The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-03-06
Protecting the Farmers

FroteCtin9 SHe ra'"c's
Assembly Bill No. 1873, introduced by
Mr.. Scott February 26, 1915.
An act to provide farming code and
fix the rules governing farmers and the
rights Of farm laborers in the state OF
Nevada.
The people of the state Of Nevada.
represented in senate and assembly. do
enact as follows:
Sc tion /. Employment in all agri-
cultural industries is hereby declared to
be Injurious to health and dangerous to
life and limb.
Sec. 2. Only one price for given
commodity shall be lawful. farmer
desiring to change a price shall file a
schedule thereof with the commission
hereby created which shall go into eff
feet thirty days thereafter, unless sus-
penedd by the commission at the In
| stance of the consumer
Sec g. No prices shall be Increased
| however, except upon due proof, the
burden whereof shall be on the farmer.
that existing prices are confiscatory
of his goods and gear. In it's discretion
the commission may refuse to permit a. y
such increase until valuation by its
engineers and accountants shall have
been taken. In such valuation. the farm.
! er shall have no credit for past profits
invested in new fields or improved struc-
lures, but shall be allowed only origi-
! nal cost plus borrowed money invested.
Sec. 4. Commodity as used herein.
includes all grains, vegetables, livestock.
J and dairy articles. except sand, gravel
and manure.
Sec. S. Every hired man shall work
eight hours per day only, not including
the Sabbath, and shall not recommence
work unless he has completed period
of not less than eighteen hours Of abb
solute rest and quiet. He shall not work
on the Lords day, nor on legal holidays
4 nor on the divorce bills birthday.
Sec. 6. Every farmer shall hire one
Q more main than his work requires.
Sec. Z. The ony permissible rules to
. the foregoing sections shall be periods
! of stress resulting from earthquakes VOL
k canic eruptions, or European invasion.
e Sec. All wagons and all poles and
e double-trees shall be provided with au'
e tomato couplers. so that the hired mar
e need not go between the wheels of the
& wagon and the heels Of the horses o.
al mules.
l. Sec. 9. All wagons shall further b
q supplied with suitable brakes, grapplini
IS irons. stirrups, and platforms Of stand
e ard dimensions to be fixed by the com
t. mission.
& Sec. 10. All bulls, when moving ol
,e the highway or in unfenced areas, shal
J. be equipped with a bell of not less thai
re 50 pounds weight, a steam whistle. an
5 and an electric headlight of not less tina
ly. 1000 candle power.
Id Sec. II. No cow. irrespective of ca
re pacity, shall be permitted to give i
so excess of SO quarts Of milk per da
at while operating within the lines Of thi
u state.
CHI Sec. 70. Sheds shall be built over a
ng fields where hired men have to work
n summer
es Sec. 13. Is hereby omitted for fes
lis this act might be declared unconstitt
ch tiona:
IN, Sec. a. All field engines and machil
lat ery shall be fenced In, and all beltil
he shall be be encased in metal housing
W and all grindstones. churns. hay-cutter
IS, bulls horns, and other moving par
Ing shall be strongly encaSed In sheaths
eld the protection Of the hired men.
to. Sec. Is. All sheds. barns. and 9th
i'd outbuildings shall. in cold weather.
adequately heated. and at all times sh
be well lighted and policed.
Sec 16. If calf Is delayed in arri
LIE ing or Is born dead, the farmer shall
stantly provide another COW whose G
AS shall be born that day
ark Sec II. The commissions inspect
ses shall weekly inspect all gasoline or Il