Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-12
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
Snn.rintandenta Report-Continund.

Supor1nt0noenpe
shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure aJusi
and possessory, except mines and mining claims. tho
proceeds OF which, alone. shall DO taxed"
] understand this section 70 place 3otn, suIiace anu
per cent to be t~axed-the only difference between
them consists In this: Surface property was to be
fixed per cent-while the mines and mining claims
were to be taxed alike per cent: upon thelr proceeds,
D Dnt section y Of ne Revenue law Iesie eu = ts1 oD 0e es ars
one hundred dollars: and then Section liz OF the
same law provides that:
ceeds q She mines, as provided In this Act 200 cents
~ Sach SlUO). after paying the expenses OF assessing
anu collecting the same, one-half for the benefit Of
OF t SSSa cS, and one-half shall 20 Into tho General FUND
Eth This gives the cold shoulder to the State School
Five ner esn' as much as to say-by Your leave!
S a School Fund. This is q fund thai springs d.
designed for the benefit { HSe t Pss . sSnt; q y T ! S,r WAS
Co,egel: Yet the Legislature has ignored this bro.
w ors ,Sn na ,s1 tfeH,sIea according to the proceedings
OF the UniyeTsity-il Il shall have an existepceNit
,r,,s, ~, n vom aiii %ri r0,h surface property alone. /
fore the next Legislature. and claim from, ,he y,In.
Ing tax, not only security for the future. bnt indsm.
nifty for the past.
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL coIIyoy
The last Legislature, In providing for tho establish.
ment and location OF an Agricultural and Mechrni.
cal College" declares (Section l3) that" The Ieais.
lature shall provide, at Its next regular session, for
the payment of said Board OF Professor"
The next Legislature will have the undoubtel
right TO appropriate any amount OF money, It may
S WHEN 5S Ssdi i, ,St or tHg m IN = eePtaiS general en- rail grant fast'e of SSS.
lie lands. by the Federal Congress In July, 1862. but
It cannot constltutLonally, ! think, make any appro.
~priations to be paid out OF the State School Fund, TIL
after the said Mining branch OF the University shall
be established, and In q working condition., however
worthy and important, the Public Schools" and
the said Agricultural and Mechanical College,"
/ think the future will demonstrate that the or.
ganization Of the Agricultural and Mining College"
any proceeds can be realized nom the grant OF lands
which was originally designed for Its foundation.
TIE l6 AND % SECTIONS.
1t occurs to me as important, that our Legislature
should bring one matter, touching the 10th and seth
school purposes, prominently before that body, and
I trust that you Will not fall to press this matter
earnestly upon the consideration OF tho next Lcgis.
These schoOlscctlons, in the Easterna and Mississippi
Valley States, with their immense tracts Of agricul-
tural lands, possess great value, and constitute Y
great source OF revenue 10 the School Funds In those
~States-because they are likely to be surveyed by tho
General Government, and open 70 entry and sale.
the mineral States, between the Rocky and Sierra
Nevada mountains, which are not liable to be sur.
yeyed TO any great extent, or 70 be eniSrsd or sold;
have, under the present regime OF the Federal Gov
crnment, much OF value. aSa source OF revenue for
our Public School system.
To place these mineral States upon an equality
with those ofthe Atlantic. In regard 10 these 10Th and
36th Sections Of each townshlp-and no doubt Con.
gress so designed, In making the donation, II should
survey and open our mineral lands for entry and
sale, (which, It Is not possible. will be donc.) or allow
the State the minimum value, the Government lSes
upon newly surveyed lands open for sale, In money.
OF else create floating land warrants, that the State
Board Of Education can locate upon amy INDICATED
public lands In the Union. The rcaSonableneSs OF
this suggestion would. ! am confident, challenge the
assent and secure the cooperation OF o majority OF
that body. whose generous action. In behalf OF public
| education, has eyer been q marked characteristic.
LIQUIDATION on THE 10Th AND 36rH SECTIONS.
| l confess my astonishment that our sharpsighted,
| courageous and worthy Governor, did not interposc
his veto to the bill OF the last Legislature, to ALLEVIATE
about ten thousand acres OF the very best school
lands In the State, located In the agricultural valleys
| OF Carson, Eagle, Washoc, and TrucEec,
for the paltry sum Of five dollars an acre, about tho
price OF half.brecd scrip. and probably a little more
Than the annual rental these nllenated school lands
would command. 1t was a nice Job for the owners
but ~ TO the justice Of this legislation, ! am unable
TO comprehend, with the limited Information I pos
seSs on the subject.
1t isdevoutly TO be hoped. that II any moro valu.
able school lands remain untakcn. they will be dis
posed Of In q manner moro consistent with tho In.
terest ofthe School Fund, than those sections allen.
ated by the law under consideration.
lam, my dear slr.
Yours, very respectfully
JN0. A. COLLINS.
County Superintendent Of Common Schools.