The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-03-06
TAX COMMISSION
BILL UP TODAY
VARIOUS MEASURES BEFORE
BOTH HOUSES OF NEVADA
LEGISLATURE

CARSON CITY, New, March l.
The second battle on the tax commits
sion bill will be fought this after
noon in the senate, the compromise
bill having been made a special or
der for 3:15 on motion of Bradshaw
of Humboldt, one of the opponents
of the bill. A flood of bills was
introduced in the senate and noticed
in the assembly this morning.
Senator Harrington gave notice
that he will introduce bills provid-
ing for a commission form of gov
eminent for the state and a board of
freeholders for municipalities. TIE
bills will be introduced tomorrow.
Babcock gave notice of the intro
duction of a short ballot" bill which
provides for the commission form of
government for this state. 1t will
require a constitutional amendment
before becoming a law.
Babcock also gave notice of 4 bill
providing for one house of the leg
islature and another providing for
the appointment. of members of the
supreme court to serve for life.
Senator Huskey introduced a bill
giving to all persons or corporations
who have invested more than $4,000
in the packing house business a
franchise giving them the right to
carry on such business for a period
of fifty years with the privilege of
erecting similar plants adjacent to
or in the immediate vicinity of the
parent plant.
The law applies to cities polling
we $500 votes for United States
senator and has a proviso clause
which protects the right of the city
to regulate, tax or license such es-
adjustments.
A bill a%bolishing the state fish
commission and for the appointment
of a state fish and game warden at
a salary of $500 a year and an Of
flee deputy at a salary of $1,000 a
wear was introduced by Senator
Thatcher, chairman of the fish and
game committee, today. The bill
throws all the duties of the fish and
the state warden and also vests him
with the authority of enforcing all
fish and game laws. The sheriff in
each county is made deputy game
warden, and his compensation is :
be 20 per cent of all licenses col
lec'ed. The fish and game license
law is unchanged except that the
state warden and his deputies issue
all licenses, the money so derived to
go into a state fund.
A new revenue law was introduced
by Chaplin In the senate today. 1t
covers all forms of revenue and re-
peals many of the present revenue
laws. Among the laws ~re-enacted
are the ten round boxing law and the
law fixing the license of concert halls
at $500 a quarter.
Whitesides of Mineral introduced
a joint resolution providing for the
annexation by Nevada of a portion
of California. 1t proposes to make
the boundary line of the states the
Sierra Nevada range of mountains.
Scanlan introduced a bill repeal
irg all poll tax laws O standing
on the statute books and a resOlu-
ton repeating all portions Of the con-
~stitution providing for poll tax laws.
Lieutenant Governor Sullivan, as
president of the senate, cast the de-
Gliding vote on the passage of the bill
reducing the salary of the mineral
land commissioner today. He voted
for the bill, the roll call standing
II to H.. Senator Fulmer had a pro-
test entered on the journal of the
senate. holding that the president of
the senate has no right to vote OH
a bill.
The governors referendum bill
was taken up by the senate this aft
ernoon under a special order. The
vote was 7 to Is. Voting for the
bill were Carpenter, Elliott, Harring-
ton, Hesson, Kendall, Kenney and
Seaman. Huskey spoke against the
measure, saying it was clearly un-
constitutional. Harrington disagreed
with Huskey, and said the bill shouid
pass and eliminate from future leg
islatures certain questions passed up"
on during the present session.
DEADU A WORK