The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-03-04
BOND ISSUE ASKED
. FROM LEGISLATURE
Especial Correspondence.)
Carson City, March, 3, 1911.

Editor Silver State:
Monday might well have been
termed "Humboldt County Day. in
the assembly, for Mr.. Robins intro
duced five bills, two of which apply
only to his home county, the remaining
three being of general import.
Assembly bill No 175 provides that
all witnesses summoned by the District
Court of Humboldt county to testify
in criminal cases shall receive as com
pensation the sum of $3.50 per day
from the date of their first appearance
in court until excused, and ten cents
for each mile actually travelled in go
ing to and returning from court.
Assembly bill No. III provides that
the Humboldt county auditor shall
draw warrants for the payment of the
salaries of county officials on the first
day of each month for the previous
month IS salary.
Assembly bill No. 176 amends see
tion three of the act relating to ap-
pointment of notaries public as fol-
lows: Section 3. The bond, together
with his oath of Office, shall be filed
and recorded in the office of the county
clerk Of said county
Assembly bill No. 178 amends sec
tion one of an act entitled AN act
to provide for the payment of attor-
neys in certain cases. to read as fol-
| lows:
Section /. An attorney appointed
| by court to defend a person indie
ed for any offense is entitled to receive
from the county treasury the follow
| ing fees: For a case of murder, one
hundred dollars; for felony or mis-
demeanor, such fee as the court may
| fix, not to exceed fifty dollars. Such
compensation shall be paid by the
county treasurer out of any moneys in
the treasury, not OTHERWISE appropriat
ed upon the certificate of the judge
of the court that such attorney has
performed the services required.
! Assembly bill No. 179 empowers ad-
ministrators to execute all bonds or
contracts entered into by deceased
person.
Bonds for County High School Build
ing.
! On February 2s Mr. Robins intro
duced assembly bill No. 1874 which
authorizes the commissioners of Hum
holdt county, within 100 days after
passage of the act, TO issue bonds in
| the sum of $4,000 for the erection and
| equipment of county high school
/ building at Winnemucca.
The bonds are to be issued in de-
nominations of $500, bearing interest
of not to exceed six per cent per an
mum, and shall not be sold at less than
! par value.
Within ninety days after the ap-
proval of the act the county commits
sioners are empowered to adopt plans
and specifications for the erection of a
county high school building in the
town of Winnemucca and advertise for
bids and let the contract for the con
struction of the building. 1t is pro-
vided however, that the plans Tor the
building shall be approved by the state
superintendent of public instruction,
ard the site for the building shall be
selected by the state board of educa-
| tion.
Section IL of the act provides for
the payment and retirement of the
bonds as follows: For the purpose a
special tax shall be annually levied on
all the real and personal property Of
the county, including the proceeds of
mines, from which two of the bonds
shall be retired annually, beginning
with the first Monday in July, 1912,
until l6 have been paid; thereafter
four of the bonds shall be paid each
year until the entire issue shall have
been retired.
To Build State Road.
On February % senate bill No os
was introduced, which provides for the
construction, by the convicts in the
state prison and inmates of county
iails along the line of the proposed
highway, of state wagon and auto
mobile road, beginning at or near the
town of Teeoma, in Elko county, along
or near the line of the Southern Pacific
railway, passing through the towns of
Wells, Deeth, Elko, Carlin, Palisade,
Beowawe, Battle Mountain, Golconda,
Winnemucea, Lovelock, Reno, Carson
City and Genoa
Puts Ban ON Contract" Goods.
Assembly bill No. 1S9, introduced
by Mr. Hacker on February 2S, makes
! il misdemeanor, with heavy fine,
for any manufacturing or distributing
firm doing business in the state to fix
or attempt to fix the price for which
any article shall be sold to the con-
sumer.
For County Displays at Expositions
Senate bill No. 100, introduced by
Senator Reymers on February 27, auth
orizes county commissioners to levy a
special tax to defray the expense of
countv exhibits at expOsitions.