White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-31
First Ely Bill
Passes House
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DELEGATION, RELATING W
CIY CLAIMS, MEETS NO OPPO-
SlTION.



Carson, Jan. 30.--Assembly bill
No. 25. providing for a six months
Limitation In regard to claims fled
against cities has passed both houses
of the legislature and is the first
City of Ely bill to be acted upon.
Assembly bill No. l. eliminating
the obsolete method of copying all
bills In long hand before being
signed by the governor and provid-
ing for enrolment on q typewriter
was the first bill to actually become
a law at the present session.
Assembly bill No. IL which was
introduced by the Washoe county
delegation restores the divorce col
ony in Reno. Claims have been
made that the measure will pass the
assembly but its fate in the senate is
extremely doubtful.
A large delegation OF Reno wom-
en-, representing the Woman's Citi-
zens Club. appeared before the SEN
ate committee on railroads and the
assembly committee on public NOR
ais in an effort to convince the law
makers that the proposed race track
bill and the proposed act restoring
the six months divorce law should
not pass.
The railroad committee of the
senate, which has the race track bill
under consideration. met the delega-
ton during noon recess. and the pub
llc morals committee oi the assembly
Listened TO arguments during the
afternoon. Among the women who
pleaded for the defeat OF the bills
vas Mrs. Hazlitt, who lived with her
husband. a physician at Dayton. In
of the senate in Nevada during
1s72-74. The aged woman made
strong argument against the bills on
the ground of the moral influence
such measures would have on the
state and the detrimental effect they
would have on the growth of the
university In particular.
Attacking the argument that the
proposed race track law was for the
purpose of promoting the breeding
of good horses. the women asked
why bill of this nature or any 9th
er measure was needed TO legalizc
the promotion of horse breeding.
Statistics were quoted to show that
horse racing has ceased to be popu-
lar form OF amusement in nearly
every state in the union
Steele's pet measure providing for
medical examination OF school chill
dren has been indefinitely postponed
in the assembly. Opposition mani
tested itself against the proposed
tian Scientists. who are violently OPP
posed to all such legislation. A sim
liar bill was defeated at the last ses-
sion. The action taken in the lower
house prevents the bill from being
considered by the assembly this SEES
sion.
Arnold, Democrat. introduced a
resolution Thursday providing that
the state should pay the postage on
al, copies of bills mailed by senators.
The resolution was laid on the
table by Republican majority.
Committees have been appointed
from each house to cooperate with
the governor in the enactment OF
uniform bounty law with other
states.
test vote on the adoption of the
minority report of the committee
abolishing the tax commission in the
senate showed only ten senators fa-
voring the proposition. but a substi-
tute will probably be introduced
delegating power to the governor
with power of appointing necessary
engineers.
Fitzgerald of Nye introduced a
bill repeating the act creating the
bureau of industry, agriculture and
Irrigation. commonly known as the
publicity commission. The attempt
to abolish this commission created
one OF the most bitter fights staged
during last session of the legisla-
ture, bill identical with the one in
troduced by Fitzgerald being voted
down.
The assembly has put its foot
down on any reference being made
by chaplains to pending legislation
by passing resolution offered BY
Babcock forbidding it.
On reconsideration the bill abol-