Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1909-02-12
Objectionable BILL
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o INTRODUCED BY :
q SENATOR BELL

With the Special election to
decide the matter of the location
of the new County high School,
scarce fifty days off, Senator
w. J. Bell introduce in the senate
last Tuesday, the following bill:
SENATE BILL NO. 30.
Introduced by Senator Bell, February
9, 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 Gan 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, 1885," Approved March
Is, 1907.
Whereas, At the last general election
a majority Of all the votes of Hum
boldt county, Nevada, were cast to
establish county high school in said
county; and
Whereas, Under section l of an act
of the legislature of the state of Ne
vada entitled can Act to Amend ar
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 Winnemucca, the
county seat Of said Humboldt county;
and
Whereas, Under said section l, 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-
ton 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
missioners has ordered such special
election to be held in said county of
1909; and
Whereas, Such special election will
entail great expense to said Hum
boldt county, inasmuch as it 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 filed; there
fore,
The People Of the state of Nevada
represented in senate and assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section l. Section l of said act is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section l. If majority of the
votes cast on the proposition to estab
lish county high school shall be in
the affirmative, it shall be the duty OF
the board Of county commissioners
within 80 days after canvassing sail
vote, to locate the high school in. the
place in said county which said board
shall deem most suitable and conven
lent for the purpose. If, after th'
county commissioners shall have locat
ed said high school, there shall be
presented certified petition, bearing
the signatures of at least onefourth
Of the qualified voters Of such county
according to the last general electio
returns, said petition requesting 5
vote on the question of the location OF
the county high school and specifying
q desired location. said board of coun
ty commissioners shall submit the ques
tion of such location to the voters Of
the county at the next general elec
tion; provided, that where any specia
election has been called by thf
board of county commissioners of ou'
county ip this state, prior to the pass
age of this act, to submit the quest Of
of the location of any county higi
school to the voters in any such coun