The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19
The Last Communication Of the Governor
to the Legislature Of 1854.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, }
SACRAMENTO, Nav Is, 1854,

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT., }
SACRAMENTO, May Is, 1854.
To the Senate and assembly Of California:
Your committee inform me that you are
ready to adjourn, and desire to know whether
have any further communication to make.
In response cannot refrain from expressing
my siHcerc regret, that all the more important
measures required by the people have been de-
feated either by direct vote or delay in acting
upon them.
The bill providing Cor the extension of the
water front of the city of San Francisco passed
the Assembly, but was defeated in the Senate
by an adjournment of that body on Friday last,
before it could be received and read first time.
This important measure, if it had received
your sanction, would in comparatively short
time have secured the payment of the entire
State debt, and relieved the people from the
burthen of taxation, in which they have here
tofore acquiesced patiently, believing that the
present Legislature would provide for their re-
lief by the appropriation of those ample mean
so entirely within their reach.
The bill providing for the selection of the
balance of school, seminary and other public
lands to my great surprise, met with determin-
ed opposition and was finally defeated.
deeply regret the defeat of this bill. because
a failure for another year to select these lands
will doubtless place beyond the reach OF the
State, all the more valuable public lands which
might now have been secured, and OF. course to
some extent deprive the rising generation of
the benefits of the liberal donations made by
Congress.
The bill providing for the protection Of &C
tual settlers, although passed in the Assembly,
l,v,o ifx, foil IN a n
proval Of the Senate.
I had intiulged the hope that this measure,
SO exceedingly important to the interests of the
great mass of agriculturalists would have re-
ceived your willing approval. This hope cou-
fdently INDUCED no less by the people than
myself, has not been realized, and the duty will
again devolve upon them of selecting represen-
tatives before favorable action on the subject
eau be obtained.
Notwithstanding that the evidence Of the
auctionecrs themselves has been presented, to
the effectSthat the "State duties" are by them
uniformly collected, to the amount annually Of
not less than one hundred thousand dollars,
measures have not been adopted to compel
payment into the Treasury. 1t is proper to
state, that altho' interested persons have most
unremittingly assailed and misrepresented this
measure. the amended bill provided cfectually
against monopoly, and allowed every person to
engage in the business of an Auctionecr, by
giving sufficient bond for faithful compliance
with the provisions of the act, and should have
received the approval of your bodies, as meas
ure essentially necessary for the interests of the
State.
You have more than once been invoked to
adopt the necessary measures to. secure for the
state the Leidesdorff and two other escheated
estates. amounting in value in the aggregate
TO at least two millions Of dollars. BY this
recommendation, like others equally important,
has not, in any effectual manner, been sanction
ed, and is now quite probable that before the
meeting of another Legislature, new difficulties
will arise to prevent their recovery by the state.
Prompt and decisive action in relation to these
estates, would have added at least two millions
to the school fund.
The necessity for amendment and revision Of
the several acts on the Statute books relating
to corporations, was so apparent, and the cvi-
dence SO clearly before you, that protection to
the rights and interests of the people required
your interference, that never doubted even for
moment, that you would take favorable action
on the subject before adjournment. But, like
the other important measures referred to, the
people must again give expression to their
views before proper legislation in relation to
corporations can be obtained.
Amendments to the Constitution have been
repeatedly recommended, which if adopted,
would annually lessen the expenditures of Gov
ernment not less than three hundred thousand
dollars. This recommendation, like most 9TH
ers made has not been carried into effect by
necessary legislation.
1t is well known that vigorous effort is now
being made by our delegation in Congress and
others, to secure the restoration of the "civil
fund.-" and the assumption by the General Gov
ernment of the war debt. In order to have
the statements, accounts and vouchers relating
these important matters. SO prepared that Con-
grcss could properly understand them and leg
islate intelligentIy in relation thereto, action
on your part was deemed necessary. 1t is to
hoped, however, that this neglect will not seri-
ously interfere with the favorable action of
Congress OH these important subjects.
Your attention was also directed to the fact,
that Congress, disregarding the wishes of the
people of this State as expressed by the Legis-
lature in 1852, has authorized the Superinten-
dent of Indian Affairs to set apart five reser-
vations, and locate the various tribes of Indians
within the limits of the State. This is not only
a deptrture from the course pursued by the
General Government for more than half cen
tury, but cannot fail to be alike injurious to
the people of the State ard the Indians them
selves. Not q word of remonstrance on your
part has been sent to the councils of the Ma
tion and it is therefore presumed that this
policy, injurious as it will certainly prove to be,
is fastened upon the State.
Complaints from the people have been made
in almost every form, in relation to the vast
from Asia and the Islands of the
South Pacific, which is now crowding our
mines to the injury of our owu people, and fill
ing our principal cities and towns with pop
ulation ignorant alike of our language and
laws. by special message in 1852, expressed
fully my views on this subject, and did not
deem it necessary at this sessionto renew them, |
especially as the people, through the press and
other channels, were making known their opin-
ions and desires in relation to the subject but
cannot refrain expressing the opinion, that
udcious enactment in reference thereto, should
nave been passed before your adjournment.
While you failed to appropriate the vast
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