Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-01-30

LEGISLATIVE SESSION
senate-Ian. %. A. N

/ senate-Jan. %, A. N.
Senate called to order at IL a. m.
Senator Elliott absent. President Sui.
Ivan in chair. 'hth'
t Prayer by Rev. Hornaday.
Journal read and approved.
Committee reported S. b. No. IA en-
crossed.
S. b. No. Is, by Chapin-Amending
corporation act. Referred to Judiciary
committee.
8. B. No. l6. by Keddie-Amending
public highway act. Referred to com.
mittee on roads and bridges.
! Action on A. B. No. 3, on motion OF
Senator Huskey. was recommended
and bill referred to judiciary commit.
tee.
Senate recessed to 1880.
AT 1880 the senate met and almost
Immediately adjourned to tomorrow
) morning.
--- Assembly-Jan. 20 A. NJ.
Assembly opened at II a. M. with
Speaker Luce in chair.
Roll called.
Prayer by Rev. McCreery.
3 Hon. d. J. Fitzgerald, former mem.
Der, was invited to sit at speakers
desk.
Minutes OF last days session read,
and with corrections made were adopt.
cd.
Reports Standing Committees
Committee on education reported
. s. B. No. 6 favorably.
Committee on ways and means ~.
ported A. b. No. % favorably.
introduction
) y. b. No. 81, by Ackerman-In re.
lation to public revenues, the tax
commission bill. referred to committee
on ways and means.
; 5. b. No. 6. by Chapin-Relative TO
bonding counties for high school pur.
. poses; made special order for Tues.
. day afternoon at 2:3O.
4. b. No. %. by ways and means
committee-Relative TO rabies prob.
. lem; referred TO committee of the
whole.
On motion of Duborg assembly went
into committee of the whole. Assem-.
5 byman Hardy in the chair. Moved
! A. b. No. 25 be reported favorably by
committee. In effect 1t ap2ropriates
) $500 to make good on a deficiency
Z fund. spent In the suppression of the
rabies plague and the destruction of
coyotes.
Committee arose and resolved itself
. into regular session. Favorable re.
. port made on A. d. No. %.
On motion of Tannahill,, bill was
. considered engrossed, put on final pas.
sage and passed
Recess taken to . D. Ill.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Session
Assembly was called to order at Q
p. m, Speaker Luce in the chair.
Committee on university reported
a. b. No. "a. with changes.
S. u. No. 9 was referred 10 com.
mittee of the whole.
Williams moved that the houses
action on S. b. No. G be rescipded.
The bill had been made a special or.
der for Tuesday, but by new action
was referred back to the judiciary
committee.
a. b. No. %. by Quicker, fixing
fees of witnesses in Humboldt county.
was referred to Humboldt delegation.
A. b. No. 20. by Hanley, for the
relief of William Mcknight. allowing
expenses for insurance and relief
measure, was referred 10 the same
committee.
Third Reading
a. b. No. "a, prescribing rules for
the government of the university re-.
gents and defining the duties. powers
and requirements OF the president
was made special order for Tuesday,
; Jan. 80, at 2:30 p. m.
In committee of the whole, with
Alderman from the assembly the cues.
} ton of the administration tax commits.
5 sion bill, S. II. No. was taken up.
2 This bill IS 10 cover deficiency of
s1,S01 incurred by the adjutant gen.
eral In an effort to comply with the
governments request for troops.
Committee arose and reported fav.
orably on 8. H. No. o. The bill was
then put on its final passage and
passed by unanimous vote.
On motion OF Hardy. action In re-
2 lation to a. II. No. "a was rescinded
and II was made a special order for
this afternoon, taking place of a. u.
No. IL Discussion OF the measure