The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-02-15
TIE SURVEYOR GENERALS AND
LARD REGISTER'5 REPORT.

heir inrompletncss. For instance,
&c find a lengthy table ~purporting to
give the number or acres Of wheat.
barley, potatoes, etc, which does no
include one half OF the counties of the
..a.e. Tie estimate OF the number o.
horses, hos, &c, = equally defective.
These. AMI o.her tables. might rs well
he omitted from the repor; altogether.
They really contain no information OF
n consequence 10y reason OF this
single defect. The estimate ard quail
" Of lands within the Sta.e-au inn
por,anl ITEMS rendered If no prac.
ical va,re bv the omission OF any
ea.ima.c from the counties OF Elko.
! Churchill, E-meral,ia, Lander, Lyon
All Wli,a Pine. Tne inpsriec. re
arms from the balance OF the
les anoIn. 10 nothing in enabling
any one 20 form any idea of either the
quantity or quality in the Safe. The
.aalt IS probably in the neglect Of
county officials 10 supply these data.
This defect renders il impossible 10
dela.e any conclusions whatever re
speeding the necessities of legislation
base Oh facts. The Surveyor General
thinks tina: .fu;l estimates would
show tina; agricultural interests are ia
vorahlv progressing; that experience
i teaching newer and better methods
Of cultivation, a better understanding
Of soil AMI climate; that each year
shows an increase of cultivated lands,
md tina. much attention = being given
% the raising and improvement OF
iome3'ic animals" Perhaps they
would but this appears to be a mere
suspicion on the part OF the Surveyor
General. Something more than re
MARKS OF this character are expected
from an official report.
an regard 10 the boundaries of the
/. s,a.c, We arc informed that "the sur
, ygv OF the eastern boundary OF tho
safe was commenced about three
months slice. This was a matter @.
pressing necessity, and lis completion
{ his Winter will relieve the officers OF
c0un;ios aijaceu: Of many difficulties
. Of the most serious nature. That por-
. ion OF the western boundary OF the
>a.e commencing a: the terminus oI
, The survey of 1850, which i situated
5 about % miles southwest Of Cotton
1 wool creek, in E>meralda county, and
Z terminating az the Colorado river
I about go M les in extent, has no; beer
surveyed and marked" This expen>,
OF the eastern survey was borne 10y
ne General Government, AMI 81
would seem that proper aid would b,
extended 10y ii to complete the western
q boundary If proper steps were taker
> % procure such aid"
L An extrac. j. given from the repor
$ Of the Assessor of Lincoln county
81 relative TO assessing tina. portion for
IS merry claimed by Arizona, living he
ID .ween the Colorado river and tn,
sc ;hir.y-seventh parallel, ceiei 10 Ne
vada 10y Congress, but being We
- claimed by Arizona. The As>esso
i .oand it very difficult 10 make al
. assessment az all, and utterly out q
a, as power to collect. The taxabl
= properly in that section t
81 .7e0.
le The statistics of milling and minin
/" appearing more properly connec:e
\ with the department Of the State Min
i ssdluSi~t, all Information on thes
r points has been given that oiicei
vs. Hence .aeg 10 no. appear in the rC
port under review.
s, As ex-Oiisio State Land Recistel
y. the repo-. says: "of the quantit,
O. .5.jS5 acres approved to the Sta;
IA AMI remaining unsold, application
.r age now on file in this Office 10 pul
chase about l0,j55 acres. Sales cover
n M this mouu are being complete
To n rapidly ~ orr law will permit.
IL lie recommends that the timbere
re .anjs be protected by some Legislation
-c. and that the Sac Register should |
~ required =" - inspect lands belongiu
ed 20 the State u; such times rs he ma
%. deem proper, with a view TO the reco'
A. cry OF damages sustained by the Sta
10 from persons found using. witho'
III authority. the timber or wood thereof
~ with an appropriation OF money suf.
a. .icnt Ia defray the agents actual tra'
n cling expenses"
nj In regard to swamp and overflowt
-. iand>, he says the Department OF Il
~ Interior has ruled that States admittt
VI >ince Sept. 2s, 1850, the date Of the \
DIV O. Congress, are not entitled to ii
Ic- benefits OF that Act. Therefore !
ies such lands have been approved TO
sold 10y the State. Hence our siatu
lie of 1863, providing for tho reclamati,
m and sale Of this class of lands has be.
imperative.
il y grant OF 10000 acres for each Ser
rse tor and Representative in Congre,
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