No. 1–Senate Memorial and Joint Resolution, relative to the proposed Panama Canal exposition.

[Approved January 25, 1911]

      Whereas, The State of California is asking the congress of the United States to give its sanction to the holding at the city of San Francisco of an exposition fittingly to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, it which the nations of the world are to be invited to participate; and

      Whereas, The city of San Francisco is the metropolis, and is situated on the best harbor of the Pacific coast of the United States, and its people, after having met with the greatest catastrophe that has befallen any great city in modern times, have in the short space of four years rebuilt the city on nobler proportions than before, so that today it is, in physical construction, the most modern city in the world; an accomplishment of scarcely less magnitude than that of the building of the Panama Canal itself; and

      Whereas, The building of the Panama Canal and the rebuilding of the city of San Francisco, being the two greatest constructive achievements of the American people in recent years, it is most fitting that the celebration of the completion of the former be held at the place of the accomplishment of the latter; therefore

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the people of the State of Nevada, by and through their representatives in the state legislature, do hereby heartily join with the people of the west generally, in memorializing congress to grant the prayer of the people of the State of California; and

      Resolved, That certified copies of this resolution be telegraphed to the senate and the house of representatives in congress, and that the governor be requested to transmit by the same means a copy thereof to the president of the United States.

Urging congress to give Panama exposition to San Francisco

No. 2–Senate Concurrent Resolution, relating to the Panama-Pacific international exposition.

[Approved January 27, 1911]

      Whereas, Our neighboring sister State of California, has commenced preparations for an international exposition in commemoration of the completion of the Panama Canal, to be held during the year 1915, at the city of San Francisco, United States of America, on San Francisco bay; and

Endorsing action of congress in selecting San Francisco as place for 1915 exposition

held during the year 1915, at the city of San Francisco, United States of America, on San Francisco bay; and

      Whereas, San Francisco, because of its geographical, commercial and financial advantages is the logical place for the holding of such an exposition; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the State of Nevada, acting through her duly elected and qualified representatives, does favor the official designation of San Francisco, by the United States government as the logical place for the holding of said exposition; and be it further

      Resolved, That certified copies of this resolution be sent to the president of the United States senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, our senators and representative in congress.

Amending constitution by adding section 3 to article 19

Initiative

Percentage of electors required

No. 3–Senate Substitute for Assembly Joint and Concurrent Resolution, proposing to amend article nineteen of the constitution by adding to said article section three, relating to the initiative and referendum and the powers thereby conferred upon the qualified electors.

[Approved February 1, 1911]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That section three be added to article nineteen of the constitution of the State of Nevada, said section so added to read as follows:

      Section 3.  The people reserve to themselves the power to propose laws and the power to propose amendments to the constitution and to enact or reject the same at the polls, independent of the legislature, and also reserve the power at their option to approve or reject at the polls, in the manner herein provided, any act, item, section or part of any act or measure passed by the legislature, and section one of article four of the constitution shall hereafter be construed accordingly. The first power reserved by the people is the initiative, and not more than ten per cent (10%) of the qualified electors shall be required to propose any measure by initiative petition, and every such petition shall include the full text of the measure so proposed. Initiative petitions, for all but municipal legislation, shall be filed with the secretary of state not less than thirty (30) days before any regular session of the legislature; the secretary of state shall transmit the same to the legislature as soon as it convenes and organizes. Such initiative measure shall take precedence over all measures of the legislature except appropriation bills, and shall be enacted or rejected by the legislature, without change or amendment, within forty (40) days. If any such initiative measure so proposed by petition as aforesaid, shall be enacted by the legislature and approved by the governor in the same manner as other laws are enacted, same shall become a law, but shall be subject to referendum petition as provided in section one and two of this article.

tion as provided in section one and two of this article. If said initiative measure be rejected by the legislature, or if no action be taken thereon within said forty (40) days, the secretary of state shall submit same to the qualified electors for approval or rejection at the next ensuing general election; and if a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon shall approve of such measure it shall become a law and take effect from the date of the official declaration of the vote; an initiative measure so approved by the qualified electors shall not be annulled, set aside, or repealed by the legislature within three (3) years from the date said act takes effect. In case the legislature shall reject such initiative measure, said body may, with the approval of the governor, propose a different measure on the same subject, in which event both measures shall be submitted by the secretary of state to the qualified electors for approval or rejection at the next ensuing general election. The enacting clause of all bills proposed by the initiative shall be: “The People of the State of Nevada do enact as follows.” The whole number of votes cast for justice of the supreme court at the general election last preceding the filing of any initiative petition shall be the basis on which the number of qualified electors required to sign such petition shall be counted. The second power reserved by the people is the referendum, which shall be exercised in the manner provided in sections one and two of this article. The initiative and referendum powers in this article provided for are further reserved to the qualified electors of each county and municipality as to all local, special and municipal legislation of every character in or for said respective counties or municipalities. The legislature may provide by law for the manner of exercising the initiative and referendum powers as to county and municipal legislation, but shall not require a petition of more than ten per cent (10%) of the qualified electors to order the referendum, nor more than fifteen per cent (15%) to propose any municipal measure by initiative. If the conflicting measures submitted to the people at the next ensuing general election shall both be approved by a majority of the votes severally cast for and against each of said measures, the measure receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall thereupon become a law as to all conflicting provisions. The provisions of this section shall be self-executing, but legislation may be especially enacted to facilitate its operation.

Initiative

Enacting clause

Referendum

Percentage of electors

Adding new section to article 2 of constitution

Recall of public officer

Petition

Special election

Ballot, etc.

In case of legislative officer

No. 4–Senate Substitute for Assembly Joint and Concurrent Resolution No. 8, proposing that section nine be added to article two of the constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Approved February 2, 1911]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That section nine be added to article two of the constitution of the State of Nevada, to read as follows:

      Section 9.  Every public officer in the State of Nevada is subject, as herein provided, to recall from office by the qualified electors of the state, or of the county, district, or municipality, from which he was elected. For this purpose not less than twenty-five per cent (25%) of the qualified electors who vote in the state or in the county, district, or municipality electing said officer, at the preceding election, for justice of the supreme court, shall file their petition, in the manner herein provided, demanding his recall by the people; they shall set forth in said petition, in not exceeding two hundred (200) words, the reasons why said recall is demanded. If he shall offer his resignation, it shall be accepted and take effect on the day it is offered, and the vacancy thereby caused shall be filled in the manner provided by law. If he shall not resign within five (5) days after the petition is filed, a special election shall be ordered to be held within twenty days (20) after the issuance of the call therefor, in the state, or county, district, or municipality electing said officer, to determine whether the people will recall said officer. On the ballot at said election shall be printed verbatim as set forth in the recall petition, the reasons for demanding the recall of said officer, and in not more than two hundred (200) words, the officer’s justification of his course in office. He shall continue to perform the duties of his office until the result of said election shall be finally declared. Other candidates for the office may be nominated to be voted for at said special election. The candidate who shall receive the highest number of votes at said special election shall be deemed elected for the remainder of the term, whether it be the person against whom the recall petition was filed, or another. The recall petition shall be filed with the officer with whom the petition for nomination to such office shall be filed, and the same officer shall order the special election when it is required. No such petition shall be circulated or filed against any officer until he has actually held his office six (6) months, save and except that it may be filed against a senator or assemblyman in the legislature at any time after ten (10) days from the beginning of the first session after his election. After one such petition and special election, no further recall petition shall be filed against the same officer during the term for which he was elected, unless such further petitioners shall pay into the public treasury from which the expenses of said special election have been paid, the whole amount paid out of said public treasury as expenses for the preceding special election. Such additional legislation as may aid the operation of this section shall be provided by law.

tional legislation as may aid the operation of this section shall be provided by law.

No. 5–Senate Joint Resolution No. 3.

[Approved February 2, 1911]

      Resolved, By the republican minority in this joint session of both houses of the twenty-fifth session of the Nevada legislature, in which a democratic majority has voted to make unanimous the election of a republican candidate to the senate of the United States, that our thanks and congratulations be extended with a hearty good-will to the democratic members for the honorable way in which they have accepted the result of the last election and bowed to the will of the people as expressed by the popular vote. Be it further

      Resolved, That we extend our sincere congratulations and good-will to the Hon. Key Pittman of Nye County for the unequivocal manner in which he has carried out his part of the “gentlemen’s agreement” made between himself and the Hon. George S. Nixon in the campaign of last fall in withdrawing from the contest after the result of the election was announced and that he has earned the lasting regard of his political opponents by the fair, able and honorable campaign made by him in his fight for the senatorial toga, thereby making a record of which every true Nevadan may well be proud. Be it further

      Resolved, That the election of a republican, who was chosen by the popular vote, as against a candidate for the same office with a democratic majority in control of the legislature on joint ballot, emphasizes an epoch in American politics of which the senate of the United States may well take heed, until the election of United States senators by a direct vote of the people shall become the law of the land. Be it further

      Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to both houses of congress in Washington.

Congratulating democratic majority on electing republican U. S. senator

Congratulations to Hon. Key Pittman

Popular vote for U. S. senator recognized

No. 6–Senate Joint and Concurrent Resolution No. 4, authorizing the appointment of a joint committee of five to investigate the conduct of the state board of prison commissioners.

[Approved February 6, 1911]

      Whereas, Various unofficial charges have been made of irregularity and mismanagement on the part of the board of prison commissioners in connection with the affairs of the Nevada State Prison, with particular reference to the awarding of a certain contract for furnishing steel cells for the new state prison whereby it is alleged the state has suffered large and unnecessary loss and damage; and

Joint committee to investigate action of recent state prison board

Composition of committee

      Whereas, It is deemed for the best interests of the state that the members of the legislature shall have full knowledge of all the facts relative to the affairs and management of the said state prison and with reference to the said contract for steel cells; now, therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That a joint committee of five, composed of two members of the senate and three members of the assembly, to be appointed by the president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly respectively, is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to investigate and examine into, without delay, the conduct of said board of prison commissioners, with particular reference to the facts and circumstances pertaining to the awarding of said contract for said steel cells, and to report the result of such investigation to the legislature not later than March 1, 1911. Said joint committee is hereby authorized to subpena any person to testify before said committee and to send for any papers and records, to administer oaths, swear and examine witnesses, to take possession of, or order produced before it, any books, papers, documents, contracts, minutes, or memorandum which it may deem necessary for the proper conduct of such investigation. Said joint committee is also authorized to employ a stenographer and to fix his compensation, to be paid out of the legislative fund.

Ratifying sixteenth amendment to U. S. constitution

Income tax

No. 7–Assembly Joint and Concurrent Resolution, ratifying the sixteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States of America.

[Approved February 8, 1911]

      Whereas, Both houses of the sixty-first congress of the United States of America at its first session, by a 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:

A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

      Resolved by the Senate and the 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 a part of the constitution, namely:

      Article XVI.  The congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states and without regard to any census or enumeration.

out apportionment among the several states and without regard to any census or enumeration.

      Therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate concurring, That the said proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States of America be, and the same is hereby, ratified by the legislature of the State of Nevada.

      That certified copies of this preamble and joint and concurrent resolution be forwarded by the governor of this state to the president of the United States, secretary of state of the United States, to the presiding officer of the United States senate, and to the speaker of the United States house of representatives.

Resolution to be forwarded

No. 8–Assembly Joint and Concurrent Resolution No. 5.

[Approved February 8, 1911]

      Resolved, That the president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly be, and they are hereby requested and authorized, to each appoint a committee of three from their respective houses to act as a joint committee on investigation and recommendations of state affairs, said committee to have all power and authority necessary to examine any and all records or books of any state official for the purpose of gaining whatever information it may desire or deem necessary, in order that it may intelligently arrive at the actual amount of all receipts and disbursements, this knowledge so gained to be used as a foundation for such recommendations as seem justified.

      This resolution is offered in accordance with the widespread and repeated demands of the people throughout the state that all extravagances, negligences and abuses of state funds and institutions be abolished.

Joint committee for investigation of state affairs

No. 9–Senate Resolution No. 3.

[Approved February 8, 1911]

      Whereas, It has pleased the Almighty Father to call from the scene of his labors our beloved friend and fellow-member, Senator A. C. House; and

      Whereas, In his departure from our midst we have lost a faithful friend and coworker, one whose every thought, word and act was dictated by the love of truth, honesty and justice, whose every aspiration was for the betterment of humanity, and the good of his fellow-man, and whose uniform gentleness, kindness and courtesy endeared him to all with whom he came in contact; therefore, be it

      Resolved, That we, the members of the senate of the twenty-fifth session, hereby express our heartfelt sorrow at the loss of so dear a friend, and so faithful a fellow-member, and be it

In respect to memory of Senator House, deceased

Resolution to be transmitted

fifth session, hereby express our heartfelt sorrow at the loss of so dear a friend, and so faithful a fellow-member, and be it

      Resolved, That in the demise of Senator A. C. House his constituency loses a loyal and untiring representative, and the State of Nevada a respected and valuable citizen; and be it further

      Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the journal of the senate, that a copy be transmitted to the governor of the state and to the assembly now in session, and that a copy be engrossed and presented to the bereaved sisters of our deceased fellow-senator.

Requesting additional land grant of 2,000,000 acres by congress

No. 10–Senate Joint and Concurrent Resolution, relative to a proposed act of congress granting to the State of Nevada two million acres of desert land for reclamation and settlement under the Carey act.

[Approved February 13, 1911]

      Whereas, There is no industrial question of greater importance to the people of the State of Nevada than the reclamation and settlement of her arid lands; and

      Whereas, The proposed reclamation projects in this state are attracting homeseekers as well as the investment of capital from all parts of the country in the promotion of such reclamation projects; and

      Whereas, The grant of one million acres of land to this state for such purposes by the act of congress approved August 18, 1894, and known as the “Carey Act,” has been exhausted by applications of promoters of such reclamation projects; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That we urge upon our representatives in congress the importance and necessity of using all honorable means to secure the passage of an act granting to the State of Nevada an additional two million acres of the arid lands of the state for reclamation and settlement under the said act of congress; be it further

      Resolved, That we especially urge upon our representatives the importance of immediate action by the present congress before its adjournment on the fourth of March, and, in the event of favorable action, the approval of which may be transmitted to this legislature for acceptance before final adjournment.

      Resolved, That copies of this resolution be wired by the secretary of state to Senators Newlands and Nixon and Representative Bartlett.

No. 11–Senate Concurrent and Joint Resolution No. 1, relative to amending section three of article eleven of the constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Approved February 14, 1911]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That section three of article eleven of the constitution of the State of Nevada be amended to read as follows:

      Section 3.  All lands, including the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections in any township donated for the benefit of public schools in the act of the thirty-eighth congress, to enable the people of Nevada Territory to form a state government, the thirty thousand acres of public lands granted by an act of congress, approved July 2, A. D. 1862, for each senator and representative in congress, and all proceeds of land that have been or may hereafter be granted or appropriated by the United States to this state, and also the five hundred thousand acres of land granted to the new states under the act of congress distributing the proceeds of the public lands among the several states of the Union, approved A. D. 1841; provided, that congress make provision for or authorize such diversion to be made for the purpose herein contained; all estates that may escheat to the state; all of such per centum as may be granted by congress on the sale of lands; all fines collected under the penal laws of the state; all property given or bequeathed to the state for educational purposes, and all proceeds derived from any or all of said sources, shall be, and the same hereby are, solemnly pledged for educational purposes, and shall not be transferred to any other funds for other uses; and the interest thereon shall, from time to time, be apportioned among the several counties as the legislature may provide by law; and the legislature shall provide for the sale of floating land warrants to cover the aforesaid lands, and for the investment of all proceeds derived from the above-mentioned sources in United States bonds or the bonds of the state, or the bonds of other states of the Union, or the bonds of any county in the State of Nevada; provided, that the interest only of the aforesaid proceeds shall be used for educational purposes, and any surplus interest shall be added to the principal sum; and provided further, that such portion of said interest as may be necessary may be appropriated for the support of the state university.

Amending section 3, article 11, of constitution

All of certain revenues for educational purposes

No. 12–Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 5, relative to the Truckee river and Lake Tahoe.

[Adopted February 21, 1911]

      Whereas, The government of the United States and the Truckee River General Electric Company have practically agreed to enter into a contract having for its object the diversion, control, and management of the surplus waters of Lake Tahoe and the Truckee river; and

Ratifying agreement of government concerning waters of Lake Tahoe

Concerning waters of Lake Tahoe

      Whereas, This plan has been prepared, approved and accepted by the government engineers who have been in charge of the irrigation work in Nevada, as well as the state engineer, as being fair and beneficial to both the general government and the State of Nevada; now, therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the said contract meets with the hearty approval of the citizens of Nevada; and we pray that it be consummated at the earliest possible date, notwithstanding the protest of the people of California, whose claim to these waters we do not concede.

      Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the president of the United States by telegraph.

Amending section 8, article 1, of constitution

Attorner-general or district attorney may cause arrest on information

No. 13–Assembly Joint and Concurrent Resolution, relative to amending section eight of article one of the constitution of the State of Nevada pertaining to indictments in criminal cases.

[Approved February 20, 1911]

      Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That section eight of article one of the constitution of the State of Nevada be amended to read as follows:

      Section 8.  No person shall be tried for a capital or other infamous crime (except in cases of impeachment, and in cases of the militia when in actual service and the land and naval forces in time of war, or which this state may keep, with the consent of congress, in time of peace, and in cases of petit larceny, under the regulation of the legislature) except on presentment or indictment of the grand jury, or upon information duly filed by a district attorney, or attorney-general of the state, and in any trial, in any court whatever, the party accused shall be allowed to appear and defend in person, and with counsel, as in civil actions. No person shall be subject to be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense; nor shall he be compelled, in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation having been first made, or secured, except in cases of war, riot, fire, or great public peril, in which case compensation shall be afterward made.

No. 14–Assembly Concurrent Resolution, relative to amending section three, article fifteen, of the constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Approved February 21, 1911]

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

      Section 3.  No person shall be eligible to any office who is not a qualified elector under this constitution.

not a qualified elector under this constitution. No person who, while a citizen of this state, has, since the adoption of this constitution, fought a duel with a deadly weapon, sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with a deadly weapon, either within or beyond the boundaries of this state, or who has acted as second, or knowingly conveyed a challenge, or aided or assisted in any manner in fighting a duel, shall be allowed to hold any office of honor, profit or trust; or enjoy the right of suffrage under this constitution. The legislature shall provide by law for giving force and effect to the foregoing provisions of this section; provided, that females over the age of twenty-one years, who have resided in this state one year, and in the county or district six months next preceding any election to fill either of said offices, or the making of such appointment, shall be eligible to the office of superintendent of public instruction, deputy superintendent of public instruction, school trustee and notary public.

Amending section 3, article 15, of constitution

Females eligible to certain offices

No. 15–Assembly and Senate Joint and Concurrent Resolution, memorializing congress and Nevada representatives in congress.

[Approved February 27, 1911]

      Whereas, There is pending before the senate of the United States a joint resolution providing for an amendment to the constitution of the United States permitting the election of United States senators by the people; and

      Whereas, The people of Nevada have already indicated a desire to elect United States senators by the people; now, therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our representatives in congress be requested to use all honorable means to secure the passage of said pending joint resolution and the senate of the United States to pass the same; and be it further

      Resolved, That the chief clerk of the assembly be and is hereby directed to transmit by telegraph to each of the said senators and representative from Nevada, and to the president of the United States, this resolution.

Election of U. S. senators by popular vote

No. 16–Senate Joint Resolution No. 8.

[Approved March 13, 1911]

      Whereas, Senator Coryell of Elko County and Assemblyman Fulmer of White Pine County did accompany the remains of the late Senator House from Reno, Nevada, to Cobre, Nevada, on the 28th day of January last; and

      Whereas, The said Senator Coryell and Assemblyman Fulmer did accompany the remains of the late Senator House at the special instance and request of the senate and assembly of the twenty-fifth session of the legislature of the State of Nevada; and

Death of Senator House

Reimbursing Senator Coryell and Assemblyman Fulmer for expenses in connection with death of Senator House

      Whereas, The said Senator Coryell and Assemblyman Fulmer did pay railroad fare and expenses amounting to forty-two dollars and fifty cents each; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate and Assembly, That the said Senator Coryell and Assemblyman Fulmer be allowed the amount herein specified out of legislative fund, and the sergeant-at-arms is hereby directed to draw his warrant in favor of the persons herein named and for the amounts specified, to wit:

      Senator H. H. Coryell, $42.50; Assemblyman J. H. Fulmer, $42.50.

Opposing Japanese and Hindu immigration

No. 17–Senate Joint and Concurrent Resolution, relative to Japanese and Hindu immigration.

[Approved March 13, 1911]

      Whereas, Immense hordes of Japanese and Hindus are invading our country to the detriment of our people and the very existence of our nation by reason of their un-American principles and antagonism toward our form of government, inspired and actuated only by an avaricious motive of displacing American labor by reason of working for a scale of wages utterly impossible for any white laborer to exist upon in manner commensurate with civilized conditions, thereby competing against white labor and engendering in countless instances misery and suffering upon the dependents of American workingmen; and

      Whereas, A continuation of the aforesaid immigration unimpeded by more stringent immigration laws will create untold and indescribable complications and trouble upon this generation, and generations yet unborn, within the boundaries of this great republic; therefore, be it

      Resolved, That we most emphatically condemn such laws as allow the aforesaid immigration, and we recommend that such laws be passed as will effectually stop the indiscriminate immigration of such nationalities hereinbefore mentioned; and be it further

      Resolved, That copies of this resolution be at once forwarded to the speaker of the house of representatives and to the president of the senate, and to our United States senators and congressman.

No. 18–Senate Joint and Concurrent Resolution, making Theodore Roosevelt, ex-president of the United States, the guest of the State of Nevada.

[Approved March 14, 1911]

      Whereas, Theodore Roosevelt, ex-president of the United States, will deliver an address in the city of Reno on the evening of April 3, 1911; now, therefore,

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the State of Nevada hereby extends greeting and welcome to Theodore Roosevelt, ex-president of the United States, and further makes him, the said Theodore Roosevelt, the guest of the State of Nevada while within its boundaries.

of Nevada hereby extends greeting and welcome to Theodore Roosevelt, ex-president of the United States, and further makes him, the said Theodore Roosevelt, the guest of the State of Nevada while within its boundaries.

      Resolved, That the governor be requested to inform ex-President Roosevelt at such time, place and manner as to him seems appropriate, of the greeting, welcome and hospitality of the State of Nevada hereby extended.

Extending to Theodore Roosevelt freedom of State of Nevada

No. 19–Assembly Joint and Concurrent Resolution, providing for the appointment of a joint committee from the senate and assembly to prepare and present to the legislature of the State of Nevada a measure providing for the furnishing of free text-books in the public schools.

[Adopted March 9, 1911]

      Resolved, That a nonpartisan committee of six, composed of three members of the assembly and three members of the senate, to be forthwith appointed respectively by the speaker of the assembly and the president of the senate, is hereby authorized and directed to prepare and present a measure providing for the furnishing of free text-books in the public schools, said committee to consist of three democrats and three republicans.

Committee to prepare law for free text-books

No. 20–Substitute for Assembly Joint and Concurrent Resolution No. 6, relative to amending section one of article two of the constitution of the State of Nevada, pertaining to the right of elective franchise.

[Approved March 18, 1911]

      Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That section one of article two of the constitution of the State of Nevada be amended to read as follows:

      Section 1.  All citizens of the United States not laboring under the disabilities named in this constitution, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, who shall have actually, and not constructively, resided in this state six months, and in the district or county thirty days next preceding any election, shall be entitled to vote for all officers that now or hereafter may be elected by the people, and upon all questions submitted to the electors at such election; provided, that no person who has been or may be convicted of treason or felony in any state or territory of the United States, unless restored to civil rights, and no idiot or insane person shall be entitled to the privilege of an elector. There shall be no denial of the elective franchise at any election on account of sex.

Amending section 1, article 2, of constitution

Female suffrage

Thanking U. S. bureau of mines for humane efforts and for exhibition of mine-rescue apparatus

No. 21–Assembly Joint and Concurrent Resolution No. 22.

[Approved March 18, 1911]

      Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That a vote of thanks be, and the same is, hereby extended to Dr. J. A. Holmes, director of the bureau of mines of the United States, as an evidence of the appreciation of the people of the State of Nevada of his interest and prompt action in sending a mine-rescue car to Tonopah mining district in the effort to assist in saving the lives of miners entombed in the Belmont mine; and the subsequent retention of the car within the state for a number of weeks for the purpose of enabling his able and efficient corps of assistants to perform most excellent and valuable service in instructing and demonstrating to the miners of the various mining districts the use of mine-rescue apparatus.

Amending section 2, article 15, of constitution

Changing form of official oath

No. 22–Assembly Joint and Concurrent Resolution, relative to amending section two of article fifteen of the constitution of the State of Nevada, pertaining to the official oath.

[Approved March 18, 1911]

      Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That section two of article fifteen of the constitution of the State of Nevada be amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 2.  Members of the legislature, and all officers, executive, judicial and ministerial, shall, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe to the following oath:

      I, .........................................., do solemly swear (or affirm) that I will support, protect and defend the constitution and government of the United States, and the constitution and government of the State of Nevada, against all enemies, whether domestic or foreign, and that I will bear true faith, allegiance and loyalty to the same, any ordinance, resolution or law of any state notwithstanding, and that I will well and faithfully perform all the duties of the office of .........................................., on which I am about to enter; (if an oath) so help me God; (if an affirmation) under the pains and penalties of perjury.

No. 23–Senate Joint and Concurrent Resolution, relative to universal recognition of American passports.

[Approved March 18, 1911]

      Whereas, There is now pending in the congress of the United States a resolution looking to the universal recognition of American passports; and

      Whereas, There should be no discrimination on the part of any foreign power against an American citizen carrying an American passport; therefore, be it

      Resolved, That we most heartily recommend the enactment of such law or laws, by the congress of the United States as will insure the universal recognition of American passports so that no discrimination shall be made by any foreign power against an American citizen carrying an American passport, no matter what his race or creed may be.

      Resolved, That copies of this resolution be at once forwarded to the president of the United States, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and to our United States senators and congressman.

Concerning American passports

No. 24–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Adopted March 20, 1911]

      Whereas, The charges for the transportation of parcels by Wells, Fargo & Company, a public service corporation, controlling and operating the only express lines reaching the most of the important commercial points in the state, have been in the past, and still are, grossly excessive, resulting in the collection from the people, by reason of their necessities, of vast sums of money over and above fair charges, and in many instances are so high as to be prohibitive and a denial of just service; and

      Whereas, Through the collection of these excessive charges unreasonably large dividends have been paid on the small capital invested in the express business, and in addition thereto $24,000,000 have been divided among the stockholders of the company; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the state railroad commission, with the assistance of the attorney-general, be directed to take such action before any and every federal or other commission, board or court, as will secure the regulation of charges and the enforcement of just and reasonable rates on all express matter to and from all places at which any express service is rendered in this state.

Railroad commission requested to take action to reduce exorbitant express rates