police force, carrying
an appropriation of $1,000 a year. After
several attempts were made to reduce
the salary in the senate 1t finally
passed. There will undoubtedly be
opposition in the house.
The special committee introduced
measure making 1t a felony to offer
bribe to any officer or member of any
labor organization to induce him to
prevent or cause a strike, or prevent
appearance or furnish testimony in
case of criminal or civil trial. The
bill passed the senate this afternoon.
Another measure that is threatened
with amendments in the house is
measure that has passed the senate
making it lawful for any member of
the Nevada police force, sheriffs, dis
trict and municipal officers TO accept
free transportation. Members of the
house will open the door wider and
admit the public at large.
The assembly passed a memorial
asking congress to maintain the Car
son industrial school, also the bill ap-
propriating s25, 900 for the state library.
Both houses adjourned until tomorrow.