Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-04
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
superiptendenrs Representatives..

shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure aJui'
valuation for taxation OF all property, real, personaL
and possessory; except a2tn mines u.s.. ard (. mining claims the
/ understand this section TO place both. surface ana
mining property, on an exact equality as regards inc
per cent to be taSed-the only difference between
Them consists In this: Surface property Was 70 os
taxed upon its assessed valuation. u dennite anu
liked per %cent-whilc the mines and mining claims
were to be taxed Alike per cent; upon tne,t p,o eS ,hs
proceeds Of the mines. Of one hundred cents oneeSn
one hundred dollars: and then Section III OF LUG
THE MONEYS arising from the tax from the pro
ceeds Of the mines, as provided In this Act lloo cent?
on each Sion. after paying the expenses OF assessing
and collecting the same, one-half for the benenl ~
the State, and one-half shall go into the General FUND
or the county"
This gives the cold shoulder to the State School
Fund, without as much rs TO say-by your leavei
Five per cent. OF the proceeds OF the tax on Tue
mines, belong ~equitably and. l think. legally. TO inc
State School Fund. This Is a fund that springs d.
rectly from the mines, i've per cent. OF WHICH was
designed for the benefit TOR the support OF a Mining
College,. Yet the Legislature has Ignored this pro-
vision altogether-and according to the proceedings
OF the Unlvefsity-if It shall have an exIstence-it
must be maintained from surface property alone. l
trust that you viii bring this matter prominently be-
fore the next Legislature, and claim from the min
Ing tax. not only security for the future. but indem'
nifty for the past.
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE,.
IT, The la, last ,I LsSlslat ~ Il IN pS SE,snT.Sr rST the The f ssa :
cal College" declares Section l) that The Lcgis.
lnture shall provide, at LIS next regular session, for
the payment of said Board OF Professors"
The next Legislature Will have the undou6ted
right to appropriate any amount OF money, i may
deem just, Tor the maintenance Of this INSTITUTION.
lie lands. BY the Federal Congress in July. 1859. but
it cannot eonstitutionally, ! think. make any app.T3;;
after the said Mining branch Of the University shall
be established, and In q working condition, howeSt:
iSs said ana %A iRRS6Ita4s 'a aSd I Mesasn SsG'G ecilcs SaS
may be. -
Think the future will demonstrate that the or,
was premature. il must be some time yet before
any proceeds can be realized from the grant OF lands
which was originally designed for its foundation.
THE 10 AND 81 SECTIONS.
II occurs TO me as important, that our Legislature
should bring one matter. touching the 10th and Sjth
Sections OF each township, donated BY Congress for
school purposes, prominently before that body, and
| trust that you will not iall TO press this matter
earnestly upon the consideration Of the next LeSis-
laturc.
These school sections, In the Eastern and Mississippi
Valley States, with thelr Immense tracts OF agricul'
tural lands, possess great value. and constitute q
great source Of revenue 10 the School Funds In those
Statcs-becausc they are likely TO be surveyed BY the
But with those elevated and almost barren lands OF
the mineral States, between the Rocky and Sierra
Nevada mountains, which arc not liable 10 be sur
yeyed to any great extent, or to be entered or sold,
tho matter Is essentially different: They cannot
have, under the present regime OF the Federal Gov
eTnnlent, much Of value, asa toufce OF revenue lpI
our Public School system.
TO place these mineral States upon an equality
with those ofthe Atlantic. In regard 10 these 10th and
s6th Sections OF each township-and no doubt Con.
gress 10 designed, In making the donation. II should
survey and open our mineral lands for entry and
sale, (Which, Il Is not possible, will be dore,) or allow
the State the minimum value, the Government nxes
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 reasonableness OF
this suggestion would. l am confident, challenge the
assent and secure the cooperation OF a majority OF
that body. whose generous action. In behalf OF public
education, has ever been q marked characteristic.
LEGISLATION on THE 10TH AND 36TI SECTIONS.
] confess my astonishment that our sharpsighted.
courageous and worthy Governor. did not interpose
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. washoe, and Truckee.
for the paitry sum Of five dollars an acre, about the
price OF halfbrced scrip, and probably a little more
than the annual rental these alienated school lands
would command. II was a nice Job for the owner
but as TO the Justice Of this legislation. / am unable
to comprehend, with the limited Information I pos
sess on the subject.
1t sdevoutlyt TO be hoped. that Il any more valu'
able school lands remain %untaken, they will be dis
posed Of In = manner more consistent with tho IN
terest OF the School Fund, than those sections allen
ated by the law under consideration.
lam, my dear sir,
Yours. very respectfully,
JS0. A. COLLINS,
County Superintendent OF Common Schools.