[Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 1–Committee on Rules]

No. 1–Assembly Concurrent Resolution, proposing to amend joint standing rule No. 10.

      Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate concurring, That joint standing rule No. 10 be amended by striking out all of joint standing rule No. 10.

Joint standing rule repealed

[Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1–Senator McGuirk]

No 2–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

      Whereas, The senate of the Nevada legislature and Storey County desires to pay tribute to the service of Mrs. Georgie Biddle; and

      Whereas, Georgie Biddle as a resident of Virginia City and Storey County, Nevada, had retired from active duty of nursing; and

      Whereas, Said Georgie Biddle has served Storey County in the capacity of a registered nurse, without pay or personal benefit, due to the fact that Storey County has had no doctor in residence since 1942, with all the attending hardships endured by a gold mining community during such war period; and

      Whereas, Said Georgie Biddle through her benevolence to the people of Storey County has supported families with clothing, food, fuel, financial aid, and nursing during a time when her own family was sick; now, therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly concurring, That the forty-third session expresses its appreciation of, pride in, and best wishes for Mrs. Georgie Biddle, and further expresses the hope of her continuous benevolent service; and be it further

      Resolved, That the appropriate officers of each house be requested to properly certify this resolution, and that copies of the same be sent to Mrs. Georgie Biddle at her present address, Virginia City, Nevada.

Preamble

Resolutilon of tribute to Mrs. Georgie Biddle

Certification of copies

Standing rule No. 1 amended

[Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 3–Committee on Rules]

No. 3–Assembly Concurrent Resolution, proposing to amend joint standing rule No. 1.

      Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate concurring, That joint standing rule No. 1 be amended so that it will read as follows:

      In every case of an amendment of a bill or joint or concurrent resolution agreed to in one house, dissented from in the other, and not receded from by the one making the same, such house shall appoint a committee to confer with a like committee to be appointed by the other, and the committee so appointed shall meet at a convenient hour to be agreed upon by their respective chairmen, and shall confer upon the differences between the two houses as indicated by the amendments made in one and rejected in the other, and report as early as convenient the result of their conference to their respective houses. The whole subject matter embraced in the bill or resolution shall be considered by the committee, and it may recommend recession by either house, new amendments, new bills or resolutions, or other changes as it sees fit. New bills or resolutions so reported shall be treated as amendments, unless such bills or resolutions are comprised entirely of original matter, in which case they shall receive the treatment required in the respective houses for original bills, or resolutions, as the case may be. The report of a conference committee may be adopted by acclamation, and such action may be considered equivalent to the adoption of amendments embodied therein. But such report shall not itself be subject to amendment, and if either house refuse to adopt such report, the conferees may be discharged and other conferees appointed; provided, however, that no more than three different conference committees shall be appointed on any one bill. No member who has served on a conference committee shall be appointed a member of another conference committee on the same bill.

Request for return of A. B. 38

[Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 4–Messrs. Chapman and Frey]

No. 4–Assembly Concurrent Resolution, requesting the return of Assembly Bill No. 38.

      Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That assembly bill No. 38 be returned to the assembly for further consideration.

[Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3–Senator Lattin]

No. 5–Senate Concurrent Resolution, requesting the board of regents of the University of Nevada to be present at a joint meeting between the senate committee on education and state university and the assembly committee on education.

      Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly concurring, That the board of regents of the University of Nevada be requested and urged that it be present at the joint meeting between the senate committee on education and state university and the assembly committee on education to be held at 9 o’clock, a. m., February 18, 1947, in committee room numbered 43, in the Nevada state capitol at Carson City, Nevada.

      Be it further resolved, That the president of the board of regents be notified by letter of this proposed meeting.

Requesting regents to attend joint meeting of committees

[Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2–Committee on State Institutions]

No. 6–Senate Concurrent Resolution, directing the warden of the Nevada state prison to make a study and investigation as to the feasibility, cost, and benefits which may accrue to the State of Nevada through the installation of machinery in the Nevada state prison for the purpose of manufacturing shoes and clothing to be used by the inmates of said prison and the inmates of the Nevada school of industry and the Nevada hospital for mental diseases, and report his findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the next succeeding regular session of the Nevada state legislature.

      Whereas, It has come to the attention of the Senate committee on state institutions that during certain seasons of the year the inmates of the Nevada state prison have an excess of leisure time; and

      Whereas, It is the feeling of such committee that such leisure time may be put to some beneficial use; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly concurring, That the warden of the state prison is hereby directed to make a study and investigate into the possibilities, the feasibility, cost, and benefit which might accrue to the State of Nevada through the installation of machinery in the Nevada state prison for the purpose of having the inmates of said institution manufacture shoes and clothing for the exclusive use of the inmates of the Nevada state prison, the Nevada school of industry, and the Nevada hospital for mental diseases; it is further

Preamble

Warden of prison directed to study installation of machinery

Warden to report to governor and legislature

for the exclusive use of the inmates of the Nevada state prison, the Nevada school of industry, and the Nevada hospital for mental diseases; it is further

      Resolved, That the warden of the state prison shall prepare a report of his findings and make recommendations as to the feasibility of such a program, and that such report and recommendations shall be completed and submitted to the governor not later than December 1, 1948; and be it further

      Resolved, That the warden of the state prison shall report to the next regular session of the legislature, and recommend to such legislature that which he believes desirable or beneficial to the State of Nevada in these premises.

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Condolences extended to widow and son of Frank Helmick

[Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 5–Senate Committee of the Whole]

No. 7–Senate Concurrent Resolution, in memory of W. (Frank) Helmick.

      Whereas, The members of this body have learned with deep sorrow of the death, on February 22, 1947, at Reno, Nevada, of W. F. (Frank) Helmick; and

      Whereas, For more than twenty (20) years Mr. Helmick has reported faithfully and accurately the sessions of the Nevada state legislature; and

      Whereas, Mr. Helmick has since 1945 been the legislative counsel for the State of Nevada and has always rendered valuable aid and counsel to the people of the State of Nevada and to the members of the Nevada legislature; and

      Whereas, During the entire time he endeared himself by words, actions, and deeds to the people of the State of Nevada and the members of the Nevada state legislature; now, therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly concurring, That the condolences of the members of the forty-third session of the legislature of the State of Nevada are hereby noted over the passing of an outstanding public figure, and our sympathies are extended to his widow, Mrs. Helmick, her son, and all other surviving relatives of the deceased; and be it further

      Resolved, That this resolution be spread upon the journals of the senate and assembly, that copies be delivered to Mrs. W. F. Helmick, and that when the respective bodies adjourn today, they do so in memory of this distinguished servant of the people of the State of Nevada.

[Senate Joint Resolution No. 3–Committee on Judiciary]

No. 8–Senate Joint Resolution, proposing the amendment of section 14 of article V of the constitution of the State of Nevada.

      Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of Nevada, That section 14 of article V of the constitution of the State of Nevada be amended so as to read as follows:

      Sec. 14.  The governor, justices of the supreme court, and attorney general, or a major part of them, of whom the governor shall be one, may, upon such conditions and with such limitations and restrictions as they may think proper, remit fines and forfeitures, commute punishments, and grant pardons, after convictions, in all cases, except treason and impeachments, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons. The legislature is authorized to pass laws conferring upon the district courts authority to suspend the execution of sentences, fix the conditions for, and to grant probation, and within the minimum and maximum periods authorized by law, fix the sentence to be served by the person convicted of crime in said courts.

Amendment of section 14, article V of constitution

[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 10–Committee on Ways and Means]

No. 9–Assembly Joint Resolution, proposing an amendment to section 3, article IX, of the constitution of the State of Nevada, and other matters relating thereto.

      Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada, jointly, That section 3 of article IX of the constitution of the State of Nevada be amended to read as follows:

      Sec. 3.  The state may contract public debts; but such debts shall never, in the aggregate, exclusive of interest, exceed the sum of three percent of the assessed valuation of the state, as shown by the reports of the county assessors to the state controller, except for the purpose of defraying extraordinary expenses, as hereinafter mentioned. Every such debt shall be authorized by law for some purpose or purposes, to be distinctly specified therein; and every such law shall provide for levying an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest semiannually and the principal within twenty years from the passage of such law, and shall specially appropriate the proceeds of said taxes to the payment of said principal and interest; and such appropriation shall not be repealed nor the taxes postponed or diminished until the principal and interest of said debts shall have been wholly paid.

Amendment of section 3, article IX of constitution

Amendment of section 3, article IX of constitution

wholly paid. Every contract of indebtedness entered into or assumed by or on behalf of the state, when all its debts and liabilities amount to said sum before mentioned, shall be void and of no effect, except in cases of money borrowed to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, defend the state in time of war, or, if hostilities be threatened, provide for the public defense.

      The state, notwithstanding the foregoing limitations, may, pursuant to authority of the legislature, make and enter into any and all contracts necessary, expedient, or advisable for the protection and preservation of any of its property or natural resources, or for the purpose of obtaining the benefits thereof, however arising and whether arising by or through any undertaking or project of the United States or by or through any treaty or compact between the states, or otherwise. The legislature may from time to time make such appropriations as may be necessary to carry out the obligations of the state under such contracts, and shall levy such tax as may be necessary to pay the same or carry them into effect.

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Request for return of A. B. 158

[Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 5–Mr. Wines]

No. 10–Assembly Concurrent Resolution, requesting the return to the Assembly of Assembly Bill No. 158.

      Whereas, Assembly Bill No. 158 has passed both houses of the forty-third session of the legislature and been forwarded to the governor; and

      Whereas, The title of the act sought to be amended has been incorrectly stated in said assembly bill No. 158; now, therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate concurring, That the governor of the State of Nevada is hereby requested to return to the assembly, for further consideration, assembly bill No. 158.

Preamble

[Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6–Senator Johnson]

No. 11–Senate Concurrent Resolution, requesting the return to the senate of senate bill No. 68

      Whereas, Senate bill No. 68 has passed both houses of the forty-third session of the legislature and forwarded to the governor; and

      Whereas, The said bill is defective in that it incorrectly refers to certain statutes; now, therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly concurring, That the governor of the State of Nevada is hereby requested to return to the senate for further consideration senate bill No. 68.

Request for return of S. B. 68

[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 11–Mr. Crawford]

No. 12–Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing the Nevada state highway department, the Washoe County commissioners, and the Indian service to continue highways now being built into northern Washoe County.

[Approved March 18, 1947]

      Whereas, An area composed of northern Washoe County and parts of Humboldt and Pershing Counties is one of the few remaining vast expanses of territory in the State of Nevada without any access except by the emigrant trails cut through the sagebrush by the wagon wheels of the 49’ers; and

      Whereas, Many thousands of acres of fertile land with possibilities of water for irrigation are almost inaccessible because of very poor roads or none at all; and

      Whereas, The general direction of the present highway construction is toward a connecting link with the California and Oregon highway systems and is not in any sense a “dead end” road; and

      Whereas, The combined valuation of mines now operating along with other mining potentialities in this area may be reckoned in millions; and

      Whereas, The Indian service now has approximately two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) worth of valuable machinery, including up-to-date Diesel road building equipment for building a highway northward from Pyramid Lake to the north boundary of the Pyramid lake Indian reservation which, when oiled, will add about sixty miles of paved highway north of Reno; and

      Whereas, The Indian service cannot build roads outside of the Indian reservation unless other funds be allocated and specified to be spent; and

      Whereas, This road is in the federal secondary system and secondary funds can be spent thereon; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada, jointly, That the county commissioners of Washoe county be asked to recommend a very high priority for construction of this road, and that the highway department and public roads administration be memorialized to initiate construction on the link from the northern boundary of the Pyramid lake Indian reservation to Gerlach immediately; be it further

Preamble

Washoe County commissioners requested to recommend construction of road

construction on the link from the northern boundary of the Pyramid lake Indian reservation to Gerlach immediately; be it further

      Resolved, That copies of this resolution be sent to the county commissioners of Washoe county, the directors of the Nevada state highway department, and the United States public roads administration.

Preamble

Directing payment of ministers for religious services

[Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 7–Senator Johnson]

No. 13–Senate Concurrent Resolution, providing for the compensation of certain persons for services rendered to the forty-third session of the Nevada legislature.

      Whereas, During the present session of the legislature the clergy of the city of Carson, representing three denominations, have rendered daily religious services to the legislature; and

      Whereas, A reasonable compensation for such services is the sum of six hundred ($600) dollars; now, therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly concurring, That the state controller be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issued his warrants, and that the state treasurer be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay the same, out of the legislative fund heretofore created, to the following-named individuals and in the respective amounts designated, as compensation for religious services rendered during the forty-third session of the Nevada legislature, to wit: Monsignor H. J. Wientjes, the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars; Rev. A. S. Kean, the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars; and Rev. John L. Harvey, the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars.

Amendment of section 11, article VI of constitution

[Senate Joint Resolution No. 6–Senator Robbins]

No. 14–Senate Joint Resolution, proposing an amendment to section 11 of article 6 of the constitution of the State of Nevada.

      Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of Nevada, That section 11 of article 6, constitution of the State of Nevada, be amended so as to read as follows:

      Sec. 11.  The justices of the supreme court and the district judges shall be ineligible to any office, other than a judicial office, during the term for which they shall have been elected or appointed; and all elections or appointments of any such judges by the people, legislature, or otherwise, during said period, to any office other than judicial, shall be void.

any such judges by the people, legislature, or otherwise, during said period, to any office other than judicial, shall be void.

[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 24–Committee on Mines and Mining]

No. 15–Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing Congress to oppose the recommendation of the secretary of the interior that all federally owned mineral land be kept in permanent federal ownership.

[Approved March 27, 1947]

      Whereas, It has been reported that the secretary of the interior of the United States has recommended to the Congress that all mineral land owned by the government of the United States be kept in permanent federal ownership in such manner as to prohibit the location and patenting of such land, and further to repeal the present mining laws which permit the location and patenting of mineral-bearing land; and

      Whereas, The development of mineral-bearing lands by location and patenting under the existing laws has contributed materially to the well being of the western states of the United States by making such property subject to taxation and in developing many areas and sections of the western states; and

      Whereas, The proposed recommendation of the secretary of the interior will materially affect the economy of the western states and will prevent the development of mineral-bearing areas throughout the western states; and

      Whereas, The proposed recommendation represents an unjust encroachment upon the development of the western mining states and the rights of private citizens to attempt mining ventures; now, therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada, jointly, That the Congress of the United States be memorialized to oppose any recommendation or plan of legislation having as its object the permanent continuance of federal ownership of mining lands in the United States, or the repeal of existing mining laws which permit the location and patenting of mining lands; and be it further

      Resolved, That duly certified copies of this resolution be forwarded by the secretary of the State of Nevada to the president of the United States, the secretary of the interior, and to the representatives of the State of Nevada in the senate and house of representatives of the United States Congress.

Preamble

Congress memorialized to continue federal ownership of mining lands

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Congress memorialized to retain the name “Boulder Dam”

[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 21–Clark County Delegation]

No. 16–Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing Congress and the Nevada representatives in Congress to retain the name “Boulder Dam.”

[Approved March 27, 1947]

      Whereas, The Boulder dam located in the Black canyon of the Colorado river was completed in the year 1935; and

      Whereas, Prior to its completion it was officially named and designated as “Boulder Dam”; and

      Whereas, Because it is the highest dam in the world it has become widely known and heralded, described in current encyclopedias, and delineated upon maps under its official name, “Boulder dam”; and

      Whereas, Boulder City, located in the immediate vicinity of the dam, and being the city which serves the dam, bears its name because of the official name and designation of the dam itself; and

      Whereas, It is the sense of the Assembly and the Senate of the State of Nevada that the dam, being a national monument of outstanding importance, its name should not be changed or redesignated; now, therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of Nevada, jointly, That the legislature of the State of Nevada hereby memorialize and petition that the Congress of the United States retain the name and designation, to wit: “Boulder Dam”; and be it further

      Resolved, That the secretary of state of the State of Nevada be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to transmit properly certified copies of this resolution to our senators and representative in Washington, and to the president of the United States senate, and to the speaker of the house of representatives.

Preamble

[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 15–Messrs. Beemer, Hazard, Frey, Gray, Swackhamer, Bisoni, and Taber]

No. 17–Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing the representatives of the State of Nevada in the Congress of the United States to support certain legislation beneficial to veterans and others.

[Approved March 27, 1947]

      Whereas, There are now pending in the Congress of the United States two certain bills affecting the rights of veterans, prisoners of war, and other persons in territory occupied by the Japanese forces, which are referred to as H. R. 881 and H. R. 1199; and

      Whereas, This legislation extends to veterans, prisoners of war, and other persons in territory occupied by the Japanese during the war, certain benefits by way of exemption under and in connection with the internal revenue code of the United States; and

      Whereas, The legislation represented by H. R. 881 and H. R. 1199 will be of material benefit to the veterans and other persons therein throughout the United States as well as in the State of Nevada.

      Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada, jointly, That the representatives of the State of Nevada in the Congress of the United States be memorialized to lend their support toward the passage of those certain bills now pending in the Congress designated as H. R. 881 and H. R. 1199; and be it further

      Resolved, That duly certified copies of this resolution be transmitted to the senators and representative representing the State of Nevada in the Congress of the United States.

Preamble

Nevada delegation in Congress memorialized to support H. R. 881 and H. R. 1199

[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 17–Messrs. Smith, Higgins, Norstrom, and Swackhamer]

No. 18–Assembly Joint Resolution, proposing an amendment to section 5, article IV, of the constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Approved March 27, 1947]

      Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada, jointly, That section 5 of article IV of the constitution of the State of Nevada, be amended to read as follows:

      Sec. 5.  Senators and members of the assembly shall be duly qualified electors in the respective counties and districts which they represent, and the number of senators shall not be less than one-third nor more than one-half of that of the members of the assembly.

      The senate shall consist of one senator from each county. The members of the assembly shall be apportioned on the basis of population; provided, that each county shall be entitled to at least one assemblyman. It shall be the mandatory duty of the legislature at its first session after the taking of the decennial census of the United States in the year 1950, and after each subsequent decennial census, to fix by law the number of assemblymen, and apportion them among the several counties of the state, according to the number of inhabitants in them, respectively.

Amendment of section 5, article IV of constitution

Preamble

Congress memorialized to abolish the civilian production administration

[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 25–Messrs. Ryan and Carlson]

No. 19–Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing Congress to abolish the civilian production administration and to do away with all controls on building and construction materials, and on the construction of buildings.

[Approved March 27, 1947]

      Whereas, The civilian production administration, a bureau of the federal government, has promulgated rules and regulations restricting the use of building and construction materials; and

      Whereas, The civilian production administration has arbitrarily, and without any foundation in reason or in fact administered such rules and regulations to suit its own ends, and without regard for the best interests of the United States, its citizens, and the veterans of its wars; and

      Whereas, The unreasonable, arbitrary, self-serving and discriminatory rules and restrictions enforced through color of law by the civilian production administration have operated to favor one section of the nation against another, to set one class of citizens against another, to stir up internal strife, and have in no appreciable way contributed to the welfare of the nation, nor the needs of its citizens, nor have they provided any portion of the houses needed for veterans; now, therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada, jointly, That the Congress of the United States be memorialized to enact such legislation as may be necessary to abolish the civilian production administration, or any similar agency restricting or retarding building or construction, and further to repeal any and all laws in any manner restricting or placing limitations upon such building or construction; and be it further

      Resolved, That copies of this resolution, duly certified by the secretary of state of the State of Nevada, be sent to the president of the United States and to the representatives of the State of Nevada in the Congress of the United States.

[Assembly Joint Resolution No. 19–Messrs. Miller (White Pine) and Boak]

No. 20–Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing the Congress of the United States of America to change the name of U. S. 6 Roosevelt highway running from Provincetown, Massachusetts, to Long Beach, California, to U. S. 6 Veterans’ memorial highway.

[Approved March 31, 1947]

      Whereas, Two of the greatest wars of all time have been successfully concluded by the armed forces of the United States of America, and the enemies of democratic principles of government have been toppled from their positions of might among the nations of the earth; and

      Whereas, Millions of men who fought in the armed forces of our government have been released and honorably discharged from further military service; and

      Whereas, There remain in the hospitals throughout the length and breadth of the land other thousands of men who suffered and bled at the hands of the enemy; and

      Whereas, Many of their comrades in arms sleep on foreign battlefields around the world, and can never be released to return to their homes and loved ones; and

      Whereas, Those who so nobly gave their lives and can never die from our memories, our gratitude, and our affections; and

      Whereas, There is now no national monument to honor those brave souls who no longer can speak for themselves; and those who daily suffer the living death confined within hospital walls; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada, jointly, That the Congress of the United States by respectfully urged to change the name of U. S. 6 Roosevelt highway, running from Provincetown, Massachusetts, to Long Beach, California, to U. S. 6 Veterans memorial highway, in honor of the brave men living and dead who gave of their time, their energy, their property, their blood, and even their lives, that this nation might continue; be it further

      Resolved, That copies of this memorial be sent to all members of the congressional delegation from the State of Nevada, and to the chairmen of the house and senate committees on military affairs of such Congress.

Preamble

Congress urged to change name of highway

Request for return of S. B. 15

[Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4–Senator Loomis]

No. 21–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

      Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly concurring, That the governor of the State of Nevada is hereby requested to return to the Senate, for further consideration, senate bill number 15.