Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-21
Assembly-Ninth Day.


The House met at IL o'clock A. NJ. On
calling the roll 80 members were present.
PRAYER by Rev. Mr.. White.
The journal Of yesterday was read and ap-
Mr.. Rigby asked leave of absence for Mr..
Patten, his colleague for one day.
Mr.. St. Clair, from the Committee on Con-
tingent Expenses, reported back the bill pro-
yidfne a contingent fund for the Senate and
Assembly, amended 80 as to fix contingent
fund of $1,000 for the Senate and 81, 1000 for
the Assembly. The report was agreed to.
Mr.. Bishop, from the Standing Committee
on Public Printing, which had acted jointly
with the Senate Committee in making ar
rangements for temporary printer, submitted
a majority report, signed by Senator Thomp-
son Of the Senate Committee, and the entire
House Committee, recommending the selec-
ton Of P. Lynch Of the Gold Hill News.
While the minority report, signed by Sena-
tors Doran and James Of the Senate Commit
tee, recommended that the printing be done
by the Carson Post Office pro temp0re. By
vote of 10 to IL the minority report was
adopted.
Mr.. Young, from the select Committee
comprising Messrs. Young, Haskell, Smith
and Brown, reported back the House bill, de-
termining the officers of the Legislature and
their pay, with an amendment giving the
Secretary Of the Senate and Clerk Of the
Assembly ten dollars instead of eight per
diem. The report laid on the table.
Mr.. Cutter, from the select Committee ap-
pointed to secure suitable rooms for the use
Of the Engrossing and Enabling Clerks, re.
ported that they had performed the duty i'm
posed on them. Mr.. Cutter offered the fol-
lowing, which was referred to a select Com
mittee-Mr. Cutter Chairman:
WHEREAS, The necessity for the speedy
completion and establishment of railroad
communication between the navipable tide
waters Of the Pacific and the mining regions
of the State Of Nevada is apparent to us as
great and imperative; and
WHEREAS, Congress has provided what
was deemed to be liberal bonus for the con-
struction Of such q railroad, and said Con-
gressional provision, has been secured ex-
clusively to and under corporation named
and known as the Central Pacific Railroad
Company, which, up to this date, has con-
structed only thirty miles upon its prouosed
route, and whose principal labor seems to
have been to reduce the number Of miles or
dered to be built per year ION pain of for
feiture) in the original Pacific Railroad Bill
having particular reference to this section Of
the great trans-continental railway; and
WHEREAS, Competition and rivalry in the
construction Of railways which are to com.
mand the enormous passenger and freight
traffic between the Pacific and the Eastern
slope of the Sierras, on railway line is emf
nently desirable; and
WHEREAS, A line of railroad has already
been constructed from the town of Freeport.
at the head Of Underwater on the Sacramento,
and the town Of Latrobe, it being distance
of thirty-eight miles, on nearly direct line
Of communication with the Capital Of Ne
vada; and .....
WHEREAS, We have credible information
that a large and wholly responsible body Of
respectable capitalists are prepared, with
reasonable encouragement, to push forward
the railroad from Lasrobe to the Capital Of