White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-04-29
EDWARDS ADVISES COMMISSIONERS
TO IGNORE COUNTY HOSPITAL LAW

balance OF the state where the evil
does not exist; as long as they per-
sist in passing laws to effect some
private end and such laws are against
the public welfare, an instance OF
which is the new hospital law. and
the application of the law is bound
to work a hardship in White Pine
county and its validity being ques-
! tionable, as the title contains two
subjects, which. Is contrary To the
state constitution, my advice tn you,
gentlemen, is to ignore it and to con-
tinue to manage the county hospital
yourselves until you are compelled by
mandamus 10 accept the new law"
This was the advice of District At
torney II. w. Edwards to the county
commissioners Tuesday when they
asked for counsel as to what they
should do with relation to applying
the new hospital law requiring that
the county hospital be turned over to
board of five unpaid trustees. not
more than three of whom should re-
side in Ely.
Chairman Fred VI. Clark said he
had asked at least dozen men whom
he had thought qualified il they
would accept appointment as trustee
under the conditions fixed by the law
and each and every one of them had
refused. He did not believe that 1t
would be possible to secure trustees
| to serve.
Mr.. Edwards, when asked what the
county should do in the event of an
INDECENT being taken i'll at some great
distance from town, like Newark val
lley, with the new law providing the
physicians should donate their ser.
vices to indigents. the district at
torney said In reply that the county
would have to pay for such service,
though the law said otherwise. A
physician could not be expected to
make country trips and use his car.
taking the risks of breakage and go
ing to the expense required and on
top of that donate his time.
Without adopting a motion pro or
con the commissioners had 1t entered
In the minutes of the proceedings
that the law would be ignored until
they were mandamused to apply it,
Since the meeting Attorney Gener-
al NJ. A. Diskin has renreded an
opinion declaring his belief to be that
the law is invalid. This opinion will
be accepted as good reason for not
applying it in any county in the state.
No county has yet accepted and ap-
piled it. The Elko commissioners,
against whom the law was aimed.
have refused TO take cognizance of it.
Two requests fer dance hall IL
censes at Riepetown evoked spirited
discussion. Sheriff Nicholson was
summoned TO the commissioners
room and said he had told he appli-
cants, Doris johnson and Raymond
Manguia. that they must get licenses.
the same as the other two Riepetown
dance halls. or close. and that Mr..
Edwards had conceded
Mr. Clark thought the commission
ers might limit the number of Ii
eenses. which they had the legal
power to do. and have one dance hall
and run it right
Asked what he thought about the
Riepetown dance halls, Mr.. Edwards
said:
am in favor of closing them all.
The company complains about them
and claims il cannot get the work
out of its men. II any portion of the
county wants the sale o. liquor closed
down | am in favor of closing II"
Mr rd haI
been a source of more trouble than
any like area in the county He
wanted 10 see II closed; also the
places in the canyon back of Ruth.
| II am not in favor of them,
either" said the sheriff. but my idea
is that IL one mas license all should
have them. Complaints are made BY
fifty-nine men not one had reported
for work. At McGill have been fol-
lowing the practice of not putting the
county to the expense but throwing
them of of the company property
when there were complaints against
them. The company there can show
that out of its 1,l0i men OH the paw
/
up for work The number is about
10 per cent
Let the company petition the
board IL 1t wants to do away with
Riepetown. We will grant the four
licenses and let them run until We
receive petition and then we will
close all of them said Mr. Clark.
Bonds in payment for furnishing
the new high school, which had been
promised to the state industrial In
surance commission. may go to the
two Ely banks. The commission had
written some letters offering to take
the bonds at par. to pay all costs of
printing and legal advice. The ques-
tion Is as to whether or not the deal
had gone so far as to have committee
the county to the state commission,
and il not the banks will take the
bonds at slight premium. O. G.
Bates of the Ely National and Will