The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-02-13
R1IL TO THAT EFFECT
INTRODUCED BY SEN. BELL
I.oyelock Looks Upon Measure With
Suspicion and Sends Delegation
to Secure It's Defeat

Lovelock last Wednesday, by the dis
covery, in the legislative proceedings
nublished in the Journal, that Senator
Bell had introduced bill in the senate
providing for the issuance of bonds
for the erection of high school al
Loveloek.'
The publicity committee was hur
riedly called together, and wire was
sent to Senator Carpenter, requesting
copy of the bill. This was received
during the night. when it was dis
covered that it was proposed to post
pone the election called fer the purpose
of determining the location of the
high school until the next general elec
tion. After a discussion of the sub
ieet the committee decided that such
action would be detrimental to the
interests of Lov,lock in the premises,
and accordingly w. I. Pitt and ex
Senator O Kane were at once sent to
Carson City, with instructions to Sc
cure the defeat of the measure, if
possible
As the bill does not come up until
the first of the week. it is impossible
10 tell what Messrs Pitt and O Kane
have been able to accomplish in the
matter.
The full text of the bill is as follows:
SENATE BILL NO. 20.
Introduced by Senator Bell, February
8, 1909
Rules suspended reading so far con
sidered first reading, rules suspended,
read second time by title and referred
to committee on education.
AN ACT
To Amend Section One of an Act En-
titled An Act to Amend an Act
Entitled An Act Permitting the
Establishment of County High
Schools in the Various Counties of
This State, and Providing for the
Construction, maintenance and man
agement Of the Same, Approved
March 4, 1895. Approved March
10, 1907.
Whereas, At the last general election
a majority of all the votes of Hum
boldt county Nevada, were cast to
establish a county high school in said
county; and
Whereas Under section ! of an act
OF the legislature # the state of Ne
vada entitled can Act to Amend an
Act Entitled AN Act Permitting the
Establishment Of County High Schools
in the Various Counties of This State,
and Providing for the Construction.
maintenance and management of the
Same, Approved March 4, 1895, ap
proved March Is, 1907, the board of
county commissioners of said county of
Humboldt located said county high
school at the town of Winnemueca, the
county seat of said Humboldt county;
and
Whereas, Under said section |, a
petition was duly filed with said board
OF county commissioners praying that
said county high school be located at
the town of Lovelock in said Humboldt
county, and requesting that the ques-
tion of such change Of location be
submitted to the voters of said Hum
boldt county at a special election to
be called by said board of county
commissioners for that purpose; and
Whereas, Said board of county com
election to be held in said county Of
Humboldt on the 30th day of March
1909; and
Whereas Such special election VIII
entail great expense to said Hum
holdt county, inasmueh as il will
necessitate new registration of the
qualified voters of said county OF
Humboldt; and
Whereas such great expense could
be avoided by submitting the question
OF the location of any county high
school at the next general election to
be held in the state after any petition
for such location has been fled; there
fore,
The People of the state of Nevada
represented in senate and assembly
do enact as follows:
Section !. Section | of said act is
hereby amended to read as follows,
Sertion I Jf maiority of the
votes cast on the proposition to estah-
hsh p county high school shall be in
the Affirmative, it shall be the duty of
the board of county commissioners
within 30 days after canvassing said
vote, to locate the high school in the
place in said county which said board