Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-05
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
Snn,rInteudenrs Report-Conlinued.

shall, nrpscribe such regulations as shall secure aIu.t
valuation for taxation Of all property. real, personal.
and nossessory. except mines and mining claims. the
proceeds OF which, alone. shall be taxed"
/ understand this section TO place both, surface and
mining property, on an exact equality as regards the
pcr cent 10 be taxed-the only difference between
them consists in this: Surface property was 10 De
taxed upon It's assessed valuation, q uennlte anu
fixed per cent-while the mines and mining claims
were to be taxed alike per cent. upon their proceeds.
but Section 70 OF the Revenue law leyles a tax on ths
proceeds Of the mines, OF one hundred cents on each
one hundred dollars: and then Section III OF Inc
The moneys arising from the tax from the pro-
ceeds Of the mines, as provided In this Act goo cents
on each SlOn), AFTER paying the expenses OF assessing
ne State. and one-half shall 20 into the General Fund
or the county"
This gives the cold shoulder to the State School
Eund. without as much as to say-by your leave.
rive per cent. OF the. proceeds Of the tax on the
Iilness belong e~quitahly and. / think. legally. to the
state School Fund. This Is u fund that springs d..
rectly nom the mines. i've per cent. of which was
designed for the benefit (ior the support OF a Mining
College,; YET the Legislature has Ignored this pro.
vision altogethcr-and according to the proceedings
Of the last Legislature, the proposed mining branch
Of the Unirers!ty-lf II shall have an cXisIence-it
must be maintained from surface property alone.
trust that you Will bring this matter prominently bc.
fore tho next Legislature. and claim from the min.
Ing tax. not only security for the future, but inicin.
nifty for the past.
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL c0LLyGE,
The last Legislature. In providing for the establish
@fF Cn And iGsa SaSInS 81 I Gse yASTif i5 ,R1l and III Slsf fnanngI
lature shall provide, at rs 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 a certain general grant 9 tpub.
It cannot constitutionally, ! think, make any appro.
~priatlons to be paid out OF the State School Fund, III!
after the said Mining branch Of the University shall
be established, and In a working condition. however
worthy and important the !" Public schools" and
the said Agricultural and Mechanical College"
may BE-.
gapIzation of the Agricultural and Mining College"
was premature. il must be some time yet before
any proceeds can be realized from the grant OF lands
which was originally designed for its foundation.
THE 10 AND 81 SECTIONS.
II occurs to me as important. that our LEGISLATURE
Sections Of each township, donated by Congress To-
school purposes. prominently before that body, and
I trust that you will not fall TO press this matter
earnestly upon the consideration OF the next Lcgis.
These schoolseciions In tho Eastern and Mississippi
Valley States. with their immense tracts OF agrlcul.
tural lands, possess great value. and constitute a
great source OF revenue to the School Funds In those
States-becausc 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 arc not liable TO BE- sur-
vcyed 10 any great extent, or 10 be entered or sold,
the matter Is essentially different. They cannot
have, under the present regime OF the Federal Gov
crnment, much OF value, asa source Of revenue for
" n uUllC DNhOO
To place these mineral States upon an equality
with those OF the Atlantic, In regard TO these 10th ant
18th Sections OF each township-and no doubt Con.
gress so 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 thsninimum value, the Government ii&cs
upon newly surveyed lands open for sale, In money.
or else create floating land warrants, that the State
Board OF Education can locnte upon any INDICATED
public lands In the Union. The reasonablencss OF
this suggestion would. / I'M confident, challenge tn.
assent and secure the cooperation OF . majority OF
that body, whose generous action, In behalf OF public
education, has ever been o marked Characteristic.
LEGISLATION Of THE 10TH AND bTH SECTIONS.
] confess my nstonishment that our sharpsightei.
courageous and worthy Governor. did not interpoac
his veto TO 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 TIuckee.
for the paltry sum OF Ave dollars an acre, about the
price OF half.breed scrip. and probably a little mora
than the annual rental these alicnated school lands
would nina II was a nice job for the owners
but as 10 the justice OF this legislation. / am unable
TO comprehend, with the limited ] pos
ses on the subject.
It is dcvoutly TO be hoped, that II any more valn'
able school lands remain ~untaken, they Will DC dis
posed Of In q manner more consistent with the H.
terest OF the School Fund. than those sections allen
atei by the law under consideration.
lam, my dear sir,
Yours, very respectfully,