Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-14
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
Snncriptoudcnts Report-Continued.

sb.II nre,cribe such regulations as shall secure aJust
valuation for taxation OF all property, real, personal,
and possessory, except mines and mining claims, tho
nroceeds Of which, alone. shall DO taxed"
/ understand this section 10 place both, surface and
mining property, on an exact equality as rcIaldstno
nor conf 10 be taXod-thc only difference between
them consists In this: Surface property was 10 be
taxed upon its assessed valuation. q delnite ana
0Sed per cent-whlle the mines and mining clallls
were 10 be taxed alike per cent. upon their proeeeds'
but Section " OF the Revenue law levics q tax on me
proceeds OF the mines, Of one hundred cents on eaen
one hundred dollars and then Section III OF tue
"T6e moneys arising from the tax from the pro.
ceeds Of the mines, as provided IN this Act zoo cents
on each SlOO). after paying the expenses OF assessing
| and collecting the same, one-half for the benent o.
the State, and one.hnlf shall go into the General Fund
OF the county,"
Fund, without as much as 10 say:-by your leave!
Five per cent. OF the proceeds OF the tax on the
mines, belong ,~cquItably, and. think; legally. 70 the
State School Fund. This Is a fund that springs d.
rcctly from the mines, five per cent. OF which was
designed for the benefit Uor the support OF q Mining
College,. Yet the Legislature has Ignored this pro.
vision altogether-and according to the proceedings
Of the last Legislature, the proposed mining branch
OF the UnIvcrslty-if II shall have an cxlstence-it
must be maintained from surface property alone. l
trust that you Will bring this matter prominently be-
fore the next Legislature, and claim from the min
ing tax, not only security for the future, but lnden,'
~ AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE.
The last Legislature, In providing for the establish.
ment and location OF an agricultural and Mechani.
cal College, declares (oectlOn lSJ tnht- Inc LSKls-
lature shall provide, at Its next regular session, for
the payment OF said Board OF Proicssors.'
The next Legislature will have the undoubted
deem Just for the maintenance OF this Institution,
which had It's origin In a certain general grant oipuo-
lie lands. by the Federal Congress In July. l@2, but
%priations TO be paid out Of the State School Fund, Till
after the said Mining branch Of the University shall
be established, and in a working E Su SSndi SCSnn ho y NSG
the said Agricultural AMI 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.
TIE IL AND 81 SECTIONS.
1t occurs TO me rs important, that our Legislature
Sections Of each township. donated 6v Conrrcss for
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-
These schoolsectIons, In the Easicrnand Mississippi
Valley States, with their immense tracts OF agricul.
tural lands. possess great value, AMI constitute a
great source OF revenue 10 the School Funds IN those
StatcS-bccauSc they are likely to be surveyed By the
But with those elevated and almost barren lands OF
the mineral States, between the Rocky and Sierra
Nevada mountains, which are not liable 10 be sur.
ycyed 10 any great extent, or 10 be entered or sold,
tho matter Is essentially different. They cannot
have, under the present regime OF the Federal Gov
eminent, much Of value. asa source OF revenue foE
our Public School system.
To place these mineral States upon an equality
with those ofthc Atlantic, In regard TO these 10Th and
Goth Sections OF each townShip-and no doubt Con.
gress 40 designed, IN making the donation. II should
survey and open our mineral lands for entry and
sale, (Which II Is not possible, Will be done,) or allow
the State the minimum value, the Government likes
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 reaSonablcncss Of
this suggestion would, l am confident. challenge tho
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.
LEGISLATION on THE 10TH AND 36TH SECTIONS.
confess my astonlshment that our sharpsighted,
courageous and worthy Governor, did not ~intcrposc
his veto TO the bill OF the last Legislature. 10 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 Truckec,
for the paltry sum OF five dollars an acre. about the
price OF h~al-oreed scrip, and probably a little more
than the annual rental these alienated school lands
would command. II was a nice Job for the owners
but rs TO the justice Of this legislation. l am unable
TO comprehend, with the limited Information l pos.
scss on the subject.
1t Is dcvoutly to be hoped, that II any more valu.
able school lands remain untaken. they will be dis.
posed Of In q manner moro consistent with the In.
iercst Of the School Fund. than those sections alien.
ated by the law under consideration.
lam, my dear sir,
Yours. very respectfully,
JN0. A. COLLINS,
County Superintendent Of Common Schools.
| The Golloicino is an abstract ON stdtistieal reporf,
ofCoionei Collins. School perintend Jor Storey
County, 10 the superintendent Of Public Untrue.
fion. for the Usdr eudiu0 duotsf Jl,f. lAS N trif.