Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-29
Senate-Fifteenth DnN.


CARSON, Dec. %, 1864.
The Senate met at II o'clock, pursuant to
adjournment.
Journal Of yesterday read and approved.
A prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr..
Kelley.
MILEAGE.
Mr.. Seely, from the Committee on Mile
age, reported as follows:
Mr.. PRESIDENT Your Committee on
Mileage, who were directed to ascertain and
port the distance for which each Senator
shall receive pay, have to say that they have
inquired into said matter, and find that
Senator Clagett is entitled to receive pay for
80 miles; Senator Doran $50 miles; Senator
Haynes 81 miles; Senator Hutchings 800
miles; Senator Hobart 400 miles; Senator
Ives 22O miles; Senator James 224 miles;
Senator Kellogg 80 miles; Senator Lambert
3Omiles: Senator Larrowe 400 miles; Senator
Lockwood s miles; Senator Proctor 800
miles; Senator Seely 100 miles; Senator Sling
erland Sc miles; Senator Sumner 30 miles;
Senator Thompson $50 miles; Senator Win
ton 80 miles; the President of the Senate II
miles.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
]. SEELY,
F. HUTCHINGs,
LEWIS DORIAN.
Under the Constitution members receive
forty cents mile.-RBP.
Mr.. Hobart, from Committee on Ways and
Means, reported as follows:
The Standing Committee on Ways and
Means, to whom was referred Senate bill
No. 80, entitled an Ac, authorizing the issu-
ance and sale of certain State bonds, and
providing for the payment of the same, beg
leave to report that they have had the same
under consideration, and would recommend
that in section one, line two, after the word
"State," where it first occurs, the following
words be inserted; land to place the tinan-
ces of the State on cash basis" Also, i'll
section six, line four, after the word State, ="
insert the words following, to wit; land
from all other sources" Also, to strike out,
in lines five and six, in section six, the words:
"except so much thereof as may be levied
to create an interest and sinking fund for the
payment of Territorial Indebtedness" Also,
to add the following additional section, ac-
companying this report. All of which is re-
spectfully submitted.
w. W. HOBART, Chairman.
Mr.. Haines moved that the bill reported
by Mr.. Hobart be now taken up.
Mr.. Hobart seconded the motion.
The President stated that the motion Of
Mr.. Haines was in order, but he would pre-
fer to see the Senate adopt different course
called the attention of Senators to a rule
of the Senate on this subject.
The motion to take up the bill was lost.
Mr.. Seely inquired for copy of the Con-
stitution.
The Sergeant-at-Arms informed the gen.
tleman that he had number Of copies, and
would furnish him with one.
Mr.. Sumner offered the following resolu.
ton, which was adopted:
Resolced, That the Committee on Judi
ciary be instructed to report as to the neces-
sity of inserting a repeating clause or Sec
ton in a bill altering, or amending, or SUI
perseding law of the Territory of Nevada,
passed by Territorial Legislature.
Mr.. Doran stated he was informed that the
Engrossing and Copying Clerks of the Sen
ate were complaining a want Of room; he
thought some action should be taken to sup
Mr.. Proctor offered the following concur
rent resolution, which was referred to Ithe
Committee on Federal Relations:
Resolved, BY the Senate, the Assembly
concurring, that our Senators in Congress be
instructed, and our Representatives request
ed, to use all due eXertions to obtain the
establishment of a tri-weekly mail, COM
mencing at the city of Austin and running
thence via Canon City, Washington, lone
and Mammoth, to Wellington Station, on
the road leading to Carson City, to Aurora,
connecting with the mail on that route
Also, the establishment Of tri-weekly mail
from the City Of Austin via Genoa, Bunker
Hill and Hot Springs, to San Antonio in
Nye county.
Mr.. Hobart offered the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved, That the Committee on Ways
and Means are hereby authorized to procure
a room for the transaction Of committee bust
ness.
Adopted.
NOTICE OF BILLS.
Mr.. Winton gave notice Of an Act to pro-
vide for the better observance of the Sab
bath day; also, an Act to provide for the
protection Of trade marks.
Mr.. Seely gave notice Of an Act providing
for the transfer of actions at law, suits in
equity, and other proceedings which were
pending in the Courts of the Territory of Ne
yada at the time of the change from the Ter
ritorial to the present State Government to
the State Courts, having jurisdiction of the
subject matter thereof. Also an Act to
amend the Civil Pract ice Act.
Mr. Lambert gave notice of an Act 6xino