The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-10-31
LEGISLATIVE RECORD
OF SAM PLAT
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s; absent. 8; not voting, 2. (See Jour
nal of the Assembly. page poll
Sam Platt voted nay. That is, he
voted in favor of the old bill.
Assembly Bill No. 55, introduced in
the legislature Feb. Is, 1905, by T.. 0.
Patterson, Ormsby county. Bill enti-
tied as follows: An Act regulating the
hours of employment in institutions
of the state of Nevada.
The bill was passed Feb. q, 1905.
by the following vote: Yeas, 50; nays,
6; absent 5. (See Journal of the AS
sembly, page 1922
Sam Plat voted Yea.
Assembly Bill No. 6S, introduced in
the legislature Feb. Is, 1906. Bill en-
titled as follows: An Act defining the
liability of persons, receivers, asso-
Citations, companies and corporations
engaged in operating mines of gold.
silver, copper, coal and other mines
in this state; to employees for inju-
ries, defining who are vice-principals.
and defining who are FELLOW servants
and other matters relating thereto.
The bill was passed Feb. 81, 1905,
by the following vote: Yeas, 20; nays.
6; absent, 4. (See Journal of the AS
sembly, page 1922
Sam Plat voted Yea.
The following is the final vote and
report of Assembly Bill No. 10, intro
duced in the legislature of the state
of Nevada January 26, 1905. Bill en-
titled as follows:
"An Act defining the liability of
persons, receivers or corporations OPP
Grating railroads II street railways,
to employees for injuries, defining who
are vice-principals ana defining who
are fellow servants and other matters
relating thereto"
This bill was known as the Fellow
servant bill and was endorsed by all
the labor organizations or the state
of Nevada and was presented by Mr..
Charles G.. Smith, of Humboldt county.
The final vote was taken on February
IA, 1905. and the bill was carried by
a vote of 20 to IA.
Yeas - Messrs. Anker. Belzar,
Blake, Clark of Lincoln, Cole, Coryell,
Craze, Gushing, Henderson, ingalls,,
Mccain, McCourt, Norman, Regain,
SMALL, Spindel, Staunton, Triplett,
Williams, Woolcock, Wright, and Mr..
Speaker Samuel Platt).
Nays-Messrs. Brossemer, Clark of
White Pine, Dodge. Clifford, Hastings,
Holmes, Jacobsen, Jones, Kinney, Nc
Bride, Patterson, SadIer, Shier and
Vogt-14. (See Journal of the Assem-
bly,, page 1857.
The orders of railway conductors
and railway trainmen were particu-
larly interested in this measure and
on February 16, 1905, two days after
its passage, forwarded the following
communication to Mr.. Plat:
"Winnemucca, New, Feb. 16, 1905.
Samuel Plat,
Speaker of the Assembly,
Carson City. Nevada.
"At meetings held here today reso-
buttons were passed thanking your
body for action taken on Assembly
Bill No. 10.
order Railway Conductors,
brotherhood Railway Trainmen.'
(See Journal of the Assembly Of
the Nevada Legislature, page 12a.)
As L. :. District Attorney
Prosecutions of Southern Pacific
railroad and other railroads for VIC
lations of laws relating to hours o.
service.
Prosecutions of railroads for VIC
lations Of laws relating to safety ap
planes thereby protecting the life
and limb of employees.
Many suits against the Central Pa
cihc railroad company to set aside
patents to mineral lands held by thu
company and restoring these lands Z.
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