S.R. 7


Senate Resolution No. 7--Senators Raggio, Titus, 
    Adler, Augustine, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Lee, 
    Lowden, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O'Connell, 
    O'Donnell, Porter, Rawson, Regan, Rhoads, 
    Shaffer, Townsend and Washington

                    May 8, 1995
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                 Read and adopted


SUMMARY--Inducts John E. Robbins into Senate Hall of 
          Fame. (BDR R-1939)




EXPLANATION--Matter in italics is new; matter in bra
ckets [ ] is material to be omitted.

SENATE RESOLUTION--Inducting John E. Robbins into the Senate Hall of 
        Fame.


  WHEREAS, The Senate of the Legislature of the 
State of Nevada has established a Senate Hall of Fame whose 
members are selected by leadership from those past Senators 
who have served with distinction; and
  WHEREAS, Certain past state Senators have 
distinguished themselves with their exemplary contributions 
to the State of Nevada; and
  WHEREAS, John E. Robbins was a distinguished 
Senator from Elko County for 20 years, serving as Senate 
Majority Leader during his freshman session in 1935, and as 
Majority or Minority Leader of the Senate every session 
thereafter until his death in 1954; and
  WHEREAS, In the regular session of 1947, 
Senator Robbins was one of three sponsors of landmark 
legislation to assist workers in the state, the "Nevada 
Industrial Insurance Act" and the "Nevada Occupational 
Diseases Act"; and                                         
  WHEREAS, Senator Robbins, who was an attorney 
in his private career, served on the Senate Judiciary 
Committee throughout his years in the Senate and chaired the 
committee twice, one of those times as the only chairman who 
was a Democrat in a Senate controlled by Republican members; 
now, therefore, be it
  RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, 
That Senator John E. Robbins, a highly respected leader and 
statesman who graced the legislative hallways with dignity 
and pride, is hereby inducted into the Senate Hall of Fame 
of the Legislature of the State of Nevada.

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