White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-28
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vestigation committee.

The state highway bin concerning
which there is widespread interest,
and which is recognized as one OF the
most important constructive mea-
sures to come before the legislature,
has been introduced by the commit
tee on roads and highways of the as
sembly, of which Geo b Ackerman
Is chairman.
AS it stands the bill creates a high
way department OF three members,
who do not receive a stated salary,
their remuneration being $40 per day
while in actual attendance upon their
official duties. The three directors
are authorized to employ a highway
engineer. whose appointment must be
approved by the federal department
of good roads, at an annual salary of
$4,000 per year. This engineer is
made the executive head of the de-
partment, subject to removal by the
highway directors
The bill authorizes the department
to make a reconnaissance of the high
ways of Nevada and in their discre-
tion to declare any trunk line roads
to be state highways, which shall be
improved and maintained by the
state highway department. A high
way fund is to be created by tax
OF two mills upon the dollar, and to
secure immediate funds for the de-
partment, the legislature is asked to
appropriate s15O.000 90, which
is to be repaid to the treasurer from
the departments funds as soon as
they become available from the i'm
position of the special highway tax =.
Many important changes are propos-
ed In Senator Chapin's bill amending
the act which provides for bonding
counties for equipping high schools
and dormitories. introduced Tuesday
afternoon and referred To the COM
mittee on education.
The bill provides that the county
board of education shall handle the
sale of bonds. 1t provides that the
money shall be deposited with the
county treasurer in a fund to be
known as the county high school
fund g"
Under the old law. the board of ed
ucation might expend the money for
any purpose, but under the proposed
amendment II must be spent for the
purpose for which the bonds are is
sued.
The new act authorizes the ex-
penditure of money for a site for high
school or dormitiry. as the case may
be, while the old act conferred no
such authority. 1t also gives the
county boards Of education authority
to select sites and determine the ma
terial to be used in the construction
of high schools and dormitories.
Assembly bill No. providing for
semi-monthly paydays in every line
OF work in the state with the excep-
tion of state. county and municipal
offices. and for places employing less
than five employees. passed the assem-
bly, by unanimous vote Tuesday
morning.
The bill was passed by Fulmer of
White Pine and Griffith of Clark and
was the outgrowth of a joint caucus
of labor representatives In the assem-
bly, and senate.
The bill reached the senate In the
afternoon and Immediately met with
opposition. Senator Thatcher made
a motion to refer IT to the committee
on mines a mining. The motion was
amended by Buol to refer the bill
to the committee on | abor. The
amendment carried. with Thatcher,
Hesson and Huskey voting against it
IL is understood that the committee
on labor is favorable to the measure
Lander county is to have an cleo
trio light and power plant as well as
distributing line. the construction
of which In TO begin within the next
six months and be completed rs soon
as possible.
Senator Lemaire of that county In
troduced q bill providing for the is
suance of q franchise to C e Rice and
VIII cHirg for the construction OF the
plant and distributing line The plant
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