The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1915-03-26
What the Nevada Legislature
Accomplished at Recent Session

but small majority The new law
Iallows each county one senator. IL
Is claimed it vii work hardship on
Nashoe county.
The Canadian Cancellation act"
relative to the settlement of labor
disputes, was defeated after much
discussion. Several other bills re-
latins to labor We're defeated, namely
eieht-hour day bills for men and wo-
men and monthly or regular pay day
bills. A blacklist bill bill vas passed,
but so amended that it was hardly
recognized by its author
Several bills which will bring rounds
OF applause from the liberal element.
and especially Reno business men,
and scorns and Kisses from the more
6od-fearing class. came through
whole. The divorce, race track, box
ing and gambling bills will open Ne
vada TO the winds and the wnds often
carry an undesirable class of people
The tax commission bill brought
about a bitter fight. The governor,
of course, was against the cattle own
ers when il came to abolishing the
taN commission. A compromise bill
was finally agreed upon Ii consoli-
dates the tax commission, and the
railroad commission, with member
ship OF five, including the secretary
and the governor. Ii places the as
sessment of lands in the hands of the
state board of assessors, the tax COM
mission being biVen jurisdiction over
live stock, corporations and public
utilities. The bill provides that one
member of the commission shall be
a man thoroughly Versed in land and
live stock and the valuation of the
same. BY this bill the members OF
the consolidated commissions shall
devote all their time to the duties of
the commission
The industrial insurance act was
amended so that a seven-day waiting
period, 30 per cent maximum pay
ment on a maximum OF loo months
and $4,000 peyment for death or
total disability are nov necessary.
Labor men wanted hve-day waiting
period, 50 per cent payment with a
Slo,oo0 maximum for complete per-
manent disability. "A limit OF 200
months as maximum for payments
and death benefit of $4,000.
On measure, which labor repre-
sehtatives considered very important
Is the one creating a state labor COM
missioner. The duty of the labor COM
missioner will be to collect data on all
branches of labor, including the condi-
tion of employed and unemployed. the
wages paid and all other statistics
Usually collected by labor bureaus.
The labor representatives say this
work is bound to bring directly TO the
notice of the public the true conditions
existing between employers and em-
nloyes in this state and. therefore,
bound to be of great benefit 10 both.
The new primary Law is "A conlbina-
tion of the primary and convention
systems. Nominations are to be made
by party conventions and delegates
To the conventions are TO be selected
at primary election. The new gem
eral election law is almost the same
as the 1913 law on this matter, eX-
eept that earlier law contained the
primary election, general election
and registration laws Practically
the only change in the registration
law is provision designed to encour-
age the registration of women by pro-
siding that a person need make affi-
davit when registration only that he
or she is over u years of gaze.
Bills providing for the repeal of
the purity of election law were de-
feated. Just a few slight changes
We're made in the present law. The
most important of the changes Is in
creasine the amount candidates are
allowed to spend for campaign pur-
poses and limiting the amount state
central committees may pend to Sl5-
600. The employment of close re-
latives by public officials will auto
matically cease ON June LIST through
the enactment of AN anti-nepotism
law. II prohibits the employment of
relatives as deputy of clerks by state,
county and municipal officials, to the
third degree of consanguinity or
affinity.
The commission form of government
bill, appointive judiciary bill and the
referendum law was drafted under
direction of the governor, after the
! passage of the divorce and race track
bill. his intention being to get those
measures before the people for a
referendum vote. However, a refer
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