Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-13
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
G...rirtendeups Report-Continucd.

,haIl prescribe such regulations as shall secure AUST
%aIuation for taxation Of all property, real, personal,
and possessoI .S, sSce a2on mla shsiI be- taIedE.S ''
I understand this section TO place both, surface and
mining property, on an exact equalIy as regardstho
per cent 10 BIO taxed-tho only difference DetSesii
them Consist In this: Surface property was TO be
taxed upon It's assessed Valuation, . dennlle anu
nxed pcr cent-while tho mines ana mining claims
were 70 BE taxed alike per cent ;o upon iSy, tae = t p,o on ~:
proceeds Of the mines, OF ono hundred cents ons.Sn
one hundred dollars: and then Section III OF the
The moneys arising from the tax nom the pro
ceeds Of the mines, as provided In this Act Qn cents
on each sloO), after payingthe expenses OF assessing
OF the county" = 70 ~
This gives tho cold shoulder to the State schoo!
rriTunu without as much MS TO say-by your leave!
rive per cent. Of the proceeds or the tax ON the
statc secSo Sh p SgGi'a6ly and. think; legally. to me
r osrliH iSn1o ny seId; This Is a fund that springs d.
designed for the benefit Dor tic supnort Of a MlnipE
College,; Yet the Legislature has Ignored this pro.
Of the last Legislature, the Drpfossd N n,,ptnS brnnci
OF the Uniyersty-lf Il shall hSye m ayIsieTrcNit
must ~ ia y asi from surface property alone. I
fore the next Legislature, anu claim nom the min.
Ing tux, not only security for the future, hui indemi.
nifty for the past.
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL ooIIyor
The last Legislature, IN providing for the establish.
ment and location OF an Agricultural and Mechanic
cal College, !" declares (Scction 10 at The LegIs-
lature shall provide, AZ lh next regular session, for
the payment or said Board OF Professors"
The next Legislature VIII nave The undoubted
right TO appropriate any amount OF money. II may
deem lust, for tho maintenance or this Institution
which had its origin In O certain general grant OF pub
Tic lands, By the Federal Congress In July, 1862. but
n cannot cOnstitutIonally, / think, make any apprO-
nrIaiions 10 be maid out Of the State School Fund, I'LL
ppmer he sHId Mining branch Of the University shall
nn ostaIIj.heJ and in n working condition, however
w 1870, mi i,nnortnnt the Public Schools" and
r., To ss.i " Agr}cnltural and Mechanical College"
ms ~"
" + Iy,bInk tbe niture will demonstrate that the Or
,n,Io, ~ m" :: ACricnIiurn and Mining College,
sannsas, II m',st he some time Wei bpforr
va p.orna'Is can hc rsnlIzed from the grant of lands
w yrss o1IvInsuy designed for rs foundation,
""' 49, n....,o.a %.
TIE lo AND W sheIioNe'
II occurs 10 me as Important. that our Legislature
should bring One matter, touching the 10Th ana CIth
Sections Of each township. donated by Congress Tor
school purposes, prominently before that body, anu
I trust that you wlll not fall to prcss this matter
earnestly upon the consideration Of tho next Lcgis-
laturc. ..H ..T
These schoolsectlons. In the Eastern and Mississippi
Valley States. with their immense tracts OF agricnl.
tural lands. possess great value. md constitute n
great source Of revenuc TO the School Funds In those
States-because they arc likely TO be surveyed BY the
General Government, ana open 10 entry ana sale.
But with those elevated aud almost barren lands OF
the mineral states lciween the ROCKY and sierra
Nevada mountains, wnich are not liable 10 be sur
veycd TO any great extent, or TO be entered or sold,
the matter Is essentially different: They cannot