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are not allowed, as heretofore, to find paid sub- 

 stitutes. 



The War in Acheen. The Kingdom of 

 Acheen, or Atjeh, in the extreme north of Su- 

 matra, having an area of 58,100 square kilo- 

 metres and a population estimated at 444,600, 

 rebelled against the Dutch rule in 1873, and the 

 inhabitants, who are a fighting race, given to 

 piracy and encouraged in smuggling by foreign 

 traders, have been at open war with the Govern- 

 ment ever since. The country was made a gov- 

 ernorship in 1878. The authorities, though the 

 expenses of the hostilities have been the cause 

 of the chronic deficit in the budget, and though 

 the losses of men, chiefly from beri-beri and 

 other diseases, have been very great, have been 

 reluctant to develop the military power neces- 

 sary to crush the rebels, who would fight till 

 they were exterminated, and have latterly con- 

 tented themselves with occupying strategic 

 points and blockading the coast. In 1893 the 

 blockade was partially relaxed. The rebels, who 

 are well armed with weapons smuggled in by 

 merchants of Singapore, continue to attack the 

 Dutch outposts and the tramways and industrial 

 works established in the country, to cut tele- 

 graph lines, and raid cattle farms. In March, 

 1893. an engagement took place on the Tamiang 

 river, in which the Dutch killed 63 men and 

 captured 8 forts, 7 cannons, and a quantity of 

 rifles, losing 6 killed and 45 wounded. 



NEVADA, a Pacific coast State, admitted to 

 the Union Oct. 31, 1864; area, 110,700 square 

 miles. The population, according to each decen- 

 nial census, was 42,491 in 1870; 62,266 in 1880; 

 45,761 in 1890. Capital, Carson City. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Roswell K. 

 Colcord, Republican ; Lieutenant-Governor, Jo- 

 seph Poujade ; Secretary of State, Olin H. Grey ; 

 Comptroller, R. L. Horton; Treasurer, John F. 

 Egan ; Attorney-General, J. D. Torreyson ; Su- 

 perintendent of Public Instruction, Orvis Ring ; 

 Surveyor-General, John E. Jones; Justices of 

 the Supreme Court, R. R. Bigelow, M. A. Mur- 

 phy, C. H. Belknap ; Clerk, J. Josephs ; Regents 

 of the University, E. T. George, J. W. Haines. 

 Legislative Session. The sixteenth session 

 of the State Legislature began on Jan. 16 and 

 ended on March 6. On Jan. 24 Hon. William 

 M. Stewart was re-elected United States Senator 

 for the full term of six years, receiving a unani- 

 mous vote in each House. An act was passed at 

 this session making all debts, bonds, or other 

 money obligations payable in standard silver or 

 gold coins, or other legal money authorized by 

 Congress, anything in the contract or obligation 

 to the contrary notwithstanding. Provision 

 was made for obtaining the sense of the 

 people on the question whether United States 

 Senators should be elected by direct popular vote. 

 Public officers were required to purchase all sup- 

 plies for the State or counties of resident mer- 

 chants and business men. provided such supplies 

 can be obtained at an advance of not more than 

 10 per cent, over San Francisco prices, freight 

 added. The counties were authorized to aid the 

 Utah and Nevada Air-Line Railroad by issuing 

 bonds to the railroad company to an amount 

 equal to $3,000 for every mile of road within 

 their respective limits. An annual tax levy of 



90 cents on each $100 was authorized for the fol- 

 lowing purposes: Sixty-five cents for the general 

 fund, 7 cents for the interest fund, 9'5 cents for 

 the State interest and sinking fund, 3'5 cents for 

 the Indigent Insane Asylum interest and sinking 

 fund, and 5 cents for the general school fund. 

 In order to prevent a deficiency in the general 

 fund, authority was given for borrowing $92,000 

 at 4 per cent, interest from the State school fund, 

 and a similar loan of $20,000 from the University 

 fund. The sum of $10,000 was appropriated for 

 an exhibit at the Columbian Exposition. The 

 Governor's salary was increased to $10,000. 

 Other acts of the session were as follow : 



Providing for the management and control of the 

 State Agricultural Society oy the State. 



Making it lawful for any person to kill any wild 

 unbranded stallion running at large on the Govern- 

 ment range lands. 



Repealing the act of 1891 consolidating certain State 

 oliices, and making the Secretary of State ex afficio 

 clerk of the Supreme Court and State Librarian, and 

 the Governor's private secretary ex afficio Adjutant- 

 General. 



Licensing the sale of cigarettes. 



To prevent dissemination of contagious diseases 

 among sheep. 



Extending the sessions of the Legislature from forty 

 to fifty days. 



Providing a new law for the protection of game. 



Providing a new law for the government of the 

 State militia. 



Requiring administrators, trustees, guardians, or 

 managers of estates to render accounts every three 

 months. 



To prevent the spreading of contagious diseases, 

 and to establish a State board of health. 



Providing a new road law. 



Repealing the irrigation law of 1889. 



Constitutional Amendments. At the ses- 

 sion of 1891 28 proposed amendments to the 

 State Constitution were introduced and passed 

 through both Houses, were entered in their re- 

 spective journals, and were published in full in 

 the statutes and in the printed proceedings of the 

 Legislature. No other publication of them was 

 made. On Feb. 3, 1893, the next succeeding 

 Legislature, being then in session, requested the 

 Secretary of State to return to each House these 

 proposed amendments for further action accord- 

 ing to the Constitution ; but the Secretary re- 

 fused, on the ground that they were not in a con- 

 dition to be returned, not having been published 

 for three months next preceding the last general 

 election. Thereupon the Attorney-General, at 

 the request of the Legislature, applied to the 

 State Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus 

 to compel the Secretary to return them as re- 

 quested. A speedy hearing was had, and on 

 Feb. 8 the court announced its decision, granting 

 the writ. The State Constitution provides that, 

 after proposed amendments have been passed in 

 both Houses, they " shall be referred to the Legis- 

 lature next to be chosen, and shall be published 

 for three months next preceding the time of 

 making such choice," after which the next Legis- 

 lature, if it approves them, shall make provision 

 for their submission to the people. The question 

 before the court was, whether a publication in 

 the statutes and legislative journals, such as was 

 made in this case, was a publication for three 

 months next preceding the time of making such 

 choice." within the meaning of the State Consti- 



