White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-05
THREE SESSIONS
IS DAILY GRIND
OF ASSEMBLY
LOWER HOUSE Is DELIGED
WITH AVALANCHE OF NEW
BILLS AND MEMBERS ARE
WORKING OVERTIME.

CARSON CITY. New. March g.
During the past week the chief
clerk of the assembly was deluged
with new bills, in fact there We're
enough to keep that body busg for a
number of days. to say nothing of
the work already on hand. The mem
bers of the lower house have come TO
realize that they will have TO COM
plete their legislative work within
the prescribed sixty lays, and they
are surely making a record in hand
ling legislation. There have been
introduced in the neighborhood of
two hundred and twenty FIVE bills up
to date, which is by far the largest
number ever introduced in the assem-
bly, for the corresponding time il the
session. The lower house aolds
three sessions each day aud ali bust
nes is transacted with dispatch and
the chickering's that marked the early
days of the session are now done
away With. and nothing but hard leg
islative work Is being indulged in.
One of the surprises of the session
was the manner in which the senate
HAIhifh AAt - AthhH AiNNi - hNAAt
which was thought TO nave an ex-
cellent chance of passing the upper
house when II came up for the final
vote. The day the bill was scheduled
to be called. Senator syphus asked
TO be excused for the day and II was
during his absence that the measure
was killed for the next twoyears. The
bin was taken from the regular file
and was about TO be put on the third
and final reading. when Senator As
cher of Washoe made a motion that
It be indefinitely postponed and upon
receiving a second The motion was
put and carried by a substantial ma.
jority. which means that IL cannot be
brought up again this session
unless motion is made 10 recon-
slider. and all chances for reconsider
alton was lost by a motion being
made and carried TO adjourn.
The marriage license bill introdue-
ed by Salter of Ormsby was one of
the worse mutilated bills that was
ever sent back from committee,
and If there was anything left of the
original measure. the author was un-
able TO find II. The object of the
measure is unquestionably along
meritorious lines, but every section
apparently was too drastic and upset
conditions to such an extent that II
was not considered best that IL go
into the statute books as originally
presented. One of the features that
did not appeal to a number of the
members was. that 1t contained an
appropriation clause and In view OF
the fact that so many bills. asking
for an appropriation, have been In
troduced at this session. the assem-
blymen have commenced 10 look
upon them in an unfayorable light
The Ways and Means Committee, OF
which Fulmer of White Pine county
Is chairman. seems to have no hesi-
fancy in reporting back to the assem-
bly, unfayorably about nine out OF
every ten bills carrying appropria-
tions as a result. Fulmer has his
hands full explaining TO the different
interested parties why their meas
ures do not get favorable consider
alton from his committee Fulmer
says he doesn't know but what he
would rather be a school trustee than
chairman of the ways and means
committee. especially when every
body seems to have hankering 10
get next to the state treasury. III
every appropriation asked for at this
session were allowed. the state would
have to call upon the national treas
ury for assistance and Ii is quite pos
sible that Uncle Sam would hnd MS
exchequer depleted If he tried 10
foot the bills.
Coke of Lincoln recently introdue-
ed a banking bill, every section OF
which has much merit. II this meas
ure passes, and there is every reason
to believe II will, there Will be no
more expensive receiverships and the
LAWYERS will not reap a harvest from
each insolvent banking institution.
According to the provisions OF this
bill. the depositors will not be called
upon to pay the receiver, as that
work will be done through the bank
examiner. whose salary from the
state will be his sole compensation.
The district attorney OF the county
In which bank fails will furnish
the necessary legal advice. and Will
be assisted by the attorney general
of the state.
During the week the Joint investi-
eating committee from the two
branches of the legislature have been
looking into the matter OF awarding
the contracts for furnishing the steel
cells for the penetentiary. This
contract was awarded by two mem
bers of the prison board under the
last administration. just prior to
their turning their Offices over to
their successors. and has been the
subject of much unfavorable COM
ment A number of witnesses have
been examined and II Is expected a