The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-12-05
ECONOMY COMMIT.
TEE HOLDS SESSION

Tie Citizen Economy commission,
created at the suggestion of Senator
Newlands to devise means of reducing
the expense of conducting the state
government, held a session in Reno
Yesterday.
There were present A. J. McCone,
who presided at the meeting; Clay
Tallman of ToEopah. y. S. Dickerson
Of Carson, Professor Romanzo Adams
Of Reno, Senator Levi Syphus of Lin
coin, John Henderson of Elko, Hugh
II. Brown Of Tonopah, r. M. Price Of
Reno, A. Il. Merritt of Fallon, John G.
Taylor of Lovelock, August Frohlich
Of Reno and George ellison of Carson
finance committee was appointed,
which will collect funds to carry on
the work of the commission 1t is
composed of one member from each
county in the state, as follows:
|. II. Kent, Fallon, Churchill coun-
ty; +. >. Walsh, Carson City, Ormsby
county; R.R G. Turrittin, Reno, Wash
oe county; w. c. Pitt, Lovelock, Hum
holdt county; w. E. Sharon, Virginia
city, Storey county; Jules Labarth,
Mason City, Lyon county; Grant
Mush, Minden, Douglas county; John
II. Miller, Hawthorne, Mineral coun-
ty; James A. Mcbride Elko, Elko
county; G. v. Jenkins, McGill, White
Pine county; John J. Kirehen, Tono-
pah, Nye county; w. Il. johnson,
Goldheld, Esmeralda county; John
Park, Las Vegas, Clark county; Mil
ton L. Lee, Phoebe, Lincoln county;
Joseph Miller, Austin, Lander county;
4 @ II. Duborg Beowawe, Eureka
county.
Other Committees.
i Four other committees were ap-
pointed, the first being called com
nittee to investigate and report on
the workings and operations of the
present laws of Nevada relative to
taxation, with especial regard to
equality and uniformity of taxation;
also, with regard to the appraised
( value as compared with the cash
value; also with reference to the bull
lion and the license laws. The mem
bers are Messrs. Adams, Frohlich,
Gibson, Syphus and Taylor.
I The second eommitte is ont to make
a comparative study ard report on the
laws OF other states on the subjects of
appraisement and taxation of proper
8 ty with particular regard to those
+ sStftSS tiftf&hS SOuuiJlVuS SfHl1ldT TO
Nevada; also to report on inheritance
tax. The members are Messrs. Brown,
Tallman and Dickerson.
The third committee is to investi-
gate and report On the state finances
Tor preceding years respecting sources
! Of revenue and disbursement, and the
members are Messrs. Henderson, Me
Cone and Merritt
! The fourth committee is to investi-
gate and report on the feasibility and
4 possibilities OF more economic ADMIN
Istration of state affairs the members
! being Messrs. Dickerson, Price and
Adams. Mr.. Brown was named on this
committee, but was excused that he
might devote more time to the second
committee.
! 1t is estimated that at least $4,000
to $4,000 will be required for the COM
mittee to properly carry on the duties
outlined fer it in the call for its ap-
pointment. How to raise the money is
one of the difficult questions the COM
mittee must thresh out Various
plans have been suggested, among
others that each of the Is counties of
the state provide a certain proportion
OF the fund. Some counties, it is said
might give not less than 800, while
the larger and more prosperous ones,
~ asnce and Elko, migt be call
ed upon for 5000 or even 5000. In
this way it would be possible to raise
at least $4,000 with little trouble.