The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-02-04
Notes From The Legislature

lhe Lander OOuutl
published a notice that they will not stand for the increase OIL tine
salary Of any county official -au
Tho resolution providing for an amendment to the Constitu'
nrovidinp for the initiative and referendum has passed DOLL
Houses of the Nevada Legislature for the second time and Will .
election be submitted to a vote OF the people.
sanate Bill No. 2 which repeats the law allowing the State TO
accept gifts, grants, etc, has passed the Assembly. This allows the
Governor to refuse the acceptance OF the North Carolina oohdS'
The bill passed both Houses unanimously. !.
A bill has been introduced in the Assembly to enable boards Oh
County Commissioners to obtain data and information from any
corporation, company or person supplying water, gas, eiectricry'
telephone or sewerage to such county or inhabitants thereof, requir-
ing such BOARD of commissioners to fix the rates to be charged.
A dispatch from Carson states that there is talk among several
members of having an investigation of the awarding of the contract
for the construction Of cells and other paraphernaha In the new
pententiary. At the time the award was made 1T was claimed that
the lowest bid had not been accepted and that undue fayontism hd
been shown a Reno firm, thereby costing the State many thousands
of dollars.
Assemblyman Coppernoll of Lander County, who tried to in
form the Assembly the other day that it was not legally organized,
after engaging in a controversy with Assemblyman Ayres on the
floor of the House, went to a local hotel, wrote out a resignation
and was about to submit it to Governor Oddie. Some OF his
colleagues, learning of his intention, prevailed upon him not to take
such action.
A bill appropriating $780, 900 for maintaining a Nevada exhibit
at the Panama exposition to be in San Francisco in 1915, Is pend
ing in the Legislature. The bill makes the Governor OF commissioner
for the State to serve without salary, but authorizes him to employ
suitable persons to do the necessary work upon such terms as he
shall deem equitable and just. One half of the appropriation shall
be available January !, 1913, and the other half January ], 1915.
Ely Expositor: Assemblyman j. II. Fulmer of White Pine
County has a bill requiring all corporations doing q business with
the State to publish an annual statement. Heretofore only foreign
corporations have been required to publish reports every twelve
months, but the measure proposed by Mr. Fulmer will make it COM
pulsory for both foreign and local corporations to advise the gen.
eral public as to the disposition Of funds received and expended
during the year.
A Carson dispatch says: Although the Nevada Legislature has
only been in session since January 16, some of the members are al
ready talking of having a special session late in 1911. They claim
that the regular time of 60 days provided for by law will not be
sufficient to pass all the laws before the two bodies and to come be-
fore them, and discuss the proposition of adjourning and then hold
been economy and it is not believed that the administration will
stand for any such move.
The Assembly has passed the "recall' amendment to the State
constitution. 1t has passed the Senate and will be submitted to
the voters at the next general election. The amendment provides
that upon a petition of rs per cent of the voters of the State
county, district OF municipality who voted for Justice of the Sup.
preme Court, may file a petition demanding the recall of any State,
county, district or municipal officer, and that if said officer does
not resign within five days after petition is filed a special election
shall be ordered and the question of the officials recall submitted
to a vote of the people.
In compliance with a recommendation of the Governor in his
message and also because they have heard that certain Offices in the
State should be examined, the Nevada Assembly, has passed a
resolution providing that the Speaker appoint a Committee of
three to confer with a like Committee from the Senate and conduct
an Investigation 1.-THE financial affairs of the State government A
committee was also appointed by the Judiciary Committee to con-
fer with the State Controller and State Treasurer in regard to the
financial condition of the State at the present time. This is for the
expend on appropriations.
Sidney Flower, editor of the Yogi, and former editor of the