The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1915-03-26

f ~ ib' many biilS uIlOn W TIT
Late legislature, "A great many will
prove beneficial to the state, many
more will work injustices and the re-
suit from many will have to be waited
for before Judgment may be passed.
To comment on every measure that
was passed would be an uneasy task
and IL Is not our purpose to go into
details concerning each bill A brief
resume of the most important ones,
however. Is given.
First and foremost comes the disr.-
gard of Gov. Boyle's recommendation
This would seem to come from the
fact that In both houses Republicans
Mere in control. But this cannot he
the reason for the action. as Repno.i.
can members of both houses wsra
more inclined to support the soy-
ernor's pet measures than were lie
Democrats
Economy, the WORD that is so oiten
used before election. but which seems
to be given over to the scrap heap
! after the leaders OF the two lelisla-
tive branches have wrapped 70. order.
took the usual curse this session.
The total expense of the twenty
seventh session was approx..eafeiv
$4,000 while the expense OF IT, eles-
ious session was slightly above tie
$4,000 mark The total abbrolria-
tions for the session just CLOSED a.
mounted To l.io0.0o far In advance
of amounts appropriated by tha pre-
eeding legislatures.
The salary of deputy sart eyer
general was increased to S2.lO9.
The office OF mineral land con.niis-
n =.
the attorney general S2.5oo var.
continues. althoug1 the salary has
been cut 10 81, 400 IA year
An attempt was made II eat The
salary of the chairman OF the railroad
commission from Satbo To $1,000. Int
the bill was killed in the Assemblg by
unanimous vote.
The bill appropriations sj.nnr Tor the
Improvement OF tn, capitol b4iiding
and grounds was votoed by the gov
ernor last Saturday. ! ecause ho said
the sufficient funds had leen pras11-
ed In the general appropriation act.
The university will not haNe the
new s7o.o0o agricultural leiilding this
year. the bill for that purpose having
been defeated. The university Jared
we'll enough at the hands of the leg
quest was granted. A public service
department, designed for the benefit
OF settlers in the research for artcs ian
water. was established Appropri1.
lions We're made for the analytical
laboratory, hygienic laboratory. food
and drug control, weights and mea-
snres department. soil laboratory,
extension experiment station. new
1pri.ult1lral fa 81 a
the purchase OF the Evans tract of
land adjoining the university grounds.
The Virginia Mining School will
continue to educate the miners in the
scientific side of mining. A school
similar to the one in Virginia was es-
tablished at Tonopah.
The solons appropriated sl56. 900 for
the maintenance of the prison, exclu-
sive OF the $4,000 appropriated for the
preparation of plans for a new prison
and paying convict labor for cutting
the stone
creation of bord of charities and
corrections. Ii was proposed To place
his board over such institutions as
the prison, orphans home, reform
school, insane asylum, etc.
8 b' b'i'tto VI tiit 1919 water ldN ,
ms pointed ont by the supreme court
were remedied in new law. The new
law accords with the views of the
governor, attorney general aud state
engineer.
I The governor has a few DAYS left
III which to consider the bill eonsoli-
dating the offices of warden of the
prison and superintendent of the
state police. placing the latter in
charge of both offices.
The state board of control bill did
not pass. Neither did the bill TO
create the office of state purchasing
nor that providing for the central
clerical department. These were
! Boyle's pet measures. He thought he
could reduce the running expenses of
the state by fifty per cent If these
three measures passed, but the legis-
lature thought otherwise. Another
pet measure of the governors was
the one reorganizing the legislature.
This bill did not suffer the fate OF
the other three. although II received