Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-08
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
6--5-,..5.,,,. Report-Cou,inued.

Ts,nrriuteudenps Report-Continucd.
.b,II prrseribe suchresulatlons as shall secure aIusI
v]sIus.ion tST tas sss ! G mi az p snG minl rsa eia 2fa:oa tSs
proceeds OF which, alone. shall De taSed'
II understand this section 10 place both, surface and
mining mil ssIt PT % Se t;s 9e ~ only difference Setwesn
Them consists In this: Surface properly was 70 Or
taxed up0n its assessed valuation, o de1nite anu
AGED per cent-while the mines and mining eialnls
w 70 be taxed alike per cent. upon their proceeds.
hut Section W Of the Revenue law lcvies TAX on tno
proceeds OF the mines, Of one hundred cents on saSn
one hundred dollars: and then Sectioh l' VI 'ho
mTbbe MONEYS arising from the tax from the pro.
ceeds OF the mines, as provided In this ACT llOOcen,s
and coIlectIng the same, one-half for the benefit OF
the State. and one-half shall gointo the General uHa
OF the county," o,
Fund, without as much as to say-by your leave!
Five per cent. Of the proceeds OF the tax on me
mines, belong ~cquitaSIsy and. ! think legally. 70 w. y,
State School Fund. This Il q fund that springs az
/ rectIy from the mines. i've per cent. OF WHICH was
designed for the benefit Qor the support or Mining
College,. Yet the Legislature has ignored tnis pr.
OF the last Legislature, the proposed mining branch
or the University-if # shall have an existenee-it
trust that you Will bring this matter prominently pc
| fore the next Legislature, and claim from the MIN
INK tax. not only security for the future. but indem-
IVY IaGicrGTraAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE.
The last Legislature. in providing for the sSta6llsh.
e %f9 Co de = declares ISeetiSn iSj that" The Lecis.
| laturc shall provide, at It's next regular session. ir
the payment OF said Board Of Professors.'
rgh. to appropriate any amount Of money. 4 may
deem Just, for the maintenance OF this INSTITUTION,
which had It's origin In a certain general grant OF pup,
It cannot constltutlonally !! think, make any appr4;
| priaiions to be paid out OF the State school Fund, ~
ster the said Mining branch Of the University shall
| ha established and In n working condition, however
| worthy and important the Public Schools" AMI
the said Agricultural and Mechanical College"
Think the future will demonstrate that the or.
ganizailon OF the " Agricultural and Mining College
was premature. II must he some time yet before
| any proceeds can he realized from the grant OF lands
which was originally designed for Its foundation.
THE IL AND % SECTIONS.
It occurs to me as important, that our Legislature
should bring one matter. touching the 10th ana 36th
Sections OF each township, donated by Congress for
school purposes: prominently before that body. and
earnestly upon tho consideration OF the next Legs.
lRture.
These school sections, In the Eastern and Mississippi
Valley States, with their immense tracts Of agricul.
tural lands, possess great value, and constitute a
| great source OF revenue TO the School Funds In those
~Statcs-because they are likely TO be surveyed by tlo
| General Government, and open TO entry and sale.
| But with those elevated and almost barren lands oil
the mineral States, between the Rocky and Sierra
| Nevada mountains, which are not liable 10 be sur
| vcyed TO any great extent, or to be entered or sold.
the matter Is essentially different: They cannot
Il nave, unucE t0e pECbtuk Fkllllc VI u EtutIu OON"
| eminent, much OF value, AS source OF revenue for
| our Public School system.
To place these mineral States upon an equality
| with those ofthe Atlantic, In regard TO these 10th and
| 35th Sections OF each t0wnShlp-and no doubt Con.
gress so designed. in making the donation. It should
survey and open our mineral ia lands for entry and
the State the minimum value. the Government txes
| upon newly surveyed lands open for sale, In money.
81 Bo slsa Ct Sfe ESu e e ca. 1n Ioe sasr upon any sny' n mil ssSsi
| public lands In the Union. The RESPONSIVENESS OF
| this suggestion would, ! ain confident, challenge the
that body, whose generous action. In behalf Of public
education. has ever been a marked characteristics.
LEGISLATION on THE l6rH AND 3TH SECTIONS.
| confess my astonlshment that our shhrpsighted,
| courageous and worthy Governor. did not ~interpose
his veto to the billof the last Legislature, TO ALLEVIATE
lands In the State, located in the agricultural valleys
Of Carson, Eagle. Wahoe. Steamboat and Truckee.
for the paltry sum OF Ave dollars an acre. about tho
than the annual rental these nliensted school lands
would 1t was q nice Job for the owners
put io tS as 10 me Jas, aisS o, ~ ,si iIm lsE, ~ ,nSdrI ! am u I So..
II IS dcvoutiy 10 be hoped. that II any more valu.
posed Of In q manner more consistent with the IN.
terest OF the School Fund, than those sections alien.
ated by the law under consideration.
lam, my dear sir.
Yours very yscpes'fSSI 5Gi11ss
County Superintendent Of Common Schools.
The SSo,strg d f an p S.t I SSts;; .Sti :sies g. rspSrt.
%Sov"t - IL. 5000 y. ~ LIN. JLSao.ay
Z y. 800.
ton'Jo' '"e year eHa'HV haOnss 'IsI, ,%Y' toM't'
REV; 4; F, WIn!sE' r Srrrh sN1 ,Ss rrst,s
reports or my department. required by law:
Financial.
pycrrr1s
Balance ON hand AZ the BEGINNING OF Sehoo,
veor q IA >,
y .syst ;;om S;.;s .nnor,;onmcn; Ss'TSt
Fron conntv ,eSss "a on r.
From mIsceiIoneou: .onrcs: y; =
f''" ~.
Total ,Sl0,O,6 W
DISBURSEMENTS.
Amount paid teachers salaries ......-:...Sii.l0
sites buildings, rcpalrsands chooliurni'urs t,5i ~
SenooI lJW
Rent, fuel. water and contingent expenses I.j23 0S