Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-17
STATE TREASURY EMPTY.
The Consolidated Virgins the Cause
Of It-lts Managers Refuse to Pay
the Bullioa Tax.

The State Treasury has paid ont all
the gold coin in is vaults, and now the
State Treasurer writes on the backs of
all the warrants presented to him fo-
payment: mo: paid for want of funds. >"
The General Fund of the S;a.e is ex-
hausted, and even the Governor O! the
State cannot draw his salary. The
Judges of the Supreme Court are alone
excepted from this general rule of ''go
without your pay" The Constitution
has so provided for them that their SAL
aries must be paid in any event. This
provision was inserted SO that the ex
Founders Of oar laws should never be
compelled to lose time in hawking their
warrants about among capitalists in
search after purchasers. So we have
again approached the time when the
credi; of the State is at a discount. The
supplies for our State Prison and for our
Orphans Home must now be bought On
a credit which will perhaps extend until
the time for the collection of the annual
State taxes. and that will be in October
and November next. The reason for all
this is owing to the fact tina, the mana
gers CT the Consolidated Virginia mine
UTTERLY REFUSE TO PAY
The bullion tax properly assessed against |
them 10y law. The managers of this |
mine nave paid the bullion tax on the |
net proceeds of their mine. but none
since the quarter ending september 3d.
1915. A. the end Of the quarter ending
December 81. 1879. they refused to pay
their fax. and a. the present time they
are de iaGuen. for two q lalters. An ac-
ton at law will be brought ags!ns, them
and also for the twenty-five per cent.
There have been
vEE1TABLE BONANZA MINES
In this State before the opening mp of
the Consolidated Virginia The Crown
Point. owned and managed by Aivinza
Hayward and John 2. Jones, was the
irst of these TO pay its tax under our
State law. Next followed the Belcher,
which was largely owned and controlled |
" William Sharon. The managers of ,
10Th these mines always paid their taxes
neither one ever seeking TO {
wade the law. 1t has been left TO the :
'wners Of the greatest mine ever devel-
ped in the world to declare their utter
of State laws and to refuse
o contribute that small iota Of its pro-
!uct for the maintenance OF government.
!. is also rumored tina. these managers /
ave declared that they Will elect State /
at the next election which
viii repeal this odious statute. As ,
THE CALIFORNIA NINE 4
) under the same control as the Con- Il
olidated Virginia, i. is not likely that v
zine will ever pay its bullion tax until f
be law compels such payment. So the j
olders of State warrnts must do the I
est they can. In the meantime we hope b
be proper suits will be brought for the 4
urpose OF testing the question whether b
here is one law for the rich and another II
" the poor: because if Mackev, Fair, t.
lood and O'Brien are so rich that no Il
sxes can be collected Of them, the rate fl
State taxation levied this year, ninety G
snts on the hundred dollars, is much il
20 small for the support of the State '
government, and our Treasury will be Il
kelly to be empty most of the time for a
lie next year and half. o