Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-27
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
snnerinIendnnt,a Report-Conlinucd.

shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure AUST
valuation for taxation OF all property, real, personal.
AND posseS 81 T!iI EXCEPT l1an mln sGs nn Se I tased'S ''A'"'' 's
understand this section TO place DOM, sullaccaih
mining property, on an exact equality as rcgards the
them consists in this: Surface property was to be
taxed upon Its assessed valuation, q ucnnlto anu
nxed per cent-while the mines and mining claims
were 10 be taxed alike per cent. upon their proceed,
out section " OF the Revenue law lcvies O tax on the
proceeds Of the mines. Of ono hundred cents on each
same saT n Iaw dollars: and then Section liz OF tho
ccet lug moneys arising from the tax from the pro.
on each s W. mines, as provided In this Act 200 cents
sh y s S,o,ectlnE the same. onc.haif for the beneht Of
OF eft t SSsa sSa HaS 9nnc'half shall 90 Into The General Fund
This gives the cold shoulder TO the Stat, School
Fs Mna m " no as much as to say-Ly YOUR leave!
mines belong eSuI nj proceeds q the tax on the
State School Fund. This /, a find iiu .saHy. 70 Wy n,
desii:Sued for The bsnrS t nHe per cent. Of which was
College,. Yet the Legislature has irnoIsd III M.ni !
vision nltosethsT.and according to The pToeeedInS,
Of the Uniycrsity-if Il Shall iRsSsea an mining branch
must be maintained from surface propcIiy sInNS
trust that you will bring this matter prominnD,'. !
fore the next Legislature, and claim from thc nine n.
Ing tax. not only security for the future. but indam.
nifty for the past.
The last Legislature. in providing for the establish.
ment and location Of an Agricultural and McchanI.
cal College" declares (SectIon 49, that" The Legi,.
lHtuTe Al1ll pIUNluc, ~ lh lleNkT CkuluI heASlDl. lDf
the payment OF said Board OF Professors"
The next Legislature will have the undoubtcd
right 10 appropriate any amount Of money. II may
deem lust, for the maintenance OF this Institution,
which had Its origin In n certain general grant ofpnb.
lie lands. BY the Federal Congress In July, 1862, but
II cannot constitrtionaliy think. make any apprS;
after the said Mining branch OF the University shall
he established, and In a working condition.. however
worthy and important the Public Schools" AMI
the said Agricultural and Mechanical College,"
may be.
Think the future Will demonstrate that the or.
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 50 SECTIONS.
1t occurs 10 me as important. that our Legislature
should bring one matter. touching the 10th and Goth
Sections Of each township. donated By Congress for
school purposes, prominently before TINT body, and
I trust that You VIII not fall to press this matter
earnestly upon the consideration Of the next Lcgis.
laturc.
These schoolSections, In the Eastern AMI Mississippi
Valley States. with their immense tracts Of agricU,.
tural lands. possess great value, ind constitute II
States-becausc they are likely TO be surveyed By the
General Government, and open TO entry and sale.
But with those elevated and almost barren lands Of
the mineral States, between the Rocky and Sierra
Nevada mountains. which are not liable to be sur.
rcycd TO 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, much Of value. rs u source OF revenue for
our Public School system.
IL DlhCe IuthC ltI OlHlcS uDOI il CQuultN
with those ofthe Atlantic. In regard 10 these 10th and
Both Sections Of each township-and no doubt Con.
gross NO designed, In making the donation, II should
survey and open our mineral lands for entry and
sale. (Which, Il Is not possible, Will be done,) or allow
the State the minimum value, the Government fixes
upon newly surveyed lands open for sale. In money,
or else create floating land warrants, that the State
Board oil Education can locate upon any INDICATED
public lands In the Union. The reasonablcness OF
this suggestion would. / am confident, challenge ths
assent and secure the cooperation OF q majority OF
that body, whose generous action, In behalf OF public
education, has ever been a marked characteristic.
.LEGIsLATIOS on THE lGII AND 3GTI SECTIONS.
courageous and worthy Governor. did not ~interposr
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, WaShoe. Steamboat and Truckee.
for the paltry sum Of lve dollars an acre, about the
price Of hali.oreed scrip, and probably a little more
than the annual rental these allenated school lands
would command. Il was nice Job for the owners
but as TO the justice OF this legislation, I am unable
to comprehend, with the limited Information I pos.
| scss on the subject.
Itisdcvout!y to be hoped. that II any more yaiu.
able school lands remain untaken, they will be dis.
posed OF In a manner more consistent with the In.
tereyt ofthe School Fund, than those sections allen.
atcd by the law under consideration.
lam. my dear sir.
Yours. very respectfully,
JN0. A. COLLINS.
County Superintendent of Common Schools.
The olioirino 70 an abgfract oftht stdtistiedl report.
ofCoIonel Collins. School SHperiRte ndent for Sforov
ton. for the year ending hu0ust 3lst, IsG3. 10 irit:
VIRGINIA. Sept. Il, ,ISti.
REV. A. F. WHITE, SUPERINTENDENT PrpLIc
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