The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-02-15
Brief Legislative Notes

Twelve prominent residents of Austin have gone to Carson to
fight the bill for the removal of the county-seat of Lander to Battle
Mountain.
An amendment to the Parole Act making it mandatory for the
Board of Parole to grant paroles to prisoners of good behavior if
not previously confined at the expiration of the minimum sentence,
has been introduced in the Assembly by Lockhart.
Stewart of Washoe has introduced a bill providing for the e-
tending of rounds in prize6ghts. The amendment to the glove con-
test law lets it go twenty five rounds, which the boys believe should
settle most any sort of a contest. The bill went to the public NOR
ais committee.
An amendment to the Teachers Pension Act which will permit
teachers to take advantage of the Act till 1920 is being prepared
and probably will make its appearance in the Legislature next week.
The Act as originally passed provided that teachers who did not &C
cept the Act before 1916 would be barred from doing SO.
The legal age at which a female may enter into a contract is
fixed at 21 years by a bill introduced in the Assembly by Mrs.
Hurst amending the present law relating to the age of majority.
The amendment, if adopted, will affect the legal age at which a
young woman may take unto herself a husband. Under the present
law the age of majority for a female is 18 years.
With only two votes against it the Assembly joint resolution
introduced by Fitzgerald exempting soldiers and sailors frcm poll
tax was passed by the Assembly. AS it was originally drawn wo-
men would be required to pay poll tax and an amendment to change
this caused considerable discussion, the amendment making the IS
oluton apply only to men being adopted by a vote of 10 to IL.
A bill has been introduced in the Assembly to give the State
Board of Stock Commissioners the right to test all range stock,
dairy stock, hogs, sheep, horses and other domestic animals for
epidemic or diseased conditions. When a diseased animal is found
lit is killed, but it is also paid for. The Government pays one-hird
of the value and the association two-thi1ds. The animal destroyed
is valued at two-thirds of its original price, and a maximum value
of SIS is placed on grade cattle and 5000 for pure bred.
A bill has been introduced in the Assembly by Phillips of Es-
meralda entitled can Act to protect motor vehicle owners from in
jury sustained through repairs made by unskilled labor in the m
ploy of garages and auto repair shops, and providing for employers
engaged in such trade to give bonds Of $4,000, which bonds may be
attached for damages sustained from accidents caused by defective
repairs" The bill provides for further fines and Imprisonment for
employing unskiled labor in repairing automobiles. This measure
has now been killed.
If bill introduced in the Assembly by Meder of Ormsby be-
comes a law there will be no primary contest between two opposing
candidates for the office, but the names of both candidates will be
placed on the ballot at the general election. The primary contest
in the Democratic party for the Office of State Controller in the last
election is an instance of what Meder aims at. George Cole and
Mrs. Grace Wndes we're candidates for the Office of State Controller
and by virtue of the fact that Cole won the primary election he was
elected State Controller as the Republican party had no candidate.
The constitutional amendment proposing a change in the taxa
ton provisions of the organic law of the State which Governor Boyle
will ask the Legislature to pass this session was introduced to the
Assembly Tuesday by Stannard. The message which will accom-
pany the resolution is being drafted. The resolution will provide
for taxation under a uniform classification system of assessments.
1t will not refer to the mining industry in any way. In a recent
conversation the Governor said that the idea that he intends to ask
the Legislature to take steps that will authorize a tax on the gross
proceeds of mines is a mistaken one. The constitution at present
provides that mines may be assessed on their net proceeds only.
Believing that the construction of a State-owned smelter would
materially advance the mining industry Of Nevada by giving the
owner of low grade properties a chance to market his ore and allow
the small producer a show to have his ore treated at the minimum
of cost, Senator Hesson of Elko Comfy will introduce a bill at this
session of the Legislature authorizing the issuance OF bonds to build
such a smelter. The plan favored by the Senator is that of a two
stack smelter, one stack to be for copper and the other for lead and
zinc Such a plant would cost in the neigbborhood of 100000,
but it would pay for itself in about ten years. The tentative plan
would be to issue bonds for the amount and to take up these bonds
and interest with the proceeds of the plant At the present time
the mine owner is faced with smelling charges that ar confscatory
and the result is he is compelled to either curtail production or shut