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κ1937 Statutes of Nevada, Page 547κ
RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIALS
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[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 3Mr. Boak]
No. 1Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing Congress to leave undisturbed the present legal method of acquiring mining claims, mines, and rights connected therewith.
[Approved February 8, 1937]
Whereas, Honorable Harold L. Ickes, secretary of the interior, has publicly recommended that all mining claims, mines, and their appurtenances should be leased from the government of the United States of America; and Whereas, Such a method necessarily involves the discontinuance of the present method of acquiring mining rights by location and the present methods which have been in vogue for many years, and with which the prospectors of the United States are thoroughly familiar; and Whereas, The law of the mining states and of the United States has become settled, definite, and intelligible after years of litigation which has cleared up practically all questions involved under present methods of acquiring mining rights, while a new method would undoubtedly open the doors to protracted and expensive litigation, to the great disadvantage of the ordinary prospector; and Whereas, The present method makes it possible for the discoverer to forthwith establish his claim to the discovery area, while the slower method of application for lease from the government would delay mining operations, involve the acquisition of mining property with red tape, and throw open the door to fraud and other similar difficulties; and Whereas, The discovery of new mines is wholly dependent upon the work of the prospector, whose profession is a highly specialized one, entailing a life of drudgery, hardship, and privation; and Whereas, The prospector in turn is dependent upon his right to acquire ownership to and sell his discoveries and locations to the operator who, alone, is financially able to develop the new finds into mines; and Whereas, It is patent that without the element of ownership and the hope of sale the prospector is deprived of his only incentive for prospecting, and that without prospecting no new mines will be found, and the result will be an irreparable loss to the mining industry, the throwing out of employment hundreds of thousands of specialized miners, and greatly curtailing revenues of the individual states and the federal government; and |
Memorializing Congress to continue present method of acquiring mining claims, etc. |
κ1937 Statutes of Nevada, Page 548 (NUMBER 1, AJR 3)κ
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Memorializing Congress to continue present method of acquiring mining claims, etc. |
Whereas, The sentiment in the mining states, expressed since the public announcement of the honorable secretary of the interior, has been unanimously adverse to that suggestion; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of Nevada, That Congress be memorialized to leave the present legal method of acquiring mining claims, mines, and rights connected therewith, undisturbed; and be it further Resolved, That it is the sense of the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada that such is for the best interests of the mining industry of the United States and for those engaged in prospecting and mining; and be it further Resolved, That duly certified copies of these resolutions be transmitted by the secretary of state to the president of the United States senate, to the speaker of the house of representatives, to each of the United States senators from Nevada, and to the Nevada representative in Congress. |
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Child labor amendment to federal constitution ratified |
[Senate Joint Resolution No. 1Senator Keenan]
No. 2Senate Joint Resolution, ratifying a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
[Approved February 8, 1937]
Whereas, Both houses of the fifty-eighth Congress of the United States of America, by constitutional majority of two-thirds thereof, made the following proposition to amend the constitution of the United States of America in the following words, to wit:
JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each house concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the constitution:
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Section 1. The Congress shall have power to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen (18) years of age. Sec. 2. The power of the several states is unimpaired by this article, except that the operation of state laws shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by Congress; therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly concurring, That the said proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States be, and the same is, hereby ratified by the legislature of the State of Nevada. |
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Assembly concurring, That the said proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States be, and the same is, hereby ratified by the legislature of the State of Nevada. That certified copies of this preamble and joint resolution be forwarded by the governor of this state to the president of the United States and the presiding officer of the United States senate and to the speaker of the house of representatives of the United States. |
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[Senate Joint Resolution No. 13 of the Thirty-seventh SessionSenator Keenan]
No. 3Senate Joint Resolution, proposing the repeal of section 3 of article XIII of the constitution of the State of Nevada.
Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of Nevada, That section 3 of article XIII of the constitution of the State of Nevada be repealed. |
Proposing repeal of sec. 3, art. 13 of constitution; second passage by legislature |
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[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 9Mr. Agee]
No. 4Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing the Congress of the United States and the resettlement administration to provide adequate credit for restocking ranches in Nevada and other western states, so as to restore their earning power and land values, with the rate of interest on such loans reduced to the minimum.
[Approved February 13, 1937]
Whereas, The stock ranches in Nevada and other western states, comprising the livestock area of the western states, have suffered a decided depreciation in the livestock therein; and Whereas, Farming in these states is largely incidental to the livestock business, requiring an adequate livestock population in order to maintain the farms, without which farming in this area is doomed to bankruptcy; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of Nevada, That the Congress of the United States be memorialized to provide, through the resettlement administration, adequate credit for restocking farms and ranches in Nevada and other western states at a minimum rate of interest; and be it further Resolved, That certified copies of these resolutions be transmitted to the president of the senate of the United States and the speaker of the house of representatives, and that copies thereof be transmitted to each of our senators in the United States senate, to our representative in Congress, and to the resettlement administration at Washington, D. |
Memorializing Congress to provide adequate credit for restocking ranches of western states |
κ1937 Statutes of Nevada, Page 550 (NUMBER 4, AJR 9)κ
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States and the speaker of the house of representatives, and that copies thereof be transmitted to each of our senators in the United States senate, to our representative in Congress, and to the resettlement administration at Washington, D. C. |
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Proposing amendment to secs. 2 and 6 of article XI of the constitution, second passage by legislature |
[Senate Joint Resolution No. 18 of the Thirty-seventh SessionSenator Dressler]
No. 5Senate Joint Resolution, relative to amending sections 2 and 6 of article XI of the state constitution.
Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of Nevada, That sections 2 and 6 of article XI of the constitution of the State of Nevada shall be amended to read as follows: Section 1. Section 2 of article XI is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2. The legislature shall provide for a uniform system of common schools, by which a school shall be established and maintained in each school district at least six months in every year, and any school district which shall allow instruction of a sectarian character therein may be deprived of its proportion of the interest of the public school fund during such neglect or infraction, and the legislature may pass such laws as will tend to secure a general attendance of the children in each school district upon said public schools. Sec. 2. Section 6 of article XI of the constitution is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 6. The legislature shall provide a special tax in addition to the other means provided for the support and maintenance of said university and common schools. |
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Proposing repeal of sec. 24, art. 4 of constitution |
[Senate Joint Resolution No. 3Senator Marsh]
No. 6Senate Joint Resolution, proposing the repeal of section 24 of article IV of the constitution of the State of Nevada.
Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of Nevada, That section 24 of article IV of the constitution of the State of Nevada be repealed. |
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κ1937 Statutes of Nevada, Page 551κ
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[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 7Mr. Tapscott]
No. 7Assembly Joint Resolution, petitioning the Congress of the United States to enact a federal law to eliminate competitive bidding on star mail routes and to provide for the retention in the service of the star route contractors giving satisfactory service, and authorizing the postmaster general to grant additional compensation where rates of pay are unreasonably low.
[Approved March 8, 1937]
Whereas, The present system of competitive bidding tends to bring into the service inexperienced carriers which results in inferior service; and Whereas, The fear of losing the contract every four years causes the contractor to refrain from purchasing proper equipment; and Whereas, The present economic stress has forced contractors to bid below cost of operation rather than apply for federal relief; and Whereas, Patrons on star mail routes are entitled to the same class of service as is given to patrons on routes where tenure and pay are fixed; therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of Nevada, That the 75th Congress of the United States be requested to enact such legislation as is necessary to retain in the star mail service experienced, satisfactory contractors, and authorize the postmaster general to grant pay adjustments at his discretion; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the president of the U. S. senate, to the speaker of the house of representatives, and to each of our senators and to our representative in Congress. |
Requesting Congress to eliminate competitive bidding on star mail routes |
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[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 28Messrs. Gray and Shelly]
No. 8Assembly Joint Resolution, urging the employment of Nevada labor in the construction of Boca dam.
[Approved March 9, 1937]
Whereas, Pursuant to a federal reclamation project there is about to be constructed a dam in the Truckee river in the State of California known as the Boca dam; and Whereas, Said project and said dam and the water impounded thereby is for the use and benefit of the people of Nevada and financed by moneys raised in Nevada; and Whereas, The construction of said dam and its accessories will furnish employment for skilled and unskilled laborers which of right belongs to the laborers of Nevada; and |
Urging employment of Nevada labor in construction of Boca dam |
κ1937 Statutes of Nevada, Page 552 (NUMBER 8, AJR 28)κ
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Urging employment of Nevada labor in construction of Boca dam |
Whereas, The departments of the federal government having charge of the construction of said dam and particularly the employment and the furnishing of labor therefor have ruled against the employment of Nevada labor in such construction; and Whereas, Said dam will be situate at a point in California within a most reasonable distance of the Nevada boundary and the city of Reno; and Whereas, There is now located at said Reno a state employment office closely affiliated with the federal employment service and which said office is capable of and will furnish the necessary labor for said project; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the Nevada Legislature, That the Nevada representatives in the senate and the house of representatives be urged and besought to contact the federal departments in Washington, D. C., having charge of the construction of the said Boca dam and of said reclamation project and of the employment of labor thereon, and urge a change of rulings concerning the employment of labor in and about said project and said dam, to the end that Nevada labor be employed thereon by and through the state employment service; and be it further Resolved, That the secretary of state of the State of Nevada be and he hereby is directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to Hon. Key Pittman and Hon. P. A. McCarran, United States senators from Nevada, and to Hon. James G. Scrugham, congressman from Nevada, with the request herein expressed that this resolution be brought to the attention of the United States reclamation and employment services to the end that Nevada labor be employed on the said Boca dam project. |
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Petitioning Congress to establish patrol on lands included under Taylor grazing act |
[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 12Mr. Agee]
No. 9Assembly Joint Resolution, petitioning Congress for the establishment of a patrol, under direction of the federal government, over all the lands coming under the control of the Taylor grazing act in the western states.
[Approved March 10, 1937]
Whereas, Under the provisions of the Taylor grazing act those lands embraced therein are subject to the supervision of the federal government, through the department of interior; and Whereas, Conditions of depredation of alarming extent by cattle rustlers are being developed on the public ranges; and |
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Whereas, Local authorities are handicapped by the great areas over which these depredations are taking place, in the enforcement of state laws; and Whereas, A system of patrol and supervision by the federal government of said lands would reduce such depredations to a minimum and ultimately eliminate the same; now therefore, be it. Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada, That the Congress of the United States be petitioned to establish a system of patrol over the public domain in the western states coming under the provisions of the Taylor grazing act; and be it further Resolved, That certified copies of these resolutions be forwarded to our senators and congressman at Washington, D. C., and that copies of this resolution, certified by the proper officers of the senate and assembly of the State of Nevada be transmitted to our sister states wherein Taylor grazing districts exist. |
Petitioning Congress to establish patrol on lands included under Taylor grazing act |
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[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 23Mr. Tapscott]
No. 10Assembly Joint Resolution, proposing an amendment to section 4 of article V of the constitution of the State of Nevada.
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate concurring, That section 4 of article V of the constitution of the State of Nevada be amended to read as follows: Section 4. The returns of every election for United States senator and member of Congress, district and state officers, and for and against any questions submitted to the electors of the State of Nevada, voted for at the general election, shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of government, directed to the secretary of state, and the chief justice of the supreme court, and the associate justices, or a majority thereof, shall meet at the office of the secretary of state, on a day to be fixed by law, and open and canvass the election returns for United States senator and member of Congress, district and state officers, and for and against any questions submitted to the electors of the State of Nevada, and forthwith declare the result and publish the names of the persons elected and the results of the vote cast upon any question submitted to the electors of the State of Nevada. The persons having the highest number of votes for the respective offices shall be declared elected, but in case any two or more have an equal and the highest number of votes for the same office, the legislature shall, by joint vote of both houses, elect one of said persons to fill said office. |
Proposing amendment to sec. 4, of art. V, of constitution |
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κ1937 Statutes of Nevada, Page 554κ
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Memorializing U. S. senate to oppose ratification of proposed Argentine treaty |
[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 11Mr. Agee]
No. 11Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing the United States senate to oppose the ratification of the proposed Argentine treaty.
Whereas, We feel that the ratification of the said Argentine treaty will be detrimental to the livestock industry of the United States by reason of the fact that regulations under such treaty will furnish a means of entry of foot-and-mouth disease among cattle in the United States, and the impairment of the present standard breeds of cattle in the United States; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of Nevada, That the United States senate be memorialized to oppose the said proposed ratification of the Argentine treaty; and be it further Resolved, That certified copies of these resolutions be forwarded to our senators at Washington, D. C., and that copies of this resolution, certified by the proper officers of the senate and assembly of the State of Nevada, be transmitted to the chamber of commerce of the United States, and to the Honorable H. A. Wallace, secretary of agriculture of the United States. |
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Memorializing Congress to enact bill providing for general welfare of prisoners |
[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 24Mr. Whalen]
No. 12Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing Congress to pass that certain act entitled A bill to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of federal aid to the states for the purpose of enabling them to provide adequate institutional treatment of prisoners and provide improved methods of supervision and administration of probation, parole, and conditional release of offenders.
[Approved March 17, 1937]
Whereas, There is now pending before the Congress of the United States a measure providing for the institutional treatment of prisoners and for the provision of supervising prisoners under probation on parole; and Whereas, The said bill is intended for the purpose of rehabilitating those who have been offenders of the law in an effort to better their conditions and protect society; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of Nevada, That the Congress of the United States be urged to bring about the passage of said bill; and be it further Resolved, That our senators in Washington, D. C. and our representative in Congress be urged to lend their efforts to the passage of said bill; and be it further |
κ1937 Statutes of Nevada, Page 555 (NUMBER 12, AJR 24)κ
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Resolved, That properly certified copies of these resolutions be transmitted to the president of the United States senate, to the speaker of the house of representatives, to each of our senators, and to our representative in Congress. |
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[Senate Joint Resolution No. 12Senator Sawyer]
No. 13Senate Joint Resolution, memorializing Congress relative to the transfer of water rights, within federal projects in certain states, from marginal and submarginal lands to good lands, and other matters properly connected therewith.
[Approved March 17, 1937]
Whereas, It is sound material policy that revenues accruing to the bureau of reclamation and the respective states as the result of the exhaustion of a limited natural resource should be devoted to the development of permanent natural resources, the most important of which in the western states is water; and Whereas, On all irrigation projects the use of irrigation water has caused many changes in the character of the soil and will continue to cause such changes, thereby making many original classifications obsolete; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada, That Congress pass legislation to authorize the secretary of the interior to transfer water rights, within federal projects in states where the state law will permit, from marginal and submarginal lands to good lands, either private or public domain, and that all payments on construction charges on such marginal or submarginal lands be credited to the new water rights allowed; and be it further Resolved, That our senators in the United States senate our representative in Congress be requested to use all proper efforts to bring about the passage of the laws covering the matters above referred to; and be it further Resolved, That the secretary of state be and he is hereby directed to transmit properly certified copies of this resolution to the president of the United States senate, the speaker of the house in Congress and to each of our senators and our representative in Congress. |
Memorializing Congress relative to transfer of water rights under certain conditions |
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κ1937 Statutes of Nevada, Page 556κ
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Memorializing Congress relative to disposition of revenues from oil and gas leases on naval petroleum reserves |
[Senate Joint Resolution No. 13Senator Sawyer]
No. 14Senate Joint Resolution, memorializing Congress relative to disposition of revenues from oil and gas leases on naval petroleum reserves.
[Approved March 17, 1937]
Whereas, Section 35 of the oil land leasing act of 1920 provides that fifty-two and one-half (52 1/2) percent of all amounts derived by the federal government from bonuses, royalties; and rentals on leased oil or gas lands shall be paid into, reserved, and appropriated as a part of the reclamation fund created by act of Congress approved June 17, 1902, and said section also provides that thirty-seven and one-half (37 1/2) percent of all amounts so derived shall be paid to the state within the boundaries of which such leased lands are located; and Whereas, This method of distribution of revenues received from oil or gas leases recognizes and establishes the policy that in the use by the United States of a limited and nonrecurring natural resource, the area of origin should participate in revenue received therefrom as a measure of compensation for the loss of such natural resource and for the exemption from local taxation which occurs. Nearly all such leases are in the western states where water development is a paramount necessity, and in which the bureau of reclamation by the construction of water stabilization and control projects is creating new and permanent natural resources, therefore devoting part of such receipts to this purpose is justified, as is the apportioning of a percentage to the states to affect loss of taxable value. This policy is fair and equitable and in the national interest and has been established by the Congress; and Whereas, Naval petroleum reserves are created by executive order of the president from public lands of the United States and leases thereon are made under the provisions of the oil land leasing act; and Whereas, The total revenues under the oil land leasing act of 1920 (including leases on naval petroleum reserves) have been approximately $131,000,000, of which more than $32,000,000, or approximately twenty-five (25) percent of the total revenues, have been from naval petroleum reserves; and Whereas, Section 36 of said act provides That all moneys which may accrue to the United States under the provisions of the act from lands within the naval petroleum reserves shall be deposited in the treasury as Miscellaneous Receipts ; and Whereas, If the bureau of reclamation had received fifty-two and one-half (52 1/2) percent of the revenues from the lands within naval petroleum reserves up to June 30, 1936, the bureau of reclamation would have received an additional $17,114,394.47; and
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lands within naval petroleum reserves up to June 30, 1936, the bureau of reclamation would have received an additional $17,114,394.47; and Whereas, The distribution of the revenues from this non-recurring natural resource to the bureau of reclamation to be expended in upbuilding the permanent agricultural resources by making available water for irrigation, hydroelectric power, flood control, improvement of navigation and other purposes is sound public policy; and Whereas, It is not equitable that the oil reserves for the navy be obtained in a few states to the material detriment of such states, without affording participation in the revenues from leases in such reserves in line with the fair division recognized and provided for in the mineral leasing act as applying to the public domain; and Whereas, Naval petroleum reserves in addition to those now existing may be created at any time, which under existing law would deprive the bureau of reclamation and the respective states of revenues not being received or which would otherwise be received; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada, That the Congress of the United States be memorialized to pass appropriate legislation which will provide that of the moneys heretofore or hereafter received from the collection of bonuses, royalties, and rentals under the oil land leasing act of 1920 within naval petroleum reserves, fifty-two and one-half (52 1/2) percent shall be paid into, reserved, and appropriated as a part of the reclamation fund created by the act of Congress known as the reclamation act, approved June 7, 1902, and thirty-seven and one-half (37 1/2) percent of the amounts received from such bonuses, royalties, and rentals shall be paid by the secretary of the treasury after the expiration of each fiscal year to the state within the boundaries of which the leased lands or deposits are located, said moneys to be used by such state or subdivision thereof for the construction and maintenance of public roads or for the support of public schools or other public educational institutions, as the legislature of the state may direct; and be it further Resolved, That our senators in the United States senate and our representative in Congress be requested to use all proper efforts to bring about the passage of the laws covering the matters above referred to; and be it further Resolved, That the secretary of state be and he is hereby directed to transit properly certified copies of this resolution to the president of the United States senate, the speaker of the house in Congress and to each of our senators and our representative in Congress. |
Memorializing Congress relative to disposition of revenues from oil and gas leases on naval petroleum reserves |
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Memorializing Congress to enact a noxious weed eradication law |
[Senate Joint Resolution No. 7Committee on Agriculture, Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands]
No. 15Senate Joint Resolution, memorializing Congress to enact a noxious weed eradication law.
[Approved March 17, 1937]
To the Congress of the United States: Your memorialist, the legislature of the State of Nevada, respectfully represents that Whereas, Noxious weeds have been and now are a serious menace to agriculture in the various states of the union, including Nevada; and Whereas, Such weeds cost the people of the United States large sums of money annually through the loss of valuable agricultural crops, by reason of the choking out of such crops any noxious weeds and the resultant loss thereof to the farmers of the nation; and Whereas, The several states of the union, individually, cannot successfully finance weed eradication programs; and Whereas, There is now pending in the Congress of the United States a bill providing federal aid to and participation with the several states for the purpose of eradicating noxious weeds therein; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada, That the Congress of the United States be most earnestly urged and besought to enact into a law the bill for federal aid to and participation with the respective states in the eradication of noxious weeds now pending in the Congress and known as H. R. 4009; and be it further Resolved, That the secretary of state of the State of Nevada be, and he hereby is, directed to forward a certified copy of this memorial to Senator Key Pittman, Senator P. A. McCarran and Congressman James G. Scrugham representing the State of Nevada in the Congress, and to Hon. Henry A. Wallace, secretary of agriculture, with the request that this memorial be brought to the attention of the senate and the house of representatives of the Congress to the end that a federal noxious weed law be enacted. |
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Acknowledging gift of Max C. Fleischmann |
[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 27Mr. Hussman]
No. 16Assembly Joint Resolution.
[Approved March 19, 1937]
Whereas, Major Max C. Fleischmann has made a donation to the state library of the State of Nevada in the sum of fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars for the purchase of miscellaneous books for the miscellaneous department of the state library; and |
κ1937 Statutes of Nevada, Page 559 (NUMBER 16, AJR 27)κ
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Whereas, The people of the State of Nevada, acting by and through the senate and assembly, which to express their appreciation for the grant made by Major Max C. Fleischmann; now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the State of Nevada hereby gratefully acknowledges the receipt of the said donation hereinabove referred to, and extends to Major Max C. Fleischmann its sincere thanks. Resolved, That the secretary of state of the State of Nevada be and he is hereby directed to transmit to Major Max C. Fleischmann at Santa Barbara, California, properly certified copies of this resolution, and of Assembly bill No. 298. |
Acknowledging gift of Max C. Fleischmann |
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[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 34Committee on Education]
No. 17Assembly Joint Resolution, urging Congress to enact the Harrison-Fletcher bill.
[Approved March 19, 1937]
To the Congress of the United States: Your memorialist, the legislature of the State of Nevada, hereby respectively represents that Whereas, There is now pending in the Congress of the United States that certain bill known as the Harrison-Fletcher bill, being S. 4793 and H. R. 13021; and Whereas, This bill is based on the principle of large-unit support for schools with local control; and Whereas, The principle of large-unit support for schools is recognized in Nevada to be the best means of equalizing educational opportunity; and Whereas, Equalization of educational opportunity is the cornerstone of our democratic form of government; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of Nevada, That the Congress be most earnestly urged and beseeched to enact the Harrison-Fletcher bill at its earliest convenience; Resolved, That the secretary of state of the State of Nevada be and hereby is directed to transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution, under the seal of the State of Nevada, to the Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, president of the United States, to each of our senators in the United States senate, to our representative in Congress, to the Hon. Pat Harrison, chairman of the senate finance committee, and to the Hon. Brooks Fletcher, a member of the house committee on education. |
Memorializing Congress to enact Harrison-Fletcher bill for support of schools |
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Memorializing Congress to continue federal emergency administration of public works |
[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 32Mr. Cline]
No. 18Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing the Congress of the United States to continue the federal emergency administration of public works.
[Approved March 22, 1937]
Whereas, The Congress of the United States of America has from time to time extended the federal emergency administration of public works and augmented the original appropriation of the Congress to further its policy of granting financial aid for the construction of worth public projects; and Whereas, The federal emergency administration of public works has effectively and efficiently discharged the mandate of the Congress and by such program many of the unemployed have been returned to gainful occupation, and industry generally has been greatly rehabilitated; and Whereas, The State of Nevada, its cities, towns, counties, public bodies, and political subdivisions have received financial aid from the said federal emergency administration of public works for the construction of worthy and sorely needed public improvements, including the construction of highways, state institutional buildings, schools, city and county buildings, sewers, water and sewage treatment works, and other public improvements; and Whereas, There remains in this state a great need for the continuation of the program for public improvements of the type and character for which the federal emergency administration of public works has heretofore granted financial aid; and Whereas, The continuation of such program of public works is necessary in order that further unemployment may be reduced and absorbed by private industry; and Whereas, Without financial aid of the United States of America as provided and administered through the federal emergency administration of public works, the continuation of such program of public improvements cannot be adequately undertaken; therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate concurring, That the Congress of the United States be memorialized to enact the necessary and appropriate laws to continue the functions of the federal emergency administration of public works and to make the necessary appropriations which will adequately provide for a continued program of public improvements and assist in providing employment for workers in the State of Nevada on such useful projects. |
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κ1937 Statutes of Nevada, Page 561κ
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[Senate Joint Resolution No. 17Senator Miller]
No. 19Senate Joint Resolution, memorializing Congress to establish storage vaults for silver at or near the federal munition plant at Hawthorne, Nevada.
[Approved March 23, 1937]
To the Congress of the United States: Your memorialist, the legislature of the State of Nevada, hereby respectfully represents that Whereas, Your memorialist is advised that Congress will in the near future select or designate a suitable place for the construction of vaults for the storage of silver; and Whereas, There is now available a limited area of suitable land at or near the federal munition plant at Hawthorne, Nevada, which, in the event silver is stored in vaults constructed thereon, would be of great value to the government of the United States in case of emergency as an invasion by an enemy in time of war; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada, That the Congress of the United States be most earnestly urged and besought to select a site on lands surrounding the federal munition plant at Hawthorne, Nevada, for the construction of vaults for the storage of silver; and be it further Resolved, That our senators in the United States Senate and our representative in Congress be urged to use their best efforts in the furtherance of the objects of this resolution; and be it further Resolved, That duly certified copies of this resolution be transmitted, by the secretary of state of the State of Nevada, to each of our senators and to our representative in Congress. |
Memorializing Congress to establish silver storage vaults near Hawthorne, Nevada |
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[Senate Joint Resolution No. 6Senator Gibson]
No. 20Senate Joint Resolution, a joint memorial relating to the use of copper on government projects in Nevada.
[Approved March 23, 1937]
To the President of the United States, the Secretary of the Interior, the Commissioner of Reclamation, the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration, and such other federal officers as are in charge of constructive projects in Nevada: Your memorialist, the legislature of the State of Nevada, hereby respectfully represents: The United States, through various agencies, particularly the United States bureau of reclamation, is now carrying on construction work in Nevada. |
Requesting use of copper on government projects in Nevada |
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Requesting use of copper on government projects in Nevada |
the United States bureau of reclamation, is now carrying on construction work in Nevada. There will be opportunity for extensive use of copper products in such work, particularly in electric transmission lines. It is noted that in the projects in other states aluminum has been substituted for copper by virtue of drastic cut in the price of aluminum, with consequent loss to the copper industry. The use of copper on government projects in this state is a benefit to such projects, notwithstanding the differential in first cost between copper and aluminum, by virtue of the longer service life of copper, and the stimulation of markets for products of reclamation projects among the copper mining areas of this state, and the relief on the general tax burden afforded by prosperity of the copper industry. The specifications for purchase of wire and cable on federal projects are prepared or approved by agencies of the United States. Wherefore your memorialist, the legislature of the State of Nevada, prays: 1. That the president of the United States, the secretary of the interior, the commissioner of reclamation, the administrator of the rural electrification administration, and such other federal officers as are in charge of constructive projects in Nevada, are respectfully requested to restrict the specifications for wire and cable on such projects to the use of copper, particularly upon such lines as may be built in connection with any project utilizing power from Boulder Dam. 2. That the secretary of state of the State of Nevada be and he is authorized and directed to forward certified copies of this memorial to the president, the secretary of the interior, the administrator of the rural electrification administration, the commissioner of reclamation, and to such other federal officials as may be concerned. |
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[Senate Joint Resolution No. 11Senator Sawyer]
No. 21Senate Joint Resolution, authorizing the governor of the State of Nevada, during the time the legislature of the state shall not be in session, to receive and administer grants-in-aid allotments for public relief and welfare, and other funds which may be made available to the State of Nevada during such periods as the legislature thereof shall be in adjournment.
[Approved March 23, 1937]
Whereas, Pursuant to the federal social security act and other federal public relief and welfare legislation, there is now and may hereafter be available to the State of Nevada loans, grants-in-aid, relief and public welfare allotments of federal moneys for the use of the state in alleviating distress and improving living and working conditions of the people of this state; and Whereas, The present session of the Congress of the United States now has under consideration public welfare legislation and the appropriation of moneys therefor to be used in the states, and which said session will continue beyond the present session of the Nevada legislature; and Whereas, It is necessary that the governor of this state be empowered to receive any grants-in-aid, other than public relief or welfare moneys, that may be allotted to this state during the time the legislature shall be in adjournment; therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate of the thirty-eighth session of the legislature of the State of Nevada, the Assembly concurring, That the governor of the State of Nevada be, and he is hereby authorized, during such periods as the legislature be not in session, to accept and receive on behalf of the legislature and on behalf of the State of Nevada, any and all federal moneys, loans, grants-in-aid, relief, benefits, allotments and contributions which may be made available to the State of Nevada by the United States government under any act or acts of Congress making any such moneys available to this state for public relief, health and welfare work, and to make on behalf of the legislature and on behalf of the State of Nevada any and all agreements and guarantees which may be required by the provisions of such acts of Congress in order to receive the full benefits of such federal grants or allotments of money, which acceptance and agreements when so made by the governor shall be effective until otherwise changed by enactments of the legislature. |
Granting authority to governor in relation to federal relief during period legislature not in session |
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Proposing addition of section to article IV of the constitution |
[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 17Mr. Reynolds]
No. 22Assembly Joint Resolution, relative to amending article IV of the constitution of the State of Nevada.
Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate, That a section be added to article IV of the constitution of the State of Nevada, to be known as section 36 thereof, which section shall read: The legislature shall not abolish any county unless the qualified voters of the county affected shall at a general or special election first approve such proposed abolishment by a majority of all the voters voting at such election. The legislature shall provide by law the method of initiating and conducting such election. |
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Memorializing federal bureau of roads to designate certain highways part of federal aid system |
[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 36Mr. Oldham]
No. 23Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing the bureau of public roads of the United States department of agriculture to designate that portion of the state highways, Nevada route 30 and Utah route 70, which is situated to the north of the Great Salt Lake, between Oasis, Nevada, on route U S 40 and a point on route U S 30 at or near Cedar Creek, Utah, as a portion of the federal aid system.
[Approved March 24, 1937]
Whereas, At the western terminus near Oasis, Nevada, the proposed route would serve Nevada, California, Arizona and Mexico by making practically direct connection with three main highways, routes U S 40, U S 50 and U S 93, and at the eastern terminus at or near Cedar Creek, Utah, the proposed route would serve Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Canada through the four main highways, routes U S 30 S., U S 30 N., U S 91 and U S 10; and Whereas, The distance between Oasis, Nevada, on route U S 40 and the connection at or near Cedar Creek, Utah, on route U S 30 S., via the north of the Great Salt Lake, is less than half the distance that the westbound traffic is required to travel at present which is via Salt Lake City, Utah, or the route south of the Great Salt Lake; and Whereas, Owing to the large number of tourists from California, Arizona, and Nevada desiring to travel north into the great Canadian Rockies and into the great Yellowstone national park, and the southern traffic enroute to Boulder dam, California, Arizona, and Mexico, the designation and construction of this section of highway would prove to be a very important connecting link between the main highways of the west by providing a direct route to and from these famous vacation spots; and
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highways of the west by providing a direct route to and from these famous vacation spots; and Whereas, Owing to the low altitude of the few summits and with level ground prevailing, and with suitable and desirable road material available at all points, this route would be very inexpensive to construct and maintain; and Whereas, At present the towns and ranches situated along this proposed route are practically isolated during the winter season; and Whereas, The construction of such highway would provide the north and south traffic with an all-winter road, and also provide the residents of this section with highway facilities which they do not now enjoy; and Whereas, The state highway department of the State of Nevada and the state highway department of the state of Utah have recently completed the preliminary surveys of their respective proportions of this proposed route and such data and plans are available for the consideration of the bureau of public roads; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada, That the bureau of public roads be and is hereby memorialized to designate that section of the state highways known as Nevada route 30 and Utah route 70 as a part and section of the federal aid system, and that certified copies of this resolution be transmitted by the secretary of state to the bureau of public roads, San Francisco, California; to the Montello highway commission, Montello, Nevada, and to our United States senators and United States congressman now in Washington D. C. |
Memorializing federal bureau of roads to designate certain highways part of federal aid system |
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[Senate Joint Resolution No. 20Senator Marsh]
No. 24Senate Joint Resolution, memorializing Congress to remonetize silver and coin it at sixteen to one.
[Approved March 24, 1937]
To the Congress of the United States: Your memorialist, the legislature of the State of Nevada, hereby respectfully represents that Whereas, The present silver purchasing act has had more than a fair trial. For more than three years it has been in effect, and during the past two years the world price of silver has been less than stationary with a slight decline in fact. Under its terms newly mined silver is purchased at a price that is fixed by the government, which price in the whole of said two years has not been advanced, but has remained at the identical figure that it was two years ago this month. |
Memorializing Congress to remonetize silver and coin it at ratio of sixteen to one |
κ1937 Statutes of Nevada, Page 566 (NUMBER 24, SJR 20)κ
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Memorializing Congress to remonetize silver and coin it at ratio of sixteen to one |
this month. The secretary of the treasury has the legal authority to advance the price at any time to any figure up to $1.29 an ounce, but he has declined to make use of that authority. Meanwhile the government has pursued a bookkeeping practice of giving itself credit for each ounce of silver purchased at a valuation of $1.29 for what cost it 77 cents, or 46 cents, as the case may be; and Whereas, If said silver is actually worth $1.29, as its valuation by the government processes of bookkeeping and coinage undoubtedly make it, the producer an owner of such silver, and not the government, is entitled to all, the same as the producer and owner of gold is entitled to all. The present policy is and amounts to flagrant profiteering that would not be tolerated upon the part of a citizen or group of them, and is indefensible. For each ounce of newly mined silver the government takes from the miner the extortionate sum of 52 cents; and Whereas, While the same in a greater degree applies to other than newly mined silver, its purchase is understood to have dwindled for various reasons, among them being foreign opposition to sale and depletion of their silver stocks, thereby not being comparable in volume to the transactions with domestic silver producers; and Whereas, Said silver purchasing act has had the deplorable effect of threatening the collapse of the financial structure of China and other oriental countries, to the great detriment of our foreign trade and the unrestricted flow of monetary transactions between nations; and Whereas, The promised goal of $1.29, to which the administration has many times pledged itself to elevate the price of silver, is distinctly illusive and unfair. The evident inference or promise held out that by silver bringing $1.29, it has then reached a parity of sixteen to one with gold, does not accord with the facts. This administration has revalued gold at $35 an ounce, which means by simple arithmetic that silver at $1.29 an ounce as measured by gold at $35, is the same as silver at 76 cents as measured by gold at $20.67; or, to state it in terms of gold valued at $35, silver, to be coined at sixteen to one, must be valued at $2.18 an ounce; and Whereas, The great depression that has enveloped the world from 1929 to this moment, is purely monetary. Unemployment and bank failures, important as they are, are only symptoms. To end the depression and to prevent new ones, the cause must be removed. That cause is the failure of the American nation to coin silver, free and unlimited, at sixteen to one, which action independently and alone would be accepted without serious delay by every civilized nation, and would be all the action necessary on the part of any nation, or all nations taken together, to consummate the remonetization of silver, at the same stroke banishing depression and adversity from the affairs of men; now, therefore, be it
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or all nations taken together, to consummate the remonetization of silver, at the same stroke banishing depression and adversity from the affairs of men; now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the legislature of the State of Nevada hereby urges the national senate and house of representatives, in Congress assembled, to enact legislation providing for the coinage of silver and gold at a permanent ratio of sixteen to one, without limit or seigniorage charge in case of either. Resolved, That the secretary of state of the State of Nevada be and hereby is directed to forward a printed copy of this memorial to each member of both houses of congress, to the president and vice president of the United States, and to each member of the cabinet. |
Memorializing Congress to remonetize silver and coin it at ratio of sixteen to one |
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[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 30Committee on Ways and Means]
No. 25Assembly Joint Resolution, proposing an amendment to article IX of the constitution of the State of Nevada.
Whereas, The operation of motor cars and vehicles upon the public highways causes constant wear and deterioration of existing highways and makes necessary the construction of new highways as the number of such motor cars and vehicles increases year after year; and Whereas, The construction, maintenance, and repair of the public highways for the purpose of preserving the present highways and of filling the expanding needs of the users of public roads makes necessary the expenditure of sums of money so large that the revenue from state sources are insufficient therefor and such state funds must be augmented by federal funds under the federal aid road act approved July 11, 1916, which act was accepted and its provisions assented to by the act of the legislature of the State of Nevada entitled An act to provide a general highway law for the State of Nevada, approved March 23, 1917; and Whereas, It is unfair and unjust to tax motor-vehicle transportation unless the proceeds of such taxation are applied to the construction, improvement, or maintenance of highways; and Whereas, Under an amendment to said federal aid road act approved June 18, 1934, federal aid is denied to any state that diverts the proceeds from the imposition of registration fees, licenses, gasoline taxes and other special taxes on motor vehicle owners and operators of all kinds to other uses than for the construction, improvement, and maintenance of highways and administrative expenses in connection therewith; now, therefore, be it
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Proposing addition of section to article IX of state constitution |
κ1937 Statutes of Nevada, Page 568 (NUMBER 25, AJR 30)κ
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Proposing addition of section to article IX of state constitution |
other uses than for the construction, improvement, and maintenance of highways and administrative expenses in connection therewith; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada, That a section be added to article IX of the constitution of the State of Nevada, to be known as section 5, which shall read as follows: Section 5. The proceeds from the imposition of any license or registration fee and other charge with respect to the operation of any motor vehicle upon any public highway in this state and the proceeds from the imposition of any excise tax on gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel shall, except costs of administration, be used exclusively for the construction, maintenance, and repair of the public highways of this state. |
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Memorializing Congress to continue excise tax on copper |
[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 19Mr. Russell]
No. 26Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing Congress to enact suitable legislation to continue an excise tax on copper.
Whereas, In June 1937, the four-cent excise tax on imports of copper will automatically expire unless it is included in the new revenue bill which is under consideration by Congress; and Whereas, Because of the abundance of cheap copper abroad, continuation of this protection for the domestic industry is essential to its future welfare; and Whereas, A discontinuance of said tariff would be destructive of the copper industry in the State of Nevada, and adjoining states; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of Nevada, That Congress be memorialized to enact such legislation as will continue the present four-cent excise tax on copper imports; and be it further Resolved, That duly certified copies of this resolution be transmitted by the secretary of state of the State of Nevada to each of our senators at Washington, D. C., and to our representative in Congress. |
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[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 29Committee on Labor]
No. 27Assembly Joint Resolution, requesting the legislative committee now at Washington, D. C., to urge upon the director of the United States reemployment service the establishment of the reemployment office for work on the Boca dam at Reno, Nevada.
Whereas, There is now at Washington, D. C., a legislative committee for the purpose of conference with the resettlement administration at Washington, D. C.; and Whereas, There is now pending a resolution in this legislature requesting the director of reemployment to establish the Boca dam reemployment office at Reno, Nevada; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of Nevada, That the said legislative committee be urged to present to the director of the reemployment service at Washington, D. C., the benefits to be derived from and the many reasons why the reemployment office for said project should be situated at Reno, Nevada; and be is further Resolved, That said committee be authorized and directed to invite the cooperation of our senators and representative at Washington to secure such establishment; and be it further Resolved, That properly certified copies of these resolutions be transmitted to our senators and representative in Congress at Washington, D. C. |
Requesting legislative committee at Washington, D. C., to urge establishment of reemployment office for work on Boca dam |
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[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 18Mr. Hussman]
No. 28Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing Congress to purchase certain lands adjacent to Lake Tahoe in the State of Nevada, for the establishment thereon of a park for recreational purposes, and for the establishment thereon of an emergency aviation field.
Whereas, The lands lying in the basin surrounding Lake Tahoe, taken together with the setting of the lake, constitutes one of the grandest scenic beauties in the United States; and Whereas, The lands surrounding Lake Tahoe are rapidly coming into the hands of private parties, who use the same for commercial purposes; and Whereas, The people of the State of Nevada and of the surrounding territory in the State of California feel that an area for recreational purposes should be set aside for the benefit of the people visiting this scenic playground; and |
Memorializing Congress to purchase certain lands adjacent to Lake Tahoe |
κ1937 Statutes of Nevada, Page 570 (NUMBER 28, AJR 18)κ
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Memorializing Congress to purchase certain lands adjacent to Lake Tahoe |
Whereas, Said sites would be of great value to the government of the United States in case of emergency as a landing field for aircraft; and Whereas, There is now available a limited area of suitable land; and Whereas, The said tracts are almost on a direct air line between the city of San Francisco and the federal munition plant at Hawthorne, Nevada; and Whereas, There are six improved highway routes leading to the Lake Tahoe region from the States of Nevada and California; and Whereas, The State of Nevada does not have within its boundaries any public parks, recreation grounds or aviation fields; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of Nevada, That Congress be memorialized to make an appropriation in the sum of one hundred fifty thousand ($150,000) dollars for the purchase and improvement of an area, and that the public works administration be directed to assist in making such area applicable for the purpose hereinbefore set out; and be it further Resolved, That our senators in the United States senate and our representative in Congress be urged to use their best efforts in the furtherance of the objects of this resolution; and be it further Resolved, That duly certified copies of this resolution be transmitted, by the secretary of state of the State of Nevada, to each of our senators and to our representative in Congress. |
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Memorializing U. S. senate to oppose ratification of Argentine treaty |
[Senate Joint Resolution No. 9Senator Dressler]
No. 29Senate Joint Resolution, memorializing the United States senate to oppose the ratification of the proposed Argentine treaty.
Whereas, We feel that the ratification of the said Argentine treaty will be detrimental to the livestock industry of the United States by reason of the fact that regulations under such treaty will furnish a means of entry of foot-and-mouth disease among cattle in the United States, and the impairment of the present standard breeds of cattle in the United States; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of Nevada, That the United States senate be memorialized to oppose the said proposed ratification of the Argentine treaty; and be it further Resolved, That certified copies of these resolutions be forwarded to our senators at Washington, D. C., and that copies of this resolution, certified by the proper officers of the senate and assembly of the State of Nevada, be transmitted to the chamber of commerce of the United States, and to the Honorable H. |
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of this resolution, certified by the proper officers of the senate and assembly of the State of Nevada, be transmitted to the chamber of commerce of the United States, and to the Honorable H. A. Wallace, secretary of agriculture of the United States. |
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[Senate Joint Resolution No. 8Senator Dressler]
No. 30Senate Joint Resolution, petitioning Congress to make theft of livestock on land under federal control a federal offense.
Whereas, Under the Taylor grazing act a great area of the western states comes under the control of the federal government; and Whereas, There has been an increasing activity in the theft of livestock on the open ranges in the western country in the last few years; and Whereas, On account of the immense area to be supervised it is practically impossible for state and local authorities to suppress these crimes; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of Nevada, That Congress be requested to enact such legislation as will constitute livestock theft on areas under control of the Taylor grazing act a federal offense; and be it further Resolved, That properly certified copies of this resolution be forwarded to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house, to the legislatures of our sister states, and to our senators and representative in Congress at Washington. |
Petitioning Congress to make theft of cattle on land under federal control a federal offense |
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[Senate Joint Resolution No. 22Senator Sawyer]
No. 31Senate Joint Resolution, requesting the Congress of the United States to pass legislation permitting the white settlers who have made homes on land in Pyramid Lake reservation in Nevada to obtain title to said lands and remain thereon.
Whereas, The government of the United States has heretofore issued to its citizens, by letters patent, title to many hundred acres of the public domain situated within townships numbers twenty and twenty-one north, range twenty-four east, Mount Diablo base and meridian; and Whereas, Said lands lie within the present Pyramid Lake reservation lines; and Whereas, The Monroe Survey, under which said Pyramid Lake reservation is held, was made in one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five and sent to the department at Washington, but was not acted upon until one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, having no legal existence or withdrawal of lands until the date last mentioned, but prior to one thousand eight hundred sixty-five, as well as after the making of said survey, and prior to one thousand eight hundred seventy-four, many locations were made within said area, including the town of Wadsworth, on the Central Pacific railroad, and the knowledge of the reservation boundaries was so limited that the government disposed of a portion of said lands by patent; and |
Requesting Congress to permit white settlers on Pyramid Lake reservation to obtain title to lands and remain thereon |
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Requesting Congress to permit white settlers on Pyramid Lake reservation to obtain title to lands and remain thereon |
eight hundred and sixty-five and sent to the department at Washington, but was not acted upon until one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, having no legal existence or withdrawal of lands until the date last mentioned, but prior to one thousand eight hundred sixty-five, as well as after the making of said survey, and prior to one thousand eight hundred seventy-four, many locations were made within said area, including the town of Wadsworth, on the Central Pacific railroad, and the knowledge of the reservation boundaries was so limited that the government disposed of a portion of said lands by patent; and Whereas, Said Pyramid Lake reservation now includes the entire Pyramid lake and large tracts of land comprising a total of three hundred and twenty-two thousand acres, or an area of more than five hundred square miles, a very small portion of which, about one thousand acres, is occupied or used by the Indians, lying at the southern portion of Pyramid lake and near the mouth of the Truckee river; and Whereas, Government agents on many occasions, in their reports and otherwise, since one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four to the present time, have recommended that said reservation be reduced in extent, as it was of much larger proportions than was required for Indian purposes; and Whereas, No cultivation or substantial improvement or use have been made upon land within the townships above mentioned by the said Indians; and Whereas, White settlers have located homes and have improved and cultivated certain limited areas of land within the townships aforesaid and have devoted their lives to the making of said improvements; and Whereas, Said white settlers are now being threatened with ejectment from said lands by the United States; and Whereas, There is pending in the Congress of the United States a bill known as senate bill No. 840, designed for the relief of said settlers and to permit them to remain unmolested in their homes and to continue to cultivate and farm said limited areas of land; and Whereas, Said settlers have already paid to the United States more than double the recognized homestead prices per acre for said land in its raw state as it was when they settled thereon; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Congress of the United States be requested to adopt the provisions of senate bill No. 840 to the end that said white settlers may remain on said lands and retain their homes and obtain title thereto. Resolved further, That the governor be and is hereby requested to forward copies of this resolution under the seal of the secretary of state of Nevada to each branch of the Congress of the United States and to each of our United States senators and representative in Congress. |
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of the secretary of state of Nevada to each branch of the Congress of the United States and to each of our United States senators and representative in Congress. |
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[Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 3Mr. Phillips]
No. 32Assembly Concurrent Resolution, authorizing the purchase of two flags for the legislative halls.
Whereas, The flags now placed in the assembly and the senate have served their purpose, and are now in a poor state of preservation; and Whereas, By the reason above set forth said flags have ceased to reflect in full glory the patriotism of the great emancipator whose portrait adorns the northern end of the assembly; or that beloved governor whose loyalty to his state and his people have built him an inspiring monument in the hearts of Nevadans, whose portrait adorns the dais in the south of the senate; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate concurring, That the board of capitol control is hereby authorized and directed to purchase two appropriate United States flags, together with stands therefor, one to be placed in the assembly chamber and the other in the senate chamber; and be it further Resolved, That there be appropriated out of the legislative fund of the State of Nevada the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purchase of said flags and stands; and the state controller of the State of Nevada is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant upon the state treasurer for the sum of one hundred sixty dollars in favor of board of capitol control for the purpose specified, and the state treasurer shall pay the same out of the legislative fund of the State of Nevada, the old flags to be dedicated to the historical society, with their history. |
Authorizing purchase of new flags for legislative halls |
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[Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 8Mr. Cooper]
No. 33Assembly Concurrent Resolution, extending to Congressman Scrugham the sympathy of the State of Nevada in the loss of his beloved mother.
Whereas, Our Congressman, Hon. James G. Scrugham, has recently suffered the loss of his mother; and Whereas, The people of the state of Nevada, out of their sincere respect for Congressman Scrugham and his loyalty to all of the people of the State of Nevada, feel a deep sympathy for him and the other members of his family, on account of their recent bereavement; now, therefore, be it
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Resolution of sympathy extended to Congressman James G. Scrugham |
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Resolution of sympathy extended to Congressman James G. Scrugham |
to all of the people of the State of Nevada, feel a deep sympathy for him and the other members of his family, on account of their recent bereavement; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate concurring, That we, as the representatives of the people of the State of Nevada, sympathize with Congressman Scrugham and his family in this hour of bereavement, and we desire to extend to them this token of our friendship in the hope, not that it shall lessen their grief, but that it may tend to offer to them the consolation that their friends feel with them their loss; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, properly certified, be transmitted to Congressmen Scrugham at Washington, D. C., and that a copy thereof be spread upon the journals of the assembly and senate of the State of Nevada. |
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Directing planning board to arrange for restoring log house at Genoa, Nevada |
[Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2Senator Dressler]
No. 34Senate Concurrent Resolution, directing the state planning board to cooperate with the federal government in the restoration of the log house at Genoa, Nevada.
Whereas, The town of Genoa in the State of Nevada is the original settlement in the territory which now comprises a part of the State of Nevada; and Whereas, The original building, a log house, has been destroyed by fire and there are only photographs of the same now in existence; and Whereas, The historic spots, landmarks, and history of the State of Nevada is rapidly being lost by reason of the lack of designation of these facts and incidents in the past; and Whereas, We feel that this is an opportune occasion to have restored to and perpetuated in the State of Nevada one of the most historical landmarks known to the history of the state, through the assistance of government agencies; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly concurring, That the Nevada state planning board of the State of Nevada be and the same is hereby directed and authorized to confer and cooperate with the federal government, or any of its agencies, in the restoration, through such agencies, of said original log cabin in the town of Genoa, the site therefor to be given and dedicated to the State of Nevada without cost by the people of the town of Genoa. |
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[Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 12Mr. Bugbee]
No. 35Assembly Concurrent Resolution, calling attention to the allotment of power from Boulder dam and the advisability of the various sections of the state desiring to be benefited thereby to take appropriate action to secure such benefits.
Whereas, The State of Nevada and its various subdivisions are entitled to allotments of power from Boulder dam upon such reasonable terms that great benefits can result therefrom; and Whereas, Applications for such allotments are not being made in the numbers and for the territory contemplated and reasonably to be expected; and Whereas, It seems apparent that this failure to secure such allotments results from lack of knowledge and information concerning the rights and privileges extended to the state with reference to such power; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of Nevada, That all elective and appointive officers of the State of Nevada, and the political subdivisions thereof, all civic organizations, and the citizens of the State of Nevada, be, and they hereby are, requested to inform themselves fully concerning the rights and benefits to be derived by the various sections of the State of Nevada securing an allotment of power from Boulder dam, and to avail themselves of the opportunity of securing such power before their right to secure such an allotment expires, and they thereby become precluded from so doing; and be it further Resolved, That printed copies of this resolution be by the secretary of state of the State of Nevada mailed to the various elective and appointive officers of the State of Nevada, and its political subdivisions, and the various civic organizations in the State of Nevada. |
Regarding allotment of power from Boulder dam |
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[Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4Senator Robbins]
No. 36Senate Concurrent Resolution, relative to the employment of residents of this state in any undertaking or services performed by this state or any political subdivision thereof.
Whereas, The State of Nevada in common with other states and in cooperation with them and the federal government is and has undertaken the development of many services and work of social, economic and cultural importance; and Whereas, The legislature of the State of Nevada has at this session and at previous sessions declared its policy of maintaining the importance of doing these things under the supervision and through the employment of men and women of Nevada who are familiar with our philosophy and traditions; now, therefore, be it
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Relating to employment of Nevada residents in all state activities |
this session and at previous sessions declared its policy of maintaining the importance of doing these things under the supervision and through the employment of men and women of Nevada who are familiar with our philosophy and traditions; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of Nevada, That the legislature of the State of Nevada hereby directs the attention of all officers and employees of the State of Nevada and any political subdivision thereof to the policy of employing bona fide residents of this state in all of the services to be undertaken in behalf of the residents of this state under any program authorized by this legislature; and be it further Resolved, That the secretary of state shall be notified that it is the pleasure of both the senate and assembly that this resolution be printed in the volume of the statutes for the information of all officers and employees of the state or any political subdivision thereof. |
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Expressing sympathy for disaster at Overton, Texas |
[Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 16Mrs. Washburn]
No. 37Assembly Concurrent Resolution, expressing sympathy to the people of Texas for the great disaster which occurred at Overton in the said state.
Whereas, A shocking calamity occurred yesterday in the city of Overton, in the State of Texas, in which the lives of approximately five hundred innocent children were snuffed out instantly, and many others were frightfully injured; and Whereas, The great State of Texas has furnished to Nevada a governor who endeared himself to all the people of this state; and Whereas, The people of the State of Nevada feel that they have much in common with the people of Texas, which impels the people of the State of Nevada to sympathize with the people of Texas in this dark period of shock and grief; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate concurring, That the people of the State of Nevada extend to the grief-stricken people of the city of Overton, Texas, their friendship and sorrow for their great calamity, and offer to them the prayer that Divine Providence shall extend to them the hand of consolation that is not obtainable from any other source; and be it further Resolved, That properly certified copies of this resolution be transmitted to the mayor of the city of Overton, Texas. |
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[Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 15Committee on Ways and Means]
No. 38Assembly Concurrent Resolution, memorializing the attorney-general of the State of Nevada to direct a more strict compliance with the law upon the district attorneys or through the district attorneys upon certain license collectors.
Whereas, It has come to the attention of the legislature of the thirty-eighth session that there is a deplorable lack of enforcement of the law that requires a separate license for each gambling game or machine; and Whereas, Such failure to properly enforce the revenue laws of this state causes a serious loss in the funds of the counties and of the state; and Whereas, A dereliction on the part of those who should enforce such law is in direct conflict with the legal duties imposed upon such persons and is entirely unreasonable; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate concurring, That the attorney-general of the State of Nevada be and he is hereby memorialized to communicate with the district attorneys of the several counties of this state and impress upon them the requirements of the license laws, and the necessity for the enforcement thereof by the license collectors in their respective counties, and direct said district attorneys to align themselves for strict enforcement of the law. |
Relating to collection of gambling licenses |
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[Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 21Mr. Cooper]
No. 39Assembly Concurrent Resolution, commending the heroic bravery of the highway department of the State of Nevada in the rescue of Mrs. LaNear and her baby girl from impending death.
Whereas, During the month of January 1937, the LaNear family was traveling over the public highways of this State of Nevada bound for the State of California; and Whereas, Being unused to the climate and weather conditions of the State of Nevada, the husband and father sought to negotiate the Carson-Placerville road during the pendency of a terrific storm, and became stranded in the snowdrifts between Carson City and Lake Tahoe; and Whereas, In a futile attempt to obtain relief for the wife and child, the husband gave up his life; and Whereas, The mother and infant child were left in their stranded car without sufficient food and no opportunity to move from the car; and |
Commending highway department on rescue of Mrs. LaNear and child |
κ1937 Statutes of Nevada, Page 578 (NUMBER 39, ACR 21)κ
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Commending highway department on rescue of Mrs. LaNear and child |
Whereas, Upon the discovery by passing workmen of the plight of the mother and child, the Nevada state highway department was informed, and in the face of a violent storm and a mass of snowdrifts that it was almost impossible to get through or over, the members of the highway department persisted with superhuman efforts until they reached the stranded car, and brought the mother and child to safety when they were almost due to perish; and Whereas, This action on the part of those men is one worthy of notice and commendation by the people of the State of Nevada; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate concurring, That the people of the State of Nevada, through its legislative representatives, commend these men for their heroic efforts and the results attained thereby, and accord to them the thanks and approbation of the people of this state; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be engrossed under the direction of the secretary of state of the State of Nevada, and under the great seal of the State of Nevada, and be transmitted to the department of highways to be by said department suitably framed and placed in a conspicuous place in the offices of said department. |
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Courtesies of Carson City press appreciated |
[Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 20Mr. Oldham]
No. 40Assembly Concurrent Resolution, expressing the appreciation for the courtesies by the Carson City press.
Whereas, The press of Carson City has very courteously afforded to the members of the legislature of the State of Nevada at this session the current news and comments; and Whereas, The gracious manner in which this was tendered has produced a sentiment of appreciation on the part of the members of this legislature; now, therefore be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate concurring, That the legislature of the State of Nevada expresses its sincere appreciation to the press of Carson City for the many kindnesses and courtesies extended by the press to the legislature; and be it further Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to each of the Carson City papers. |
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κ1937 Statutes of Nevada, Page 579κ
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[Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6Senator Cobb]
No. 41Senate Concurrent Resolution, memorializing the justices of the supreme court of Nevada to change rule of the supreme court relative to the eligibility of applicants for examination for admission to the state bar of Nevada.
To the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada: Your memorialist, the legislature of the State of Nevada, hereby respectfully represents that Whereas, Subdivision 4 of rule I of the supreme court of Nevada provides that all applicants applying for permission to take the state bar examination shall establish to the satisfaction of the supreme court that said applicant has received a high school diploma, or its equivalent; and has completed two years of college work, or its equivalent; and Whereas, Said rule prevents a great number of persons who are desirous of becoming members of the bar and are qualified to pass the bar examination from applying for permission to take said bar examination, thereby working a hardship and injustice on said persons; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly concurring, That the justices of the supreme court of the State of Nevada be memorialized to rescind and set aside that part of subdivision 4 of rule I of the supreme court relative to high school and college education of applicants for applying for permission to take the state bar examination; and be it further Resolved, That the secretary of the senate of the State of Nevada be, and he hereby is, directed to deliver a copy of this memorial to each of the justices of the supreme court of the State of Nevada. |
Supreme court requested to change certain court rule |
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