The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-08
SHEEHAN WOULD
INVESTIGATE TAX
His Bill Creating State Survey Com
mission Has Real Kick In 1t and
May Result in Considerable
Saving to Taxpayers
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to those made by this legislature
are advisable and may properly be
effected and also to suggest, if
advisable, additions and improve
ments in our present system; and
Whereas, there is not sufficient
time at the present session of this
| legislature to complete such study
and analysis, and this legislature
believes that some person or per-
sons who are learned in such mat
tiers should be employed to make
an investigation, survey and study
of all the departments and of the
government of the State of Nevada
for such purposes now, therefore,
The People of the State of Ne
vada, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section L. There is hereby created
the state survey commission. The
said commission shall be composed
of five persons, respectively, a
banker, a member of the Nevada
public economy league, a livestock
grower, a mining operator and a
member of a labor union, or "a
person representative, respectively,
of each of such vocations or classes.
Sec. 2 The members of the said
state survey commission shall be
appointed as follows The banker
or representative of that class shall
be selected and appointed by the
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association; the members of the Ne
vada public economy league, or rep
resentative of that class, shall be
selected and appointed by the presi-
dent of the Nevada public economy
league; the mine operator, or repre-
sentative of that class, shall be
selected and appointed by the presi-
dent of the Nevada mine operators
association; the livestock grower, or
representative of that class, shall
be selected and appointed by the
president of the Nevada livestock
association; the union man, or rep
resentative of that class, shall be
selected and appointed by the pdesi-
dent of the Nevada state federation
of labor. The respective associa-
tons shall file such selections and
appointments with the secretary of
state, and that official shall forth
with issue certificates of appoint
ment and the appointees shall quail
| fly by taking the oath of office re-
quired of other state appointees.
Such selections and appointments
shall be made prior to Pune ID
1923.
Sec. 8. In the event all the COM
missioners are not selected and APP
pointed prior to June Is, 1928, any
vacancy existing then shall be filled
by appointing a person from the
respective class, the selection and
appointment to be made by the sur.
vey board which is hereby created
and which board shall be composed
of the governor, speaker of the as
sembly and president pro temport
of the senate for the thirty-first
session of the legislature. Vacancie.
in said commission after June Is
1923, shall be filled by appointee.
from the respective class made by
the survey board.
Sec. A. The commission, its agents
appointees and persons designated
by it shall have power and acces.
during office hours, to all books
accounts, records, files, minutes ant
papers of every office and depart
ment of the State of Nevada OF
which may be supported in whole OF
in part by the State of Nevada
That it is further made the duty o.
every state officer, commissioner
appointee or employee to furnish
and supply information and data t.
the commission, its agents, ap
pointees, or persons designated b,
it, upon demand.
Sec. The commission shall hav,
power to contract with any indi
vidual, individuals or company tt
make study or survey of all o.
any of the departments of the Stat,
of Nevada; to investigate and repor
to said commission findings an,
recommendations relative to all o.
any department of the state, or an,
office, commission or agency sup
ported in whole or in part by tn,
state. That such findings an,
recommendation shall etrans
mitted by the commission to tn,
thirty-second session of the legis
lature of Nevada for its information
and guidance. The commission ais,
shall have the power to pay al
necessary costs and expenses in
Z Cured by such contracts and sur
veys, incidental costs and expenses
and the further power to emplo,
such clerical and other assistanc,
it may deem proper. The funds APP
propriated to carry out the pro
visions of this act shall be dis
bursed by the commission, and tn,
state controller shall draw his war
rant and the state treasurer pa,
he same in accordance with tn,
riders of the commission.
Sec. The members of the stat,
urvey commission shall serve with
out compensation, but shall be al
lowed actual travelling and living ex
penses while attending necessary
meetings of the commission.
Sec. z. Each section of this &C
and every part of each section i
hereby declared to be Independent
sections and parts of sections, ant
the holding of any section or par
thereof to be void or ineffective fol
any cause shall not be deemed t.
affect any other section or par