The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-27

D|GEST|NG
REFORMS
OPINION DIVIDED ON METHOD
OF COMMITTEE TREAT
MENT

sembly today. A bill by Fulmer of
White Pine proposes to establish an
e%ight-hour day for m Grit
fifth of Clark introduced a bill pro-
viding for a semi-monthly payday
for certain classes of employment.
1t excludes farm l%aborers, clerks and
domestic help. Blundell introduced
a bill establishing three assembly
districts for Washoe county. 1t
gives Reno and the district south
five assemblymen, Sparks one and
the northern part of the county one.
Fulmer's resolution providing for
a joint university investigating com
mittee was reported favorably by
the judiciary committee.
Alderman introduced a bill re-
q~uiring persons intending to do I'M
derground mining work beneath
property owned by another to give
10 days written notice of such in
tention. A penalty of $500 fine is
imposed for each days work done
without notice being given.
The senate met and adjourned'till
Monday.
Some New Problems
Introduction of the initiative petit
tons on prohibition, gambling and
divorce yesterday in the assembly
presented an entirely new situation
i'll the history of the Nevada legts-
. II = IL s.x.t t;.oz tLa m
initiative petition has been placed
before the Legislature for rejection
OF adoption.
The procedure being entirely new
to the members of the assembly
there was some confusion as to the
exact method that should be adopted
in disposing of the petitions.
Speaker Luce held that inasmuch
as the initiative petitions on the
gambling and divorce measures had
lot received the required number
OF signatures, their status before the
assembly was different from that
of the initiative petition on proh,b b.
ton. These petitions were read BY
Il. NJ. Hardy, speaker pro TEN, and
were referred without further cere-
mony to the committee on Judi
ciary. Inasmuch as they II be
treated as regularly introduced
bills or resolutions the committee,
in the opinion of many assembly
parliamentarians, may use its own
discretion in dealing with them,
reporting them or not as it deems
fit. From expressions heard from
various members of the assembly
the consensus of opinion seems 20
be hat the petitions on these two
measures will never emerge from
the committee.
The prohibition petition, the
speaker held, should take the same
course as a regularly introduced
bill. 1t was read by title and re-
ferred to the committee in regular
form. An early report on the mi
tiative measure is anticipated by
assembly leaders.
Forecasting Report
On the judiciary committee are
ifoiuy VI IiuIlpoiul, oOlstll u
Flko, Amber of E~smeralda, Acker-
mar of Mineral, Fulmer of White
Pine, Doborg OF Washoe and White
of Washoe. A majority of the COM
mittee is said to be opposed to the
prohibition measure so it is rea-
sonable to suppose that the mea-
sure will be reported ~unfavOrably
or that a substitute measure will
be reported.
A parliamentary slip also was
made on Assemblyman Fulmer's
Joint and concurrent resolution call
ing for the appointment of a joint
bipartisan committee to consist of
three members from each house
with powers to investigate the af-
fairs of the state university. The
resolution was offered by Fulmer
late in the afternoon and on his
motion was adopted. Under the
rules of the assembly joint and
concurrent resolutions must take
the same cours as a bill. This
made it necessary for the assem-
ny " CoSihu ITO dtllOH anu tHt
bill then was referred to the Judi
ciary committee.
Giving Board Powers
The committee, under the reso-
luton as offered, will have unlimit-
ed powers to subpoena witnesses
and compel them to give testimony
and to examine such books and
records as it deems pertinent to
the investigation. 1t also is given
power to employ stenographers and
reporters to assist in taking the
testimony. Nothing is mentioned
in the resolution as to whether
the sessions of the committee will
Be public or executive but it is
likely that the policy adopted by
the joint investigating committee