The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-02-11
Notes From The Legislature

The Esmeralda County division bill passed the Asse"V'
Monday with but one dissenting vote. 1t now goes eo INC Ho "
It's rumored that a substitute for Coppernolls high
bill will be introduced. The substitute is said to include VI IL
good features of the first bill and is much larger In Its scope oeiue
intended to regulate the licensing Of the liquor traf1c Tor u ''a'e'
county and towns.
0Connor's Assembly bill No. rs is to regulate the hours OF
working labor of men employed or working on Or about ID s"i',e
of mines or mining workings. All miners are supposed 10 "oA
but eight hours, no matter in what portion OF a mine they ae 0oNAS
employed, and a penalty is named for the violation ofthe Act
Merritt of Churchill has introduced a bill providing Tor local
option. The Act, in Its title announces that 1t provides ir Il
submission at a general or special election In the several un'
within this State of the question whether intoxicating liquors. y d
BEVERAGE. should be sold therein. 1t provides for special elections
and to secure such an election the petitions must contain the
names of % per cent of the voters as compared to the last vote cast
for Secretary of State. To present the question to the people al
the same time a general election is due, the signatures d u ~
per cent of the people re demanded.
Regarding the reform tide now running high In Nevada a Gar
son dispatch of Fet. 6 says: Nevadas days are numbered a 'he
surviving remnant of the "wild and wooly West" il, In addition u
closing the gambling halls, bills now in committee should pass 'he
Legislature doing away with wide-open Gqnor laws, prohibiting the
sale of cigarettes, prohibiting gambling in any form, and requiring
one years residence before suing for divorce. With the lntroduc'
ton to day o. local option and bigh-license bills in the Assembly
this long list of bluelaws confronts the oldtime residents. Re
form measures are further represented in amendments providing
for the initiative, referendum and recall
Reno Gazette A determined effort is being made to have
the United States government arrange for the holding OF sessions o
the Federal Court in Reno, Elko and Goldfeld, as we'll as in Car
son City in this State, and with this in view the Reno Bar Assocla'
ton a few nights ago met and passed a resolution favoring this
action. A resolution has been introduced in the Nevada Legisla
ture calling upon the Nevada Representatives in Congress to take
some actionin this regard, and if it passes it will do much toward &C
co~mplishing the desired object. Judge c. E. Mack, who is taking
great interest in this matter, has talked with three of the Fedora
Judges in regard to this plan, and two of them have expressed
themselves as heartily in favor of it. Judge Morrow told Judge
Mack that he thought it would be a good thing as il
would save litigants much expense as well as save the
government considerable. Judge Van Fleet expressed nearly
the same views to Judge Mack. Judge Harrington stated that as
he is the presiding Judge in Nevada, he would not express al
opinion, but that he was willing to see this plan put into operation
if the people wanted it.