Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-22
SCHOOL srpER1yrEspENr,s REPORT.
SUPERINTENDENT. Report-Continued.

shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure alus'
valuation for taxation or all property. real, personal,
proceeds Of Which. alone. shall be taxed"
| understand this section TO place both, surface anu
mining property, on an exact equality as REGARDS tne
per cent TO be taxed-the only difference between
them consists In this: Surface property was 10 pe
taxed upon It's assessed valuation, o definite anu
fixed per cent-whlle the mines and mining Claims
were TO be taxed alike per cent. upon their proceeds,
but Section W Of the Revenue law levles q tax on the
proceeds OF the mines, OF one hundred cents on each
one hundred dollars: and then Section III OF The
same law provides that:
THE moneys arising from the tax from the pro-
ceeds Of the mines, as provided In this Act QOo cents
and collecting the same, one-hali for the benefit OF
s%G ~ SSa,c, md one-half shall so into the General fuhd
This gives, the cold shoulder to the State School
EEnnd. without as much as TO say-by your leayei
mT,e pSs cent. OF the proceeds Of the tax on me
S I'M oslohg eQuita6ly and. | think. legally, 10 the
sta,e school Fund. This Is a fund that springs d.
ds. i mVm ~ me nilnes. I'VE per cent. Of WHICH was
CoiIssgeS. = YEN sae ne Sen i !, gSr the support Of q Mining
sts,Sn atoSetneE-and according to the proceedings
OF t the uSiI ISSIStuTe, the proposed mining branch
must be maintained from surface propertv alone. /
trust tnaI you wv ering this matter prominently be.
Ing tax. not only security for the future, hui lndem.
nifty for the past.
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL co,Iyo,
The last Legislature, in providing tar ISr as,al,,sh.
ment and location Of an Agricultural and MIechani.
cal College" declares lsee,ion 49, that" The Legis.
iature sIan p ~ saiS nv w y ~ IsHular session. for
rgaynis.' an5sia,nrn S,,Ii thrV..SSHIs'
Lno : . an,. amomn, w unuouOteu
LknI sppto pha nain;onanca ~ NJ IioIIs!, ~ may
uyeHi Jue'; ~ ~ ~ = eor,ain ~ III tllstitIuOil'
winch haa Jus ollEIn ~ SCt,ann se"IIuI Etant OF pun
II cannot constitutIonally, think, make any appro.
prlall0ns W pe pnlu ou.u W ~ 8, = ~ ..'i, M
alter Tue Salu 'ilnlnh oianSIo' w Imiss'sity snulI
DC estaOiisheI, anu woIh,nS S2,IuiSIVn, however
worthy ana Important tne ruohc Seno9,s; hhu
the said ASrlcuIturhi anu hcchahicai SoNeBe'
may &C.. I'm
think inc iutu!e VIII neilpns.IaMlc tnat VIC or,
Eanizatlono OF Tue hEticuIturhl ai'u 1iinins .oness
was premature. ~ niuSt " som', .Inne Sed yr, n
any proceeds can be realized rom me grant OF LANDS
whlch was orlginaIy aesismeS .or ns Souhda'ion'
IhL 10 AAD ~ sL.tioNs, .,.,
II occurs 10 mehs lmpoItdht' lnit oui Leslsia1uIr
should brlng one matter, Touching Tue lhtl ana ooth
Sections oil each township, donated Dy congress Or
school purposes. prominently, before that body. and
i trust that you VIII not ial TO press this matter
earnestly upon the consideration Of the next LeSis'
laturc.
These schoolsections, IN the Eastern and Mississippi
valley, states, VITA Their Immense tracts Of asrieul-
turM lands, possess great Naiue, am constitute y
great source OF revenue 70 LnS SENIOR fnhdsl ~ those
StatesI because lncy hrc nhcly 10 DC surveyed .! Ino
General government, hnn open 70 rn,ry anu sac;
put WIN lIoSe vie'ater ~ = Ha!'s. U.s.
tne mineral states oSiMeen 'ne h1Shy anu sierra
Nevada mountains. which are MOI liable TO b. syt'
veyed 70 any great eHtSnN U.t 70 oe e'nSieu VI so!u,
eminent, much OF value, asa source Of revenue Tor
our Public school system;
To place these mineral states upon an equal''y,
with those Oh the Atlantic, I'D regard 10 these l3thatL
18th sections OF each toWnshlp-anu no loud Con: