Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-17
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
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shall prescribc such regulations rs shall secure aJu.I
valuation for taxation OF oil property, real. personal.
and pOssessory, except mines and mining claims. the
nrorceds on which, alone, shall be taxed"
/ understand this section TO place both. surface and
mining property, on an exact equality as regaIdstn
ner cent 10 be taxed-the- only Inference between
Them Consists In this: Surface property was TO b.
taxed uDon lis assessed valuation, o definite and
liked per ccnt-while the mines and mining claims
were 10 be taxed alike per cent. upon their proceeus,
hui section W OF the Revenue law levles o tax on the
proceeds Of the mines, OF one hundred cents on eaGh
one hundred dollars: and then Section III Of tho
"T6c MONEYS arising from the tax from the pro
ceeds OF the mines, as provided In this Act 100 cents
on each SlOO). after paying the expenses Of ASSESSING
and collecting the same, one-half for the benent OF
the State. andone-half shall 20 into the General FUND
OF the county" =,
This gives the cold shoulder to the State School
Fund. without as much as to say-by your leave
Five per cent. OF the proceeds OF the tax on the
mines, belong equItably and. / think. legally, TO the
State School Fund. This Is q fund that springs dI:
rcctly from the mines, i've per cent. OF which was
designed for the benent Uor the support OF a Mining
College,. Yet the Legislature has ignored this pro.
OF The last Legislature, the proposed mining branch
OF the UnIversity-ifi Il shall have an existence-it
must be maintained from surface property alone. /
trust that you will bring this matter prominently be.
fore the next legislature, and claim from the min.
INK tax. not only security for the future, but indcm.
nifty for the past.
The last Legislature, In providing for the establish.
mcnt and location Of an agricultural and MechanI.
cal College" declares Section l) that The Legls-
t tha psymcn, Of said Board OF Professors"
The next Legislature will have the undou6tcd
right to-, to apP mT 2SS ms Sny amSSh Of Il th MO fRsiItut at%s
which had It's origin In a certain general grant o. puo'
lie lands, by the Federal Congress In July, 1852. but
p%rIatioHs TO be paid out Of the state school Fund, I'LL
after the said Mining branch OF the University shall
be established, and in a working condition, however
the said AGRICULTURAL and Mechanical College
may be.
ganization Of the agricultural and Mining College,
was premature. II must be some time yet before
any proceeds can be realized from the grant OF lands
which was originally designed for It's foundation.
TIE ID AND IS SECTIONS.
II occurs TO ME as important. that our Legislature
should bring one matter. touching the 10th and seth
Sections Of each township, donated BY Congress for
school purposes, prominently before that body. AMI
| trust that you will not fall 10 press this matter
earnestly upon the consideration OF the next LcSiS-
These schoolsectIons. in the Eastern and Mississippi
Valley States, with their immense tracts OF ngriCul.
tural lands, possess great value, and constitute u
great source Of revenue TO the School Funds In those
S~tates-bccauSe they are likely to be surveyed by the
General Government, and open TO entry and sale:
the mineral States, between the Rocky and Sierra
Nevada mountains. which arc not liable to be sur.
the matter Is essentially different. They cannot
have, under the present regime OF the Federal Gov.
eminent, much OF value, asa source OF revenue for
/ III Il u sGHOOl y y bNNlls
To place these mineral States upon un equality
| with those ofthc Atlantic, In regard 10 these 10th ami
Seth Sections Of each township-and no doubt Con.
grcss so designed, In making the donation, II should
survey and open our mineral lands for entry and
Nale, (Which, II Is not possible, viii be donc,) or allow
the State the minimum value. the Government fixes
upon newly surveyed lands open for sale, In money,
or else create floating land warrants. that the State
Board Of Education can locate upon any INDICATED
public lands In the Union. The rcasonablcness OF
this suggestion would, ] am confident, challenge tho
assent and secure the cooperation OF q majority OF
that body, whose generous action, In behalf OF public
education, hFs ever been a marked characteristic.
LEGISLATION on TIE 10TH AND 18th SECTIONS.
i confess my as~tonishment that our Sharpsighted.
courageous and worthy Governor, did not interpoSu
his veto TO the I'LL 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, Washoe. Steamboat and Truckce,
for the paltry sum OF 1--WE dollars an acre, about the
price Of h~alEbreed scrip. and probably a little more
than the annual rental these alIenated school lands
hut as to the justice Of this legislation, / am unable
to comprehend. with the limited Information I pos.
sess on the subject.
1t Is devoutly to be hoped. that II any more valu.
able school lands remain untlkcn. they will be dis.
posed Of In q manner more consistent with the In.
ierest OF the School Fund, than those sections allen
ated by the law under consideration.
lam. my dear sir,
Yours. very respectfully,
JN0. A. COLLINS,
County Superintendent Of Common Schools.
The JoliotriHo 10 M abstrdet oJihe sfdtistieal reports
QjCoioRel Coiiins, School tperint endeHtJ for Storey
County, TO the Superintendent Of Public InstrHc.
ffon, for the Uedr ending duOutt Slsf. lSS. 10 tcif.