Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-08-22
Receivership State Bank & Trust Company
Does Not Constitute an Extraordinary
Occasion for Convening
Legislature

, mitted TO the Senate, the latter body
must give the accused ten days no.
! tice prior to the date set tor hearing.
Thus the time remaining for the &C
J tual trial. prior to the termination ~
, the session by Constitutional limital
ton. in all likelihood will be less than
five days and probably not more than
two or three days. 1t seems obvious
that fair trial of an accused q am
not here particularly referring t.
! Judge Langan) where the evidence in
. support and ContraventiOn OF the
/ charges is complex and voluminOus
can hardly be given in such limited
time think that it is well-estab-
liShed fact that all unfinished busineS
: before a session of the Legislature
expires with the session. Hence, if
a trial were unfinished on the eNpira-
ton of the 10th day, a second special
session would be necessary to deter
mine the case. in justice to the accus-
I ed, if innocent, or to the state, If
the accused be guilty. As the pro
ceedings would have to be reinstitu-
ted. it is fair presumption that the
total Constitutional period of the
second session. or forty days from
beginning. would be occupied with
the proceedings.
Il the proceedings against jn
dicial officer be not by Impeachment
VII of the Constitution, it is difficult
to see wherein an equal length OF
time would not be consumed. In re-
spect to the independent authority OF
the Legislature to proceed during
special session under said Section 3.
| entertain the same belief as in re-
spect to proceedings under Section
of the same Article: relating to i'm
peachment. to wit: That the Legis-
lature requires no authorization from
the Governor to such procedure.
The report OF your office concern
ing the receivership of the State
Bank & Trust Company and Judge
information My only official conhec-
ton with the issue relates to the
question whether the same cOnstitut-
es an "extraordinary OCCASION With
in the meaning of the Constitution
which would justify me in convening
the Legislature by proclamation
therefor. Upon this point. have
submitted my answer.
The question must arise in the
minds of intelligent people, however,
whether, if ! believed from the ev!~
dence presented that Judge Langan
is guilty Of malfeasance. the same
should not present itself to ME as
an Extraordinary OCCASION, for
which the LEGISLATURE should be con-
vened. If I so believed, / would
convene the Legislature for such pur-
pose
The failure of the State Bank &
Trust Company caused immeasurable
sorrow. woe and grief to thousands
and affected for years the prosperity
of this state 1t loosed the abundant
elements for strife, discord and con
tlicting interests, INVOLVING thousands
in hatred, distrust and desperation al
the consciousness of irreparable loss.
The far-minded must agree that any
Judge, compelled to act as the arbl-
ter OF the salvage left, in which the
battle of interests, responsibility and
liability of officers, directors, stock
holders, depositors and creditors OF
the defunct institution had to be
fought out in court. and slowly the
tangled skein unraveled, could not
have been infallible in every instance.
Or that even infallibility, on his part,
could have perusaded all those whose
interests were wrecked, or whose
greed to get at the salvage may have
been thwarthed that the judge had