Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-03
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
,Snnerintendeups Report-Continued.

shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure aJuit
valuation for taxation OF all property. real, personal,
and pOssessory, except mines and mining eiaims' Inc
proceeds of which, alone, shall DC taxed
l understand this section TO place both, surface and
mining property, on an exact equality as reSalast we
per cent to be taxed-the only difierenee between
taxed upon It's assessed valuation, a definite ana
liked per cent-whIle the mines and mining CLAIMS
were to be taxed alike per cent: upon theit pIoeseIa.
proceeds OF the mines, Of one hundred cents on eaeh
o o.G hundred dollars: and then Section III Oh Inc
The MONEYS arising from the tax from the pro
on each shs mines. as provided in this Act QOoexnS
an eS sa1,Ssn IHn5: after paying the expenses or assessing
y tS Ssl SS, aha 9nne-half shall go into the General Fund
This gives the cold shoulder TO the State School
Fund, without as much as 10 sayNby your leave
rIne Pr So, SSm', o. me proceeds Of the tax on the
State School Fund. This u a I n .ninE; IsEaIiy, 70 me 6E.
rcctly from the mines. i've per cent Of Which was
designed for the benefit Cor the support Of a MlninS
College,. Yet the Legislature has Ignored his nro.
vision altogether-and according 10 The nsoccaSIms.
OF the last Legislature, the proposed mining bransS
Of the UniyersitymIt II shall have an cxistence-it
trust that you will bring this matter Prominently br.
fore the next Legislature, and claim from the min.
Ing tax, not only security for the future, but lndcni.
nifty for the past.
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL coLLEor.
The last Legislature. In providing for the establish.
ment and location OF an Agricultural and Mechani.
cal College" declares (section l3l that" The Lcgi..
iatlire shall provide, at Its next regular session, for
The payment or said Board OF Professors"
The next Legislature will have the undoubted
right to appropriate any amount OF money. it may
| deem iust. for the maintenance OF this INSTITUTION.
which had Its origin In q certain general grant oipuD'
lie lands, by the Federal Congress In July, leo2, but
It cannot eonstltutionally, think. MAKE any Spp hi
| after tho said Mining branch OF the University shall
be established, and In u working condition however
NO ssIS and "A imeSTI.anal ' and E SSS,s Ssa0G cSiilcs Sa%
may be.
ganlzation 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 twas originally designed for Its foundation.
THE l6 AND 50 SECTIONS.
II occurs to me rs important, that our LEGISLATURE
should bring one matter, touching the 10th and 36th
Sections OF each township. donated By Congress Tor
school purposes, prominently before that body, and
/ trust that you Will not fall 10 press this matter
earnestly upon the consideration OF the next Legis'
lature.
Valley States, with their immense tracts OF agricul.
tural lands, possess great value, and constitute a
great source ofrevenue TO the School Funds in those
States-because 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 Slerra
Nevada mountains, which arc not liable 10 be sur
ycyed 10 any great extent, or to be entered or sold,
the matter Is essentially different. They cannot
have, under the present regime OF the Federal Gov
| eminent, HUGH VI NhiuS OuiS W.
our Public School system.
To place these mineral States upon an equality
with those ofthe Atlantic. In regard TO these 10TH ant
56th Sections Of each township-and no doubt Con
gress so designed. In making the donation. Il should
survey and open our mineral lands for entry and
sale, (which, Il Is not possible. Will be done.D or allow
the State the minimum value, the government IKE,
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 reasonaoleness Of
this suggestion would, I am confident. challenge the
assent and secure the cooperation OF q majority o.
that body, whose generous action, In behalf OF pubic
education, has ever been q marked characteristic.
LEGISLATION on THE l6TH AND BOTH SECTIONS. !.
] confess my ast0nlshment that our sharpslghtef,
courageous and worthy Governor. did not interposC
his veto TO the bill OF the last Legislature, 10 ALLEVIATE
about ten thousand acres OF tho very best school
lands in the State, located In the agricultural valleys
OF Carson. Eagle. Washoc, Steamboat and Truckee,
for the paltry sum Of i've dollars an acre. about the
price OF hAlf.brccd scrip. and probably a llttle. moro
than the annual rental these Allenated SCHOOL lands
would command. II vast nice Job for the owners
but as TO the justice Of this legislation, ! am unabls
10 comprehend. with the limited / pos
scss on the subject.
IL IS devoutiy to be hoped, that If any more valu
able school lands remain ~untakcn, they VIII be dis
posed OF in a manner more consistent with the IN
terest OF the School Fund, than those sections allen
ated By the law under consideration.
Iam, ny dear sir,
Yours, very respectfully
JSO. A. COLLINS.
County Superintendent OF Common Schools.