The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-02-27
DIVORCE BILL
IS SIGNED BY
GOVERNOR BOYLE
He Felt Constrained to Accept Meas
ure as Expressed Will of Peo-
pie of State
EFFORT TO LEGISLATE
WARDEN OUT OF OFFICE
tendent of State Police En-
OfficiO Warden

CARSON CITY. Feb. "a. - Gov
ernor Boyle today signed the six
months residence divorce bill. The
bill restores the law relating to d.
vorce as 1T was two years ago..
Governor Boyle said he was con-
strained to accept the measure as
the will of the people. and hat he
believed the Legislature would now
enact a law to permit the early sub
mission to a referendum vote of laws
passed by the legislature.
CARSON CITY, New, Feb. "a
Somewhat of a sensation was Gre
ated today by the introduction of a
bill by Bradshaw of Humboldt coun-
ty aimed at the official head of For
mer Governor Dickerson, now war
den of the p%enitentiary. The bill!
provides hat after April /. 1915, the
superintendent of the state police
shall be ex-officio warden of the pen
itentiary. The bill establishes the
salary at $4,000, which shall be pay
ment for all services as superintend-
ent of state police and warden. IL
makes it mandatory on the part of
the official to give all his time to
the duty of his office, and failure to
do this is made m~alfeasance in of.
flee. The bill was introduced short
ly after the bill amending the state
police law by making the warden
ex-officio superintendent had been
ma 10 q Cn0nia1 nr6nr on motion Of
Bradshaw for tomorrow afternoon
In case the Bradshaw bill passes,
Supt. Burke would automatically
become ex-officio warden.
Senator Kendall introduced the
n~inety-day referendum bill in the
senate this morning.
The senate backed up this morn
ing end took its orders from the as
sembly, passing the assembly bill re.
ducing the salary of the mineral
land commissioner from $4,000 to
$1400. The senate some time ago
passed a bill abolishing the office,
but it was tabled in the assembly.
The vote on the bill was IL to 10.
The Fitzgerald legislative appor-
tionment bill was passed. by the
senate after prolonged discussion.
The vote was 16 to G.. Voting
against the bill were Arnold, Buol,
GauIt, Harrington, Huskey and Ken
ney. 1t was amended so as not to
affect the present legislature and an
amendment making it operative be-
ginning with the twenty-ninth legis-
lature was voted down.
The governors referendum bill
was introduced in the assembly yes
terday afternoon by Schmidt of Nye,
who offered it last Tuesday, only to
have it rejected by a party vote.
Schmidt said after introducing the
bill that he expected it would be
passed and that he had the promise
of enough republican votes to put
it through the lower house. Tie
bill vas not introduced in the SEN
ate. No effort was made to have the
assembly bill declared an emergen-
cy measure, as was done last week.
1t was referred to the judiciary COM
mittee. Senate leaders say the
measure has small chance of passage
in the upper house.
Senator Arnold introduced a bill
yesterday preventing any state en-
ploye from holding more than one
office or drawing more than one
salary at M time. The bill makes
it a misdemeanor for any state en-
ploye to violate its provisions.