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An editor out West thus announces an interesting
domestic event We are authorized By friend to du
plicate the bill The sex must be changed, however,
and hoop skirt thrown in for future use
Sealed proposals will be received at this Office until
further notice for furnishing the following hospital
stores Four a. bottles Of best soothing syrup per
month; six (6) pkgs, fine linen. with trimming to
match two (2) pkgs. lambs wool hannels. The whole
to be of best quality and subject to inspection by the
maternal head. The first lot must be delivered upon
the signing Of the contracts and dated Of July l5.
1t is bow
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THE CAMPAIGN.-It is not often that our political
enemies designedy furnish with campaign docu
ments but for the following indebted to the
New Orleans Republican. Our readers will be pleased
to reverse the thing and for Democrat read Radical,
and rice 0eTSG:
The political campaign is now fully opened in this
State Both parties have put ther principal candidates
in the field and it only remains for the people to de-
eide on which side victory shall perch. The Demo
Gratis WILL doubt make strenuous exerons to bring
their candidates in with votes enough to again
to that party the high places Of powerand emolument
The State will be flooded with political documents,
thrown broadcast over the land The usual agencies
employed by that exaggeration and downright
mendacity-to hoodwnk uurefecting and uninformed
voters as to the real intens of the leaders For
less they succeed at the coming election their exist
enee as party in this State will be at end. The
next election of Importance will take place two years
hence and that is too long wait We know the old
party too well to suppose they will disseminate the
truth That has always been fatal to hem. They can
no more stand up in its presence than the bloom OF
tropical fruit trees can survive heavy frost. In
der therefore, to expose and couneract Democratic
misrepresentation and TO deceive, the Republ-
cans must be alert The antdote must everywhere
follow the poison, be near at hand when wanted.
Republican documents should be freely circulated in
every parish and in every town Wherever the light
of truth is permitted to shine there the Republican
banners will advance in triumph.
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Joint Resolution

No. 81 Joint Resolution
Proposing an Amendment to Constitution of the State
SECTION Be at resolged by tile Senate and House Of
REPRESENTATIVES Of the State of Louisiana, General As
sea6Ly congenea twothirds of the members elected
each House agreeing thereto, That at the general
election next ensuing the passage of this resolution
the following amendment to the Constitution of the
State shall be submitted to the people of this State and
if majority of the at said election shall approve
and ratify such amendment, the same shall become
part of the Constitution to-wt
ARTICLE No person who, at any time, may have
been collector Of taxes, whether State parish
ncipal or who may have been otherwise ntrusted with
public money, shall be eligible to the General Assem-
bly,, or to any office of profit or trust under the State
Government, until he shall have obtained discharge
for the amount of such collection and for all public
moneys with which he may have been intrusted
(Sigsed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Sgned) OSCAR ]. DUNN,
Lieut. Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved February II, 1870
lsigned) H. G. WARMOTH
Governor of the State of Louisiana
4 true copy
GEo. f. BovEE,
Secretary of State,
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~
Offices, Continental Building, Nos. %, "a and
26, NASSAU STREET.
No. OF Policies Issued i'll 1869. S.77s
Amount Insured in 1869, .........s s2l ,24G 1000
Annual Premiums in 1869, ,...... 2,377, 900
Assets of the Company December
81, 1869, 9,.......................3,5O J, 800, lO2 so
V1HIs RESULT AND THIS POSITION
Was attained BY
SKnA'
ESTERPR'SF' EISTE
Ec0SoAS'
And because OF the
CoMPANY's LIBERAL AND WISE FEATURES,
TT Is ORGANIZED ON THE MUTUAL PLAN;
ALL POLICIES ARE NON -FORFEITABLE;
No RESTRICTION ON TRAVEL;
ILL POLICIES INCONTESTABLE
For the usual causes;
MO NOTES REQUIRED,
ONE-THIRD OF THE PREMIUM,
On all Endowment and Life Policies may
DEMAIN PERMANENT AS A LOAN,
To be cancelled by profits otherwise,
90 DAYS GRACE ALLOWED ON EACH PAY
81 MENT,
FIELD GOOD DURING THAT rINE'
DOLICY HOLDERS. ARE PERMITTED THE
Il WIDEST LIBERTY
To
V,RAvEL WITHOUT EXTRA cnARGEN
F1ACH POLICY-HOLDER HAS A VOICE
objections AND MANAGEMENT OF THE COM
T. PANY,
At the same time receiving the most
T IBERAL ASSISTANCE
KEEP UP THIS roilcr
If he becomes embarrassed.
AND FURTHER, BECAUSE THE POLICY
Expresses
(LEARLY THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT,
DlScaTdng, utterly, ali
A MBIGUOUS LANGUAGE,
ssnOUBTFUL EXPRESSIONS OF UNCERTAIN
~ MEANING"
EVERYBODY AT NEAREST BIRTHDAY,
Without extra CHARGE
WOMEN THE SAME AS MEN,
Either on the
TOINT LIFE TABLE, PAYABLE TO SURVIVOR;
Or the
ENDOWMENT PLAN, PAYABLE AT DEATH
Il OR ANY REQUIRED AGE;
Or on the
10 YEAR NON-FORFEIrABLE LIFE TABLE,
Or the
ORDINARY LIFE TABLE,
In favor of your
ESTATE
Gn which the Insurance goes with your other
setsD or your
WIFE
In which the policy is protected against credtors
HUSBAND,
In which case the policy is protected against credtors
CHlLDREN'
n which case the policy isproected against credtors
PARENTs,
S1sTERS'
Qn which case the policy protected against creditors
nEPENDENT BROTHERS,
Or which case the policy protected against credtors
CREDIToRs,
Qn which the policy will pay your debts)
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Joint Resolution

No. H.. Joint Resolution
Submitting Amendment to the Constitution of the
State the effect that Article Fifty of the Constitu
ton shall be abrogated and stricken out.
SECTION l. Be 1T resozged by the Senate and House Of
REPRESENTATIVES Of tie State of Louisiana, General AS
sebky congenea othrds of the members elected to
each House agreeing thereto That at the general eec
ton for members to the General Assembly, which will
take place in November eighteen hundred and seventy
amendment to the Constitution of the State shall
be submitted to the qualified electors of the State for
their ratification reection, in the words following
"Article fifty of the Constitution, which reads as
follows The Governor shall be ineligible for the
ceedins four after the expiration of the time for
which he shall have been elected, shall be abrogated
and stricken out of the Constitution of the Sate.'
SEC g. Be it, fsatser reso1ged etc. That at the said
general election the SAID proposed amendment to the
Constitution of the State shall be submitted TO the
qualified voters of the State for their ratification
lection in the manner following, to-wit: Each voter
shall have printed or written on ticket the words
Abrogate and stricken out article fifty of the Con-
stitution' or the words Retain article fifty of the
Constitution Upon the closing of the polls the tick
declared in the and form of returning the eec
tons for State officers, prescribed by the generalaw
relative to elections.
Sec 3. Be it further qe8olue3, etc., That this joint
resolution shall take effect from and after its passage
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieut.. Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved March lG, 1870.
(Signed) H. C. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
. y Gro. o9Rs {. BovrE,
Secretary of State.
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patent medicine vender in country village was
his iron bitters Why" said he Steve jenkins had
only taken the bitters one week when he showed
into prison for murder and what does Steve do but
open vein in his arm. take iron enough ons Of his
blood to make a cro~bar, with which he priei the
gates open and let himself out. Fact
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No. 12. Joint Resolution
Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana
BE At Tes0tUed By tie Senate and House Of Representa-
tires Of tile State Of Louisiana General Assem5Iy con-
uenea thirds of the members elected to each House
agreeing thereto, That the following amendment to
the Constitution of the State of Louisiana shall be sub
mted to the people of the State at the next general
election for representatives to the General Assembly
and if approved and ratified by majority of the
ters at said election, the shall become part of
the Constitution
ARTICLE :. That prior to the first day of January
thousand eight hundred and ninety the debt the
State shall not be increased to exceed twenty
five millions of dollars.
{Signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
{Signed) OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieut. Governor and President of the Senap
Approved March 10, 1870.
{Sgned) H. WARMOTI
Governor of the State of Louisiana
4 true copy:
GEO. Il. BoyEE,
Secretary of State. aug d&wtd
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Proposed Amendments To the Constitution OF
the State of Louisiana,
To be submitted to the people of the State at the next
General Election be held the Seventh day of No
vember, Ammo Domin One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Seventy.
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As5ssssS5A sszEeeS%A THE undersigned having pur-
Fs5J chased this well-known estab-
SaHASSAEi AsszGS- iishment and put it in fine or
der throughout would inform his friends and the public
generally that he is prepared to accommodate them
at all times with saddle horses, bugges hacks car
riages, etc, of the best description and
BILE terms they be had at any other establish
ment. Horses will be kept by the month, week, day.
single feed. Gentlemen from the country wishing
to visit New Orleans any point the river by lesv
ing their animals with me, have them carefully and
faithfully attended to- The ostlers experienced
and attentive and ready day and night to attend
to the wants of customers.
have on hand splendid hearse, and will give,
prompt attention all orders for funerals.
Horses bought and sold. Horses and mules sold on
commission.
Thankful for past patronage, respectfully solicit
continuance thereof, Pledgng myself to do all in my
power to merritt.
fe26 If SIMON KAHN
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STATIONARY AND PORTABLE ENGINES,
Boilers, Moving Machines,
Saw Mills, Threshing Machines,
Circular Saws, Corn Planters,
Cross Cut Saws Cotton Planters,
Wood Working Machines Sulky CultlVators,
Washing Machines, Gang PioWs,
Gin Bands and Hose, Expanding CuItVators
Gum and Hemp Packing, Garden Cultivators,
Iron Pipe and Fittings, Cotton Sweeps,
Brass Work, Cotton Scrapers
Steam Guages, Cast and Steel Flows,
Bolts and Nuts Double Shovel Pows,
Cistern and Force Pumps, Feed Cutters,
Deep Well Pumps, &c, &c. Corn Shelters, &c, &c
ENGINEERS SUPPLIES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
au1l 1y
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-10-22
Letter from Alexander II. Stevens in Reply to
e Attorney Genera al Akerman. - ..

Alexander H. Stevens has written a letter
to the editor of the Georgia Constitutionalist
IN which he assays to reply to remarks recent
ly made by Attorney General Akerman touch
ing political affairs in the South. The follow.
ing concluding portion of Mr. stephens epis-
tie will give an idea of the tenor of his arpu-
ment: .. "
This Cabinet ukase of Mr.. Attorney General
shows nothing more clearly than the power of
the truths promulgated in the two volumes
mus denounced. He and his associates know
and feel that by nothing short of suppress
sion of these truths, directly or Indirectly,
and the obliteration, if possible, of all the
great facts OF our history, can they bring the
public mind to receive the doctrine ATTEMPTED
to be instilled by him in his Atlanta speech
which amounts to this: that the States Of this
Union have no higher position in the scale of
existence than mere legal corporations.
Shades of Ames, Samuel Adams Parsons,
Ellsworth, Hancock, Madison, Hamilton Mar
shall, jackson, Jefferson and Washington
VIII not say that such doctrine ought to he
suppressed, but with all the respect for high
official position which can command. will
say that the Attorney General of the United
States, IN putting forth such sentiments, ought
To have blushed If not for his own reputation
at least troia q proper sense Of reverence for
the memories of the illustrious dead. The
union Of these States. nothing but n union Of
sort of corporations, To be fashioned
moulded, controlled and shOrn of their rights
by and nj the will Of the Central Government.
This ''confederacy" of States, as Mar
shall styled it on the bench of the Supreme
Court-this ''cOnfederated republic" as Wash
ington styled 1t in his message to the Senate
this ''union of sovereign members as Jack
son spoke of il in his inaugural address, ac-
c0rdIng to the teachings of the present Attor-
ney General, is nothing but an aggregation of
corporations; bare creatures of municipal
law. This, in substance, is my understand
ing of his most insdiousIy incucated imperi-
aliZing doctrine.
If 10y the suppression of truth this doctrine
can be established, then, indeed will be con-
summated that most lamentable result which
Hamilton thought need never be feared, even
by the most vigilant and Jealous guardians OF
popular rights when he declared III the con-
ventOn in New York. which ratified the
Constitution, that "the States can never lose
their powers till the whole people of America
are robbed of their liberties"
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Nevada Democratic Platform.
ADorTkp AT ELKo. sErIEMpEn larH. ls1e


The Democracy Of Nevada I'm convention ....,pbls.,
do resolve as follows:
R>solred That we are in favor of tbs ns,,.,,,, m,
the Federal Union and that we viii y-is, "a ,,so,,
ositiOn looking Ia its dissolution: that our
shall stand pledged IL elected 10 r.rr, o., -,
existing laws whether organic OF ,,-.,.o--" .n,,I
changed by the proper authority 80
Rssol red, That We denounce the pr.ssp, =. IN 40 ..
gigantic robbery Of the labor and iudus,rv of tbe
that IL is solely designed To advance ,h. IN
tefest- thousand monopollies; that N shouId
longer be submitted u that no candidate for pnb
lie ofic, ia worthy az spnnprt ,bn 4. -, A.. 80.
OF low revenue tariff ahicIi clearly a.,
free trade and that in the Arrangement Of any raye
tariff all the nscessAries of life nhoud b. ahso
lutey free from duty.
RssOi r.,, That the internal reyeuue syseu, of IA.
United States is in its e.ae,ops th., ~
impose burdens one class OF citizens or one Tanch
OF industry, to build another. A, ahu.e he
taxing power: that the odiOus income tax which can
only be efficiently collected by private and family
visitation aud inquSftiOn by government otficais
In its nature repulsiye TO American sentincuts Of
personal liberty, aud unequal in its ot,eration. and
that instead thereof favor the constitutional
of collecting revenue by the arportionmeut of the
same among the ssyera! States OF the Union.
RcaOlr,u, That are opposed 10 the system Of na-
tonAl banks and demand the edlate repea OF the
law creating them aud lin place OF the notes OF such
banksl the substitution treasury notes of the
United States.
Rssolued, That in favor of funding the na-
tional debt aud the substitution OF tu,,.bSnds at a
reasonable Of interest for all other forms of in
debtedncss. aud the faithful payment Of such bonds
according To the terms of the same.
RcsOirsd That the action the Republican partr In
granting large portions Of the public lands in various
States aud Territories OF the Union 70 prya: corpura
tOus Ivduals without or condition as
the price per acre Tor which sur lands shall he .oId
the actual setrrs Is against pubc motley nniusr IN
the pioneer citlzen and in violation of the sacred
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-10-22
Elko County Election Officers.

Tho following appointments have been made by the
Board Of County Cominssi for Election OfBcers
OF Elko County. Nevada:
Mineral HiI-Inspcctors: William Paulding +. p.
Richardson, +. Is. Bruly. Polls at Justices Once.
Pine NAlley-lnspectOrs: q. +. Padelford. Archie
Mcdonald, +. \. Parry. liz At EmOry's Ranch.
Carlu-Inspectors: II. II Pratt, Z. c. Burlington
7. ;. LAwlcr. Polls adjoining Mason's Building
lsailroad-Inspectors: Otis e. Avery. l.. A. Morgan
- Mason. Polls 1T lIaag Daveluy's Saloon.
Huntington-Inspectors: Z. @. winney, G. Is. Able
a B Miller. Polls at Miller's Stable.
South Fork-Inspectors: X. Il. Weir. L. I. Crane
Chas. Drown. Polls at Shepherds Station
Ruby Nallcy-Inspectors: II. W. Booker. 4. J. DaN
ley, r W. Schovill Polls at Overland Farm.
Clover Nalcy-tnspectors: :. J. Tant, Francis Hon
cymau. J. ID. Abel. Polls at Ahers House.
star vallgy-Inspcc;ors: John Decring W, W. Girls
wod Bassil West. Polls at W. W. GriswoId's.
Hallcck--Inspcctors: James McBurney. J. Camp
bell. James Hamilton. Polls ut John Days.
Iamoille-lnspcctors: Geo scitz, 4. J. Culbcrtson
John Jcwett Polls at Ed. Francis House.
Elko Township-Inspectors: Wv. Kingsbury. T. W
McGovrrn W. A. Harvey. Polls at Booth to be bull
on the Plaza.
White Rock Prccinct-EAstward, to include Indepen
dcncc Springs: westward, on line Of road. 10 miles
south, miles; north, 30 milcs-Inspecors Gov Chcl
lis. j. H. Basset Joseph POrtcrhed. Polls at Chellis
House.
Bruno Prccinct-Inspcctors: T.. IT, McGrew, W. W
Rogers. VIM. Ganiu. Polls at McGrew's.
Lone Mountain-Inspectors:A Coryeu. u. y. Lowe
Polls az Curyells Station.
Tosuo-L. H. Emo appointed Registry Agent In
sp"ctors: W. H. Massey. J. L. Coolbroth. - lawson
Polls nt CoOlbroth's.
Independence Valley Township created; c. F. viii
liams appointed Registry Agent Inspectors: william
Weed, - McSurray. C. =. Williams. Polls at vii
liams' Ranch.
Humboldt Wclls-Harrison Rcnshaw. Registry gent
Inspections; Ii. I. Hsmniii. Vim. Humphries, ii. Ken
shaw Polls at ReUshaw's House.
Mountain City-Inspectors: II. c. Stevens J. F. DYE
~ H. Chapman follsM Chapman Store.
Friend Station Township. at Pie Ranch and oil
Crossing Of Owyhce River. John Friend, apponte,
Registry Agent. Inspectors: James Friend. Samue
Friend. Peter O'MnIley Polls at Friends Station.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-10-22

ONLY fY DOLLARS. The Albany Argus
shows 10y tros the revcnuc derived from the
tax on ten.hce and sugar, and SAYS that. es-
hmaiing Population of the United States
at forty mlt, the tax is equal to 81 head
annually. at rough cnlculntion," about
- to ench hhic InhabItnnt. when 10 this
are added tnnties on clothing, bedding and
table Iheh, mechanics and miners tools
farming linFents aud school books. not to
say anythingthe poor mans solacc tobacco.
ana when there supplemented by the enOr-
nous tariff t9 100 per cent. on salt. by
stamps on Mes of agreement, stamps on
medicines, stas on bank checks. stamps on
matches, etc.,o sum total of the taxes to DO
paid annually the United States Govern
inont under thew tax laws, by labOring
man with nn oiary family, is not less than
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-10-22

GRIM JoKE.-The Administration Mt
Washington perpetrNted GRIM ghostly So
pulohral Joke when il dispatched n message to
the faithful that Grant felt satisfied with tho
result of the late elections In Ohio, PcnsylyR-
nia and Indiana. Wo have heard Of men who
gave themselves up 10 lovity even unto the
moment when tho rope was placed around
their necks, but this grim jocularty of the
Radical managers surpnssos oven that. ''Tho
barofooted boy" regards these elections as IN
endorsement Of his administration This is
tho most striking instance of mirthful sadness
tho chroniclors of history were ever called upon
TO record. In Pennsylvania the Radical party
suffers disastrous defeat, aud the Democrats
elect a majority Of Congressman. This is
called an Endorsement Of the Administration.
In Ohio tho Radical majority Of last year,
amounting to 1900. is reduced TO less than
1000, and the Democrats gain two Congress-
men. Yet Grant IL satisfied with the result.
Indiana gives u Democratic majority of prob
ably G,000, against n Radical majority Of 900
last year. Tho Radical State Legislature IL
broken up, and the Democrats have n clean
working majority. This is indorsing the Ad
ministration With Vengeance. The It'll,
boy whis.led yery loud while passing grave.
ynd. but ho was scared nevertheless I'D,
Joaquin RepulioIn.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-10-22

DIvISIrY OF THE HUMAS SoUL.-The divin-
ity of the human mind is immortal. As in
the great system Of the spheres. one intelli-
gence is destined to outshiuc another i'll splen-
dor. Orion, with his glittcring sword, marches
his eternal rounds; Aroturus with his bended
bow, stands in cold splendor over the North
ern Pole; Mars bears his war torch through
the heavens; Venus shines from the West.
with her burning disc of love, while multi
tudes Of lesser lights retire forever from hu.
man sight, or peep only ut intervals from the
thick shruuds of the invisible.
So II is in the astronomy Of mind. The
creator of great thoughts, TIA" founder of liv-
ing principles, the leHder of the human mind
IA the ways of religion and patriotism, the
5 onQucrur in war, the inventor in science
V tIl live i'll the memory of men until the
hrth bursts into fragments and is ground to
! pwdcr in the whirl of surviving planets.
II lcy will be embaimed BY the >Orcery of let
r y more imperishable than the processes of
II hpt, ann in the lapsing ugcs they will re.
o hcrSe the heavens like stars long gone and
q rerHing in their unchanging orbits. The
~ grf creative soul may have lived in an in-
II hrfabernnCle, and in wretched poverty, and
inHhave been crippled in its flight 10y vices
rs conan to humanity; but posterIty will re-
Y men only what was great and good, and
ID useftO the race, and will forgive the evil.
We oiCt ask whether Homer owned real es-
d tate all the seven cities that claimed the
honor his birthplace; whether tho Odes Of
Horaevcre inspired by Fnlernian wine; or
lc wheth Goldsmith paid his debts. We esti-
mate tworth of the first from the gorgeous
ic opnlcn of the Had; the clcar-mindcdmcss
I'd OF the tond from the long g-chcrishcd bcqucst
p to posty; and the integrity of the other
from tllweet pathos of the Deserted Viii
re- lngc."
90 The ctcxity Of the cofiln-lid is n wonder
Ii inl lens; 1uded and Opaque to every memory
III that shot he forgotten, Int clear ns the crys-
Y tails OF Bi to all that is great and good and
ne noble.-S. Figaro
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PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE CONsTI
TUITION.

Il HE ASSEMBLY. THE SENATE COSCCRRISG
Il propose the following Constitutional Amend.
ment: Section One of Article Two Of the Constitution
Of the State OF Nevada is amended by striking there
from the word male wherever IL occurs therein.
ID. %. ADkISOS, Speaker Of the Assembly.
A. WHITToED. Clerk Of the Assembly.
I. n. EDWARDS,
President Of the Senate pro ten.
CHAs. T. BIcKSELI,
Assistant Secretary Of the Senate.
ISDORhEDl
Assembly proposal TO Amend the Constitution, No.
IL. Introduced January 22d. 1869. Passed February
18th, ls59-yeas, 81; nays. II.
A. wHlTFORD. Clerk Of the Assembly.
Received in Senate February 2Gth. 1869. Passed
March Sd lSc9-yeas. IL: nays, 4.
CHAS. 7. BIcKSELL,
Assistant Secretary OF the Senate.
STATE OF NEVADA,
SEcRETARY's oFsIcK, ~.
4. y. Noteware Secretary OF State OF the State
Nevada do hereby certify that the foregoing Is true
full and correct copy Of the original, file in my
Office.
H. 81 Witness my hand snd the Great Seal Of
State hereto affixed. Done Mt once in Carson City
Nevada this 27th day OF July. A. d. 1870.
ol9 c. y. SOTEWARE. Secretary OF State.