The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-03-26
THE LEGISLATURE E'S WOhI
Is Concluded. Resume of Bills
Affecting This County In
Legal Sense.

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nine o'clock Friday morning. To-
ward the close of the session a stuff
ed club painlessly killed many of the
bills, while poorly directed efforts
failed to put the quietus on others
against which fights were made. In
cluded was the state police measure,
which survived the fuss and allows
for an armed state constabulary for
at least two years more.
The state tax commission bill was
passed providing for a new method
in fixing the assessable valuations
of Nevada. In the future the work
usually performed by the assessors
of the state, acting Jointly each jan
uary will be performed by the tax
commission. The law authorizing
the commission, anticipates that all
valuations shall be fixed at the real
market or saleable price of the prop
erty assessed.
The prize fight bill passed just as
the governor recommended 1t. 1t
prohibits finish fights and will allow
10-round glove contests.
New laws affecting Churchill
county directly include the office
amalgamation and readjusting of
salaries of the county officials.
These innovations are to be effected
by two laws. one providing for the
combining of the offices of treasurer
and clerk and of sheriff and assessor.
effective January 1st, 1915, the 9TH
er relating to salaries providing that
the sheriff and ex-officio assessor
shall receive an annual salary of
$4,000, be allowed one regular dep
uty at a salary not to exceed 500
per month and additional deputies
at the same salary, the total expense
of the extra deputies not to exceed
$500 annually. The only fees allow
ed the sheriff and assessor will be
20 per cent on sheep license collec-
tions, all other fees reverting to the
county treasury In turn the sheriff
Is to be allowed the legitimate ex-
pense in addition to his salary, in
CURED in all criminal and civil cases.
The county clerk and ex-officio
treasurer under this act will receive
$500 per annum as compensation
in full, and he will be allowed one
deputy at 800 per month.
The county auditor will suffer a
reduction in his salary from $500
to $500 and will be allowed one
deputy, whose salary and appoint
ment will rest with the county COM
missioners.
The district attorney will also suf-
fer a reduction in salary of $500, or
from $500 to $500 per annum.
All county justices of the peace
will receive s240 per annum except
in New River precinct, where the
salary is raised to $500 per annum
and in Hazen precinct, where 1t is
lowered from $1,000 per annum to
5000. These two last changes be-
come effective April 1st this year.
A law fathered by the delegations
of this and Lyon counties provides
that these subdivisions shall COM
prise a separate judicial district to
be known as the Eighth judicial dis
trict, the First district from which
Lyon county has been detached suf-
fering reduction in emoluments
from $4,000 to $4,000 and the Eighth
district being raised from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Fallon has been designated on the
route of two of the three state high
ways. the central and northern
routes, each carrying nominal ap-
propriations. In fact, the appropri-
ations are more or less farcicial, as
appropriations go, the chief object
being sought being the designation.
1t must be borne in mind that these
roads will probably be links in the
projected national highway and Fal-
Ions good fortune in securing
double designation must be appar-
ent. The Lahontan dam must rival
Lake Tahoe within a short time as
a point for sight seeing and 1t will
pic to be a magnet that will draw
the great majority of cross country
autoists through Fallon.
Another law provides that Chur-
chill county shall comprise agricul-
tural district No. Eight and as such
shall receive an annual appropria-
tion of $500 from the state treasury
to be devoted exclusively to agricul-
tural premiums for our annual True
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