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RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIALS
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[Senator FitzGerald]
No. 1Senate Joint Resolution, memorializing the Congress of the United States for the passage of the bill to provide for the protection of the monetary gold reserve by the maintenance of the normal gold production of the United States, commonly known and called the McFadden Bill, now designated H.R. 13201, now pending before the Congress of the United States.
[Approved January 27, 1921]
Whereas, Mining has been declared by the people of the State of Nevada to be its paramount industry; and Whereas, Gold metal has remained stationary in value while practically all other commodities have increased in price and the cost of the production of gold has likewise materially increased; and Whereas, By reason of the depreciation of the purchasing power of gold, its production has practically ceased to be a factor in the development of the mining industry of this state; and Whereas, By reason of the foregoing conditions, many gold - producing mines have been forced to suspend operations; and Whereas, A bill to provide for the protection of the monetary gold reserve by the maintenance of the normal gold production of the United States is now pending before the Congress of the United States, which said bill is designated as H.R. 13201, and commonly known as and called The McFadden Bill; and Whereas, It is believed that the passage of this bill will greatly stimulate the production of gold in this state and the consequent development of the mining industry of Nevada; therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Congress of the United States be, and it is hereby, memorialized and requested to pass said McFadden bill; and it is further Resolved, That copies of this resolution be forwarded to each senator and representative in Congress, with the request that they secure immediate action on said McFadden bill now designated as H.R. 13201, now pending before the Congress of the United States. |
Mining paramount industry of Nevada
Praying Congress to pass McFadden bill |
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Praying Congress to pass Fordney emergency tariff bill |
[Senator Sheehan]
No. 2Senate Joint Resolution No. 4, memorializing the Congress of the United States for the passage of the Fordney emergency tariff bill.
[Approved January 28, 1921]
Whereas, There is now pending in the senate of the United States a measure known as the Fordney emergency tariff bill; and Whereas, Under the terms and provisions of said measure the various industries of Nevada are directly and vitally affected and the passage of the said bill will greatly benefit the people of the State of Nevada; and Whereas, The said emergency bill will directly benefit all the agricultural and livestock interests of this country and prevent the threatened collapse and demoralization of these industries; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, The Congress of the United States be, and it is hereby, memorialized and requested to pass the Fordney emergency tariff bill; and be it further Resolved, That copies of this resolution be forwarded by the secretary of state of Nevada by telegraph to each of our senators and to our representative in Congress, with the request that they secure immediate favorable action upon the said Fordney emergency tariff bill, now pending before the Congress of the United States. |
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Praying U. S. senate to pass H.R. 14157-aid for veterans of world war |
[Mr. Gummow]
No. 3Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing the senate of the United States for the passage of the bill to provide adjusted compensation for veterans of the world war; to provide revenue therefor; and for other purposes, commonly known and cited as the World - War Adjusted Compensation Act, now designated as H.R. 14157, now pending before the senate of the United States of America.
[Approved February 5, 1921]
Whereas, There is now before the senate of the United States of America an act entitled H.R. 14157, which is an act to provide adjusted compensation for veterans of the world war; to provide revenue therefor; and for other purposes; and Whereas, This act has passed the house of representatives of the United States of America by large vote; and Whereas, This act is an endeavor to render to the veterans of the world war such belated compensation as may be rendered them for their devotion and sacrifices in the cause of democracy; now, therefore, be it |
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Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate concurring, That we respectfully petition the senate of the United States and the president of the United States of America to give this act, and act entitled H. R. 14157, their immediate approval; and be it further Resolved, That copies of this resolution, duly authenticated, be transmitted forthwith by the secretary of state to the president of the United States and to each of our United States senators. |
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[Messrs. Gummow, Heward, and Royle]
No. 4Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing the Congress of the United States of America for the passage of the bills authorizing appropriations to provide the proper care and services for the disabled veterans of the world war as hereafter designated.
[Approved February 5, 1921]
Whereas, There are now pending before the Congress of the United States the following bills: France bill (S. 4357) and the Langley bill (H.R. 14315) providing for the proper hospitalization facilities for the care of the disabled veterans of the world war; and Whereas, There is pending before the Congress of the United States the Stevenson bill (H.R. 10385) providing for the retirement of disabled emergency or reserve corps officers on the same basis as that granted to officers of the regular army; and Whereas, There is pending before the Congress of the United States the Wasson bill designated an act (H.R. 13558) for the purpose of improving the facilities and service of the bureau of war risk insurance and of further amending and modifying the war risk insurance act as amended; and Whereas, There is pending before the Congress of the United States the Rogers bill (H.R. 14961) to establish in the interior department a bureau of veteran reestablishment and for other purposes; and Whereas, All of the above bills aim to provide for the proper care and service of the disabled veterans of the world war; and Whereas, For that reason they are of paramount importance and their immediate passage is necessary to relieve the unfortunate condition of the disabled veterans; therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate concurring, That the Congress of the United States be, and it is hereby, memorialized and requested to take immediate action on said bills; and be it further |
Praying Congress to pass various bills aiding veterans |
κ1921 Statutes of Nevada, Page 410 (NUMBER 4, Messrs. Gummow, Heward, and Royle)κ
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Resolved, That copies of this resolution, duly authenticated, be forthwith transmitted by the secretary of state to the president of the United States, to each of our United States senators, and to our representative in Congress. |
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Adopting joint rules of 29th legislature |
[Mr. Lockhart]
No. 5Assembly Concurrent Resolution, relative to joint rules for the senate and assembly of the State of Nevada.
[Approved February 7, 1921]
Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the senate and assembly joint rules of the twenty - ninth session of the legislature of Nevada, as found on pages 31 to 24, both inclusive, of the handbook of said twenty-ninth session, be, and the same hereby are, adopted as the joint rules of the thirtieth session of the legislature of the state of Nevada. |
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Proposed constitutional amendment from 29th session; second passage by legislature |
[Proposal to amend the Constitution of the State of Nevada-From Twenty-Ninth Session]
No. 6Assembly Joint Resolution, proposing to amend section 20 of article 4 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada.
[Approved February 8, 1921]
Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That section 20 of article 4 of the constitution be amended so as to read as follows: Section 20. The legislature shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases-that is to say: Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace and of constables, and fixing their compensation; For the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors; Regulating the practice of courts of justice; Providing for changing the venue in civil and criminal cases; Granting divorces; Changing the name of persons; Vacating roads, town plots, streets, alleys, and public squares; Summoning and empaneling grand and petit juries, and providing for their compensation; Regulating county and township business; Regulating the election of county and township officers; For the assessment and collection of taxes for state, county, and township purposes; |
κ1921 Statutes of Nevada, Page 411 (NUMBER 6, Proposal to amend the Constitution of the State of Nevada-From Twenty-Ninth Session)κ
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Providing for opening and conducting elections of state, county, or township officers, and designating the places of voting; Providing for the sale of real estate belonging to minors or other persons laboring under legal disabilities; Giving effect to invalid deeds, wills, or other instruments; Refunding money paid into the state treasury, or into the treasury of any county; Releasing the indebtedness, liability, or obligation of any corporation, association, or person to the state, or to any county, town, or city of this state; but nothing in this section shall be construed to deny or restrict the power of the legislature to establish and regulate the compensation and fees of county officers, to establish and regulate the rates of freight, passage, toll, and charges of railroads, toll-roads, ditch, flume, and tunnel companies incorporated under the laws of this state or doing business therein. |
Proposal to amend art. 4, sec. 20, state constitution |
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[Senator Griffith]
No. 7Senate Joint Resolution No. 3.
[Approved February 9, 1921]
Whereas, Under the provisions of the federal aid road act of 1916 and subsequent amendments thereto, the State of Nevada, in order to avail itself of the funds made available thereby, is required to cooperate to the extent of at least fifty (50) per cent of the cost of building highways; and Whereas, It appears that the United States Government holds unqualified title to approximately ninety (90) per cent of the area of the State of Nevada and that said state does not derive any revenue from said area; and Whereas, The sources of revenue to the state are greatly lessened by this condition, while the obligation for improving all roads throughout that area remains the same; and Whereas, Four years of cooperation with the federal government in meeting the requirements of the federal aid road act has shown the people of the State of Nevada that to continue cooperation on the present basis of participation will work a grave hardship upon the citizens of said state; and Whereas, Certain measures have been introduced in the Congress of the United States having for their object, in part, the continuance of federal aid appropriations by the federal government; and Whereas, To the western states an important feature of all such measures is the provision whereby the public-land states are granted such federal aid on a basis of the relation of the public to the privately owned land within the state, thereby greatly lessening the cooperative expenditures required by each of such states; now, therefore, be it |
Requesting special federal aid for state highways |
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Praying Congress to pass bills-S. 3982 and H.R. 14905 |
state, thereby greatly lessening the cooperative expenditures required by each of such states; now, therefore, be it Resolved, That we earnestly urge upon our senators and representative in Congress the importance and necessity of using all honorable means to secure the passage and approval of the Chamberlain bill in the senate (S. 3982) and its companion bill, the McArthur bill, in the house (H.R. 14905), and especially the provisions of those measures having for their object a less requirement of cooperation on the part of states, a considerable percentage of whose area still remains with the federal government as vacant public land, to the end that the State of Nevada may take full advantage of federal aid road funds of the present and future without undue hardship. Resolved, That the governor of the State of Nevada be requested to forward copies of this resolution, duly authenticated under the great seal of the state, to the president of the United States, to the vice-president, to the speaker of the house of representatives, to the chairman of the senate committee on postoffices and post-roads, to the chairman of the house committee on roads, to Senator Key Pittman, to Senator Charles B. Henderson, to Senator-elect Tasker L. Oddie, to Representative Charles R. Evans, and to Representative-elect Samuel Arentz, to the end that appropriate action may be had and taken in the premises. |
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Proposed constitutional amendment from 29th session; second passage by legislature Temporary appointment of state senator or assemblyman to fill vacancy |
[Proposal to amend the Constitution of the State of Nevada-From the Twenty-Ninth Session]
No. 8Senate Joint Resolution No. 4 of the twenty-ninth session.
[Approved February 9, 1921]
Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That section 12 of article 4 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: In case of the death or resignation of any member of the legislature, either senator or assemblyman, the county commissioners of the county from which such member was elected shall appoint a person of the same political party as the party which elected such senator or assemblyman to fill such vacancy; provided, that this section shall apply only in cases where no general election takes place between the time of such death or resignation and the next succeeding session of the legislature. |
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[Mr. Arnold]
No. 9Assembly Concurrent Resolution.
[Approved February 16, 1921]
Whereas, The state bank and trust company went into the hand of a receiver over thirteen years ago; and Whereas, The district court of the first judicial district appointed Frank L. Wildes receiver of the estate of said bank; and Whereas, Said receiver has paid little or nothing to the creditors of said bank; and Whereas, It seems that the business of said bank and said receivership should have been wound up and closed long ago; therefore, be it Resolved, That the said district court be called upon to take immediate action in this matter, and that a committee of six, three from the senate and three from the assembly, be appointed to investigate the subject-matter embodied in this resolution, and the work of previous investigators, and report the result of such investigation back to the senate and assembly on or before March 1, 1921, why said estate has not been closed up and the receivership terminated in said estate, to the end that we may be advised as to what further action may be necessary to protect the depositors, and to the end that the affairs of said institution be administered in a more speedy and economical manner; be it further Resolved, That said committee is hereby authorized and empowered to hold its sessions at such places and times as it may determine, and to prepare and enforce its rules of procedure, to compel the attendance of witnesses, to administer oaths, swear and examine witnesses, to take possession of, or order to be produced before it and examine any books, papers, documents, contracts, memoranda which it may deem necessary for the proper conduct of such investigation and examination, and to procure and retain any legal talent that may seem necessary or expedient to such investigation. |
Urging action in state bank and trust company insolvency matter |
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[Senator Miller]
No. 10Senate Joint Resolution, memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact into law senate bill No. 4678, changing the time for the performance of annual assessment work on mining claims.
[Approved February 19, 1921]
Whereas, There is now pending in the senate of the United States senate bill No. 4678 introduced by Senator Charles B. Henderson of Nevada; and |
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Praying Congress to pass Henderson bill regarding assessment work on mines |
Whereas, Said bill amends the present law relative to the performance of assessment work and provides that the period in which annual assessment work shall be done in each year shall be between the 30th day of June of one year and the 1st day of July of the succeeding year; and Whereas, Said bill if passed will be of inestimable benefit to prospectors and mine owners of Nevada; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Congress of the United States be, and it is hereby, memorialized to enact into law said senate bill No. 4678; and be it further Resolved, That the senators representing Nevada, and Nevadas representative in Congress be, and they are hereby, requested to work for the passage of and vote for the enactment of said law; and be it further Resolved, That the secretary of state be authorized and directed to send a copy of this resolution signed by the governor of Nevada, president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly to each Nevada senator and representative in Congress, and to the president of the senate of the United States, and to the speaker of the house of representatives. |
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Praying Congress to change law regarding citizenship of American women married to aliens; and alien women married to Americans |
[Mr. Pohl]
No. 11Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing the Congress of the United States of America to pass an act which will prevent, through their marriage to aliens, the disfranchisement of American women who are native-born or naturalized citizens of the United States.
[Approved February 23, 1921]
Whereas, Under the present laws of the United States of America an American woman, even though she be a native-born or naturalized citizen of the United States, loses her American citizenship upon her marriage to an alien; and Whereas, An alien woman, upon her marriage to a citizen of the United States, becomes immediately of American citizenship; and Whereas, Such law has worked a great hardship upon many American women; and Whereas, Such law is unjust and discriminatory; now, therefore, be it Resolved by Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our senators and representative in Congress are hereby petitioned to use their best endeavors to correct the evils aforesaid at least to the extent that an American woman, living in the state of her residence with an alien husband, shall not be deprived of her right of suffrage through such act, and that an alien woman may not become a citizen of the United States of America except upon performance of the same terms and conditions that an alien man is required to perform to become a citizen of the United States of America; and be it further |
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the United States of America except upon performance of the same terms and conditions that an alien man is required to perform to become a citizen of the United States of America; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to each of our senators and to our representative in Congress. |
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[Senate Substitute for Senate Joint Resolution No. 5-Committee on Judiciary]
No. 12Senate Joint Resolution, relative to amending section 3 of article 11 of the constitution of the State of Nevada.
[Approved February 23, 1921]
Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That section 3 of article 11, of the constitution of the State of Nevada be amended so as 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 second, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-two, for each senator and representative in Congress, and all proceeds of lands 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. eighteen hundred and forty-one; 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 unless otherwise ordered and directed by law; 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 are hereby 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 any of the above-mentioned sources, in United States bonds, or the bonds of this state, or the bonds of other states of the Union, |
Proposal to amend art. 11, sec. 3, of state constitution
All of certain revenues to be used for educational purposes |
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Union, or the bonds of any county in the State of Nevada, or in loans at a rate of interest of not less than six per cent per annum, secured by mortgage on agricultural lands in this state of not less than three times the value of the amount loaned, exclusive of perishable improvements, of unexceptional title, and free from all encumbrances; 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. |
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Praying Congress to pass the Mothers Bill |
[Senator Scott]
No. 13Senate Joint Resolution, memorializing the president and the Congress of the United States to enact into law the Sheppard-Towner bill, generally known as the Mothers Bill, now pending before the Congress of the United States.
[Approved February 24, 1921]
Whereas, A bill has been introduced in the house by Mr. Towner as H.B. 10925, and in the senate by Mr. Sheppard as S. 3259, entitled A bill for the public protection of maternity and infancy and providing a method of cooperation between the government of the United States and the several states; and Whereas, This bill is intended to meet a very serious economic problem; and Whereas, The purpose of this bill is a desirable one, the need for it is overwhelming, and all friends of mothers and babies should urge its speedy passage and approval; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly concurring, That the president and the Congress of the United States be, and they are hereby, memorialized to enact said bill without further delay; and be it further Resolved, That copies of this resolution be mailed forthwith to the president, to the senators and representative from Nevada, and to each house of Congress. |
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Proposal to amend state constitution by striking out sec. 16, art. 1 |
[Senator FitzGerald]
No. 14Senate Joint Resolution, relative to amending article 1 of the constitution of the State of Nevada, by striking out section sixteen thereof. Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That article 1 of the constitution of the State of Nevada be amended by striking out section sixteen (16) thereof. |
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[Mr. Robb]
No. 15Assembly Joint Resolution.
[Approved March 8, 1921]
Whereas, The excess profit tax of the United States is a serious burden upon the mining interests of the west and is impairing said industry to an alarming extent; now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the people of the State of Nevada, by and through their representatives in the state legislature, do hereby urge upon Congress as speedy repeal of the said excess profit tax in so far as the same is affecting and impairing the mining interests of the west; and be it further Resolved, That certified copies of this resolution be forwarded to the Nevada senators and representative in Congress and to the president of the United States. |
Praying Congress to repeal excess profit tax on mining interests |
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[Mr. Whitacre]
No. 16Assembly Joint Resolution, memorializing the Congress of the United States to grant the State of Nevada one million five hundred thousand acres of land for the permanent school fund of the state.
[Approved March 8, 1921]
Whereas, There is in the State of Nevada fifty-four million, two hundred sixty-seven thousand, one hundred seventy-five (54,267,175) acres of unappropriated and unreserved government land, an area far in excess of any other state in the union; and Whereas, By an act approved June 16, 1880, Congress granted to the State of Nevada two million acres in lieu of the unsold lands in the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections in the state, estimated at three million, eight hundred forty-one thousand, five hundred (3,841,500) acres; and Whereas, In the acceptance of the said grant of two million acres the state incurred a loss of one million, eight hundred forty-one thousand, five hundred (1,841,500) acres; be it therefore Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the representatives in the Congress of the United States from the State of Nevada be and they are requested to use their most active and energetic efforts to secure for the State of Nevada a grant of at least one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) acres for the benefit of the permanent school fund, to be disposed of under the present laws and regulations governing the sales and disposition of state lands of the State of Nevada. |
Praying Congress to grant 1,500,000 acres of land for permanent school fund of Nevada |
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Resolved, That his excellency, the secretary of state of the State of Nevada, be requested to transmit copies of the foregoing preamble and resolutions to the president of the senate and to the speaker of the house of representatives and to our senators and representative in Congress. |
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Praying president to approve Fordney emergency tariff bill |
[Senator Chapin]
No. 17Senate Joint Resolution, memorializing the president of the United States for the approval of the Fordney emergency tariff bill.
Whereas, There has passed the senate of the United States and is now pending before the conference committee of Congress a measure known as the Fordney emergency tariff bill; and Whereas, Under the terms and provisions of said measure the various industries of Nevada are directly and vitally affected and the passage of the said bill will greatly benefit the people of Nevada; and Whereas, The said emergency bill will directly benefit all the agricultural and livestock interests of this country and prevent the threatened collapse and demoralization of these industries; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the president of the United States be, and he is hereby, respectfully memorialized to approve the said Fordney emergency tariff bill; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be forwarded by telegraph to the president of the United States, with the request that he approve the said Fordney emergency tariff bill. |
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Urging Nevada senators and representative to support certain bills |
[Mr. Gummow]
No. 18Assembly Joint Resolution.
[Approved March 11, 1921]
Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That senate bills No. 4925 and 4926, introduced into the senate of the United States of America by Hon. Reed Smoot, senator from the State of Utah, which said bills are designed to prevent the cancelation by the secretary of the interior of applications for permits in the event of the discovery of oil within the district before the permits have been granted under the terms of the United States oil-leasing act, be endorsed by the legislature of the State of Nevada, and that our senators and representative in Congress are urged to use every endeavor to secure the passage and approval of the same; and be it further |
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Resolved, That a duly certified copy of this resolution be transmitted by the secretary of state of the State of Nevada, to the Hon. Reed Smoot, and to our senators and representative in Congress. |
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[Mr. Whitacre]
No. 19Assembly Joint Resolution, relative to the change of the name of Alkali Lake to Topaz Lake.
[Approved March 12, 1921]
Whereas, The Walker river irrigation district, a public corporation of the State of Nevada, was formed for the purpose of storing the surplus and flood waters of the Walker rivers for the better irrigation of old lands and the irrigation of new lands; and Whereas, By the said storage of waters of the Walker rivers, 184,000 acres of land will be brought into complete cultivation for the production of crops; and Whereas, By this means millions of dollars worth of property will be added to the resources of the State of Nevada, and a material addition be made to the population of the state; and Whereas, The first unit of the storage reservoirs to be built by the Walker river irrigation district is to include that certain lake bed in townships 9 and 10 north, range 22 east, M.D.M., in the State of Nevada, and townships 9 and 10 north, range 22 east, in the State of California, commonly known as Alkali Lake; and Whereas, The name Alkali Lake is a misnomer and creates in the minds of the public a prejudice against the lake as a storage reservoir for reclamation purposes, when, as a matter of fact, the waters of the lake are not and will not be affected by alkali; and Whereas, Such prejudice may militate against the district in selling bonds to carry on the construction of impending works; and Whereas, The board of directors of the Walker river irrigation district have, by resolution, favored changing the name of said lake to Topaz lake; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That in the judgment of the legislature of the State of Nevada the name of said lake should be changed to Topaz lake, and that so far as the State of Nevada or its officers have power to effect such change of name that the change be and the same hereby is made; and be it further Resolved, That the secretary of the interior of the United States be and the same hereby is memorialized to make such change in the name of said lake; and be it further Resolved, That the legislature of the State of California be, and it is hereby invited and requested, to adopt a similar resolution and that the governor and the state water commission of the State of California be and they hereby are requested to cooperate with the representatives of the people of the State of Nevada to accomplish such change; and be it further |
Praying interior department to change name of Alkali lake to Topaz lake |
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resolution and that the governor and the state water commission of the State of California be and they hereby are requested to cooperate with the representatives of the people of the State of Nevada to accomplish such change; and be it further Resolved, That the governor of this state be and he hereby is requested to transmit a copy of this resolution to the secretary of the interior, to the legislature, governor, and state water commission of the State of California, and to the senators and the representative in Congress from the State of Nevada. |
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Proposal to amend sec. 8, art. 8, state constitution |
[Mr. Heward]
No. 20Assembly Joint Resolution, relative to amending section 8, article 8, of the constitution of the State of Nevada.
Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That section 8 of article 8 of the constitution of the State of Nevada be amended so as to read as follows: Section 8. The legislature shall provide for the organization of cities and towns by general laws and shall restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts and loaning their credit, except for procuring supplies of water; provided, however, that the legislature may by general laws, in the manner and to the extent therein provided, permit and authorize the electors of any city or town to frame, adopt and amend a charter for its own government or to amend any existing charter of such city or town. |
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Praying that Spanish Springs valley be selected as site for storage reservoir; also for storage reservoir above Reno |
[Lake Tahoe Committee]
No. 21Assembly Joint Resolution, relative to the storage of flood-waters of the Truckee river in Spanish Springs valley, Washoe County, Nevada, by the United States government.
[Approved March 19, 1921]
Whereas, The United States reclamation service is contemplating the construction of a storage reservoir for the purpose of impounding the flood-waters of the Truckee river in order to secure sufficient waters to insure the proper irrigation of lands now located in the Newlands reclamation project in the counties of Washoe, Lyon, and Churchill, Nevada; and Whereas, It is contemplated by the United States reclamation service to store sufficient additional waters of the Truckee river to irrigate about 2,500 acres of land in the Pyramid Lake Indian reservation in the county of Washoe, Nevada, and other lands not now under cultivation, or within the boundaries of said Newlands reclamation project, aggregating in all approximately 80,000 acres; and |
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the boundaries of said Newlands reclamation project, aggregating in all approximately 80,000 acres; and Whereas, The storage of sufficient flood-waters of the said Truckee river to accomplish the reclamation of such additional lands and to insure a sufficient supply of water for the irrigation of lands now in the Newlands reclamation project will eventually add millions of dollars worth of property to the resources of the State of Nevada, and add materially to the population of the State of Nevada; and Whereas, Said Spanish Springs valley is well adapted and is the most feasible location for the construction of said storage reservoir; and Whereas, At certain times of the year sufficient flood-waters flow down the said Truckee river, if properly stored, to adequately supply water for irrigating all of said lands above referred to and also to supply sufficient water for the irrigable lands situated north and northeast of Reno and other lands adjacent to and irrigable from waters flowing through the Truckee river; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That it is the judgment of the legislature of the State of Nevada that said Spanish Springs valley should be selected by the United States reclamation service as the site for the construction of such contemplated storage reservoir to water the lands first referred to above and that an auxiliary storage reservoir should be constructed at some suitable site above Reno to irrigate other lands adjacent to the Truckee river but not susceptible of irrigation from the Spanish Springs reservoir; and be it further Resolved, That the secretary of the interior of the United States be, and he is hereby, memorialized to make such selection for such purpose; and be it further Resolved, That the governor of this state be, and he is hereby, requested to transmit a copy of this resolution to the secretary of the interior and to the senators of the United States and the representative in Congress from the State of Nevada. |
Additional storage reservoirs for reclamation projects |
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[Mr. Smith]
No. 22Assembly Joint Resolution.
[Approved March 22, 1921]
Whereas, There is now pending in the senate of the United States of America senate bill No. 3686, which is commonly known as the French-Capper Truth-In-Fabric-Bill; and Whereas, By the terms of said bill, it is provided that all material purporting to be wool cloth shall have been branded thereon the proportion of virgin wool contained in such cloth; and |
Praying Congress to pass French-Capper Truth-in-Fabric Bill |
κ1921 Statutes of Nevada, Page 422 (NUMBER 22, Mr. Smith)κ
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Praying Congress to pass French-Capper Truth-in-Fabric Bill |
Whereas, Without such branding, it is impossible for a purchaser thereof to know how much wool such cloth really contains; and Whereas, The enactment of the aforesaid measure would have a strong tendency to restrict deceit and profiteering in the sale of woolen goods to the public and the public interests would be thereby profited; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That it is the wish of this legislature that our senators and representative in Congress do use their best efforts in procuring the passage and approval of the aforementioned measure; and be it further Resolved, That the secretary of state of the State of Nevada, is hereby directed to forward to each of our senators and to our representative in Congress a certified copy of this resolution. |
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Praying Congress to amend transportation act, 1920, in justice to Nevada and other states |
[Mr. Lockhart]
No. 23Assembly Joint Resolution No. 20, memorializing the Congress of the United States to so amend the transportation act, 1920, as to eliminate therefrom the rule of rate-making as applied to intrastate rates, and to reserve to the states of the union power with relation to intrastate rates, services and facilities, and local questions affecting common carriers within the states.
[Approved March 22, 1921]
Whereas, The interstate commerce commission through its interpretation of the transportation act, 1920, seems to indicate its purpose to assume for itself full and exclusive authority to regulate the railroads and all instrumentalities entering into the field of transportation, and thereby to divest the legislatures of the several states of substantially all power to regulate the intrastate rates and service of the railroads within the respective states; and Whereas, In conformity with this policy and acting upon what it claims to be the intent of Congress in the enactment of section 13 (4) of the transportation act, 1920, the interstate commerce commission has made orders which seek to compel increases and other changes in intrastate rates in a number of states, without regard or heed to the protests of the governments of those states; and Whereas, The authority it has assumed for itself permits the interstate commerce commission to wield unreasonable power; and Whereas, It is unjust and unnecessary to permit the development of a system which will compel a citizen of Nevada or any other state either to forego relief for local transportation problems or seek it solely through the interstate commerce commission at Washington at great expense in time and money; and |
κ1921 Statutes of Nevada, Page 423 (NUMBER 23, Mr. Lockhart)κ
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Nevada or any other state either to forego relief for local transportation problems or seek it solely through the interstate commerce commission at Washington at great expense in time and money; and Whereas, Before the passage by Congress of the transportation act, 1920, there was no serious conflict between federal authority in the regulation of interstate commerce and state authority in the regulation of intrastate commerce; and Whereas, All government, whether through federal or state agency, is directed to the sole end of promoting the welfare and happiness of the people, it is our firm conviction that it is neither sound nor practical government to deny to the people of the several states the indisputable benefits of state regulation of commerce within the states upon the assumption that to do otherwise may in some way be prejudicial to commerce between the people of the different states; therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the legislature of the State of Nevada hereby respectfully petitions the Congress of the United States to so amend the transportation act, 1920, as to protect and preserve the powers of the several states with relation to intrastate rates, services and facilities and the local affairs of the common carriers within the states, in so far as the same shall not clearly and directly conflict with or discriminate against interstate rates, services and facilities established by or under the authority of the interstate commerce commission, and to make such amendment or amendments in language so plain that the authority of the states in their respective territories shall be maintained without opportunity for misinterpretation; and be it further Resolved, That the secretary of state of Nevada be and he is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the United States senate and house committees on interstate commerce, respectively, and to each United States senator and the representative in Congress of the State of Nevada. |
Concerning intrastate rates on railroads in Nevada |
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