Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-15
scHo01 SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
S..erintendeuta Report-Continucd.

.,.iI nrsscribe such regulations as shall secure Aust
valuation for taxation OF all property. real, personal.
n,n ~ which. alone, shall be taxed"
I understand this section to place both. surface and
mining property. on an exact equality as regarnsthe
hem consists in this: Surface property was TO BE-
taxed upon It's assessed valuation, q aenlite ann
tycd per %ccnt-while the mines and mining Claims
wprc 10 be taxed alike per cent. upon thelr procecIs,
bni section " Of the Revenue law levies q tax on tho
proceeds OF the mines, OF one hundred cent. on caeh
one hundred dollars: and then Section III Of Inc
T moneys arising from the tax from the pro.
ceeds of the mines, as provided In this Act 100 cent?
on each slool. after paving inc expenses ms &c Of h asSesi'H os
the State. andone-half shall 90 Into the General y uho
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 Oh tue
mines, belong equIiably and. think, legally, 10 the
State School Fund. This Is a fund that springs di.
rectly from the mines. i've per cent. OF WHICH was
designed for the benefit (ior the support OF u Mining
College,. Yet the Legislature has Ignored this pro-
vision altogether-and according 10 the proceedings
Of the last Legislature, the proposed mining branch
OF the University-If II shall have an existence-it
must be maintained from surface properly alone. !
fore the next Legislature. and claim from the min
INK tax, not only security for the future. but Indcnl.
nifty for the past.
The last Legislature, In providing for the establish.
Cul COlcRt, ucCldTcS NScCtlOu 10y tual- " Lckis-
lature shall provide, at It's next regular session. for
the payment OF said Board Of Professors"
The next Legislature Will have the undoubted
right to appropriate any amount OF money. IL may
deem Just, for the maintenance OF this institution
which had It's origin In q certain general grant OF pup
he lands: by the Federal Congress IN July, 70, out
priations TO be paid out OF the State school Ftnd, W.
after the said Mining branch Of the University shall
%o TsfS0l Mnd Im p0a an Z M tSs aPu iSRai seh1o %S%1 and
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 Its foundation.
THE ID AND 81 SECTIONS.
II occurs TO me a.. important, that our Legislature
Sections OF each township, donated by Congress for
school purposes, prominently before that body, anu
l trust that you viii not fall to press this matter
earnestly upon the consideration OF the next Legis'
These school sections. in the Eastern and Mississippi
Valley States, with their immense tracts OF agricrl.
tural lands, possess great value, and constitute a
great source ofrevenue 10 the School Funds In those
States-because they are likely 10 be surveyed by the
S Ss, IAN S tSnaa a,.yH;es sn nnG ppm sind 70 entry n ana Isns ss :;
the mineral States, between the Rocky and Sierra
Nevada mountains. which arc not liable 70 be sur
the matter Is essentially different. They cannot
have. under the present regime OF thr Federal Gov
eminent, much.of value. asa source OF revenue for
SuN u ubiANS N-S hNANAs
To place these mineral States upon an equality
with those ofthe Atlantic. In regard 10 these 10th ant
36th 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 amt
sale, (Which Il Is not possible, will be done,D or allow
the State the minimum value, the Government lXes
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 tho Union. The reasonableneSsAol
this suggestion would. i am confident. challenge the
assent and secure the corporation OF q majority Of
that body, whose generous action. In behalf OF public
education, has ever been O marked Characteristic.
LIQUIDATION on TIE l6TiI AND 36IiI SECTIONS.
confess my astonlshrne nt that our sharpsiEhted.
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 or i've dollars an acre, about the
price OF half.breed scrip, and probably q littln more
than the annual rental these allcnated school lands
would command. II was q nice Job for the owners
but rs 10 the justice OF this legislation, I am unable
TO comprehend. with the limited Information ! pos.
sess on the subject.
1t is devoutly 70 be hoped. that II any more vsiu.
able school lands remain ~untakcn, they will be dis.
posed Of In q manner more consistent with the ir'
terest OF the School Fund, than those sections alien.
ated by the law under consideration.
lam. nv dear sir,
Yours, very respectfully,
JSO. A. COLLINS,
County Superintendent OF Common Schools.