White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-14
from Lincoln County
Satirizes Freak Legislation

Freak legislation is satirized in Assembly Bill No. 1913. which .
. Is sponsored by Scott of Lincoln county 1t endeayors to provide :
a farming code and fix rules governing the rlgns Oh laam Dols
in the state. The measure has beer referred to tne 'uoie'afs '0~
Employment in all agricultural industries is hereby declared .
to be injurious to health and dangerous to life and hmo. :
onIy n price for commodity shall be lawful. A farmer de- .
string to change a price shall flea schedule thereof with TN M :
mission hereby created. which shall go INTO meet ehrs uas
after. unless suspended by the commission at the instance OF any :
consumer.
the burden whereof shall be N the farmer, that existing prices re .
eonhscatory of his goods and gear. In its discretion h eomm1s- :
sion ma refuse to permit any such increase uni a auo s
its engineers and accountants shall have been taken In such vaE .
ulation. the farmer shall have n 0 credit for past profits invested in .
new fields or improved structures, but shall be allowed only original .
cost plus borrowed money invested.
Commodity" as used herein. includes all grains. vegetables .
live stock. and dairy articles. except sand, gravel, and manure .
Every hired man shall work eight hours only per day, not n .
Guiding the Sabbath. and shall not reeommence work unless he .
has completed a period Of not ies eighteen ours oi aosoiue :
res and quiet. He shall not work on the Lords day. on legal .
holidays. nor o the divorce bills birthday.
Every farmer shall hire n more hired man han lis ork .
requires
The only permissible exceptions to the two foregoing section .
sshan be periods Of stress resulting from earthquake. volcanic .
eruptions. o European invasion.
All wagons and poles and dOubletrees shall be provided with +.
automatic eouplers. s that the hired m need not go between the .
wheels of the wagon and the heels of the horses OIL mules
All wagons shall further be supplied with suitable brakes. .
graphing irons. strrups, and platforms of standard dimensions .
to be fixed by the commission.
All bulls. when moving Q the highway o r in nnfeneed areas .
shall be equipped with a bell of not less than fifty pounds .
weight. a steam whistle. and an electric headlight of not less than .
1l5o0-candle power. .
No COW. irrespective of capacity. shall be permitted to give /.
in excess of SO quarts of milk per day while operating within .
the lines of this tate .
Sheds shall be built over all fields where hired men have to .
work in summer. .
This section tS) is hereby omitted for fear this act might .
be declared unconstitutional .
All field engines and machinery shall be fenced in, and all .
betting shall be eneased in metal housings. and all grindstones. .
ehurns. hay-cutters, bulls horns. and other moving parts shall be .
strongly encased in sheaths for the protection of the hired men. .
All sheds. barns. and other outbuildings shall. in cold .
weather. be adequately heated, and at all times shall be well light .
ed and poiiced. .
If a calf is delayed in arriving or is born dead. the farmer .
shall instantly provide another o whose calf shall be born that .
day. .
The commissions inspectors shall weekly inspect all gasoline .
or Limousine automobiles If a cylinder is missing, the farmer .
must find it before he u on the road again. .
The right to mortgage real estate is a franchise reserved to .
the state. No farmer shall make any mortgage or incur any in .
debtedness extending for a period Of more than n month, with .
out the written approval of the commission obtained upon petition .
and hearing, and upon the payment to the state treasurer OF ten .
cents for each hundred dollars of such Indebtedness. In .
debtedness incurred without such consent shall be void. unless 1t .
be shown that said farmer a within a cattle district duly .
All acts or parts of acts in any a repugnant to the rights .
of tners of the soil re hereby repealed. .
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