Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-05
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
Sna.rinfendeut,. Report-Continued,

sbalI prescribe such regulations as shall secure alu,l
valuation for taxation OF oil property. real, personal.
snI posscssory, except mines and mining claims, thc
proceeds OF which. alone, snau pc taasn' ...,a
mining property, on an exact equality as regards the
ner cent 10 be taxed-the only difference between
then, consists In this: surface properly ss Mas 70 and ID
iXed per cent-whlIe the mines and mining elanns
were TO be taxed alike per cent; upon thelr pIocceus,
but section y OF the Reyenne law Ievie cu n "a. 'oS Se es snS
one hundred dollars: and then Section III OF the
| same law provides that:
THE moneys arising from the tax rom tne Pro
cecds OF the mines, as provided In this Act QOO cents
on each SlO0). after paying the expenses OF assessing
| and collecting the same. one-half for the benent o.
the State. andone-hnlf shall 90 into the Generai funo
This gives the cold shoulder to the State School
Fund, without as much as TO say-by your leave!
Fly per cent, Of ,hs H. pr nN5 KIM 81 thc Ies ssn on 70 the
State School Fund. This Is a fund that springs Ill.
rectly from the mines, nve per cent. OF which was
GSSIs1eSH Yet the legislature has ignored this pro-:
vision altogether-and according TO the proceedings
OF the last Legislature, the proposed mining branch
OF The University-if II shall have an cNistcnce-lt
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.
ing tax, not only security for the future, but indeni-
nifty for the past. -. ......
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE.
The last Legislature. in providing for the establish.
ment and location Of an agricultural and Mechnnl-
cal College" declares (seetlon ~ that. Ihe Legl..
The Hyment OF said Board OF Professors"
The next Legislature will have the undoubted
right to appropriate any amount Of money, ~ may
deem lust, for the maintenance OF THIS lnStitutl0ll,
which had It's origin In a certain general grant Of puo'
lie lands, By the Federal Congress In July, ls62, but
T. cannot eopsu tut SM y, 1 sS INK. make sSSea Sr Eu app I'M
after the said Mining branch OF the University shall
be established. and In q worEing condition. however
the said Agricultural and Mechanical College,"
may be.
/ think the future Will demonstrate that the OF:
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.
THE l6 AND sc SECTIONS.
It occurs to me as important, that our Legislature
| should bring ono matter, touching the 10th and Sth
Sections OF each township. donated by Congress for
school purposes, prominently before that body, and
/ trust that you will not fall TO press this matter
earnestly upon the consideration Of the next LeGis.
laturc.
These schoolsectlons, In the Eas,erna and Mississippi
Valley States, with their Immense tracts OF agTicul'
tural lands. possess great value. and constitute \
| great source OF revenue to the School Funds In those
States.bccause they are likely to be surveyed BY the
General Government. and open 10 entry and sale.
But with those elevated and almost barren lands OF
the mineral States, between the Rocky and Sierra
Nevada mountains, which are not liable 10 be sur.
veycI TO any great extent. or to be entered or sold.
the matter Is essentially different, They cannot
have, under inc present regime OF inc fcdernl low
eminent, much Of value, asa source or revenue Tor
our Public School system.
To place these mineral States upon an equality
with those oftlle Atlantic, In regard 10 these 10th land
36th Sections OF each township-aDd no doubt Con.
gress NO designed. in making the donation. II should
survey and open our mineral lands for entry ana
sale, (Which. It Is not possible. will be done.l or allow
the State the minimum value, the Government hSes
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 reasonablcness Of
this suggestion would. l am confident. challenge the
assent and secure the cooperation OF o majority OF
that body, whose generous action, In behalfo OF public
i education. has ever been a marked characteristic.
I LEGISLATION on THE l6TH AND STIt SECTIONS.
i confess my establishment that our Sharpsighted.
courageous and worthy Governor, did not interposc
his veto 10 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, Steamboat and Truckee,
for the paltry sum Of Ave dollars an acre, about the
price OF halfbrecd scrip. and probably a little more
than the annual rental these allenated school lands
would command. II wasa nice Job for the owners
but as to the Justice Of this legislation. ! am unable
to comprehend, with the limited Information ! pos
sess on the subject.
1t Is dcvoutly TO be hoped, that II any more yalu.
able school lands remain untnken, they will be d.s.
posed OF In q manner more consistent with the In
terest ofthe School Fund, than those sections alien
ated BY the law under consideration.
lam. my dear sir.
Yours, very respectfully,
JS0. A. COLLINS.
County Superintendent or Common Schools.