Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-02-17
A MUNIFICENT SCHOOL FUND IN
PROSPECT FOR NEVADA.

Hatch, proposing 10 rellnqulsh 10 ING S"
MATES Government the I6'h ana 36th sections
and accepting a grant of tive nllllsn acres
;.s.ead. which passed the last session OF the
Legislature, promises to bear good fruit.
In accordance with the provisions OF that
,e, Hon. r. NJ Daggett has introduced bill
in Congress which accepts the proposition OF
tha State and grants the two million acres
n ba, passed the LIST and End readings and Is
now in the hands of the House Committee on
Public Lands, and Mr.. Daggett is confident
that it will become law.
The following is the full text of the bill
Whereas the Legislature Of the State OF
Nevada on March eighth, eighteen hundred
and seventy nine, passed an act accepting
from the Uaited States a grant OF t"s mil
lions or more acres OF land IN lieu OF tine SIX
tesnth and thirty sixth sections In said State,
and which act vf said State is in words as FOL
bows, to wit
"An act accepting from the United States
q grant of two millions or more acres "f laho
IN lieu of the sixteenth and thirty -slxth sec
lions as have not been sold or disposed OF ny
changed or vitiated in consequence or by VIZ
tue Of such act of Congress granting ssch two
millions or more acres OF land, or In c0nse-
ouence Of or by virtue Of this act surrender
ing and relinauishing to the enItsa States
tbs six teenth and thirty sixth sections unsold
ar undisposed of at the time such grant Is
made by the United States.
SIC g The State Of Nevada, In con-
sidsration Of such grant of i've millions or
..ore acres of land by the United States, here
nv relinauishss and surrenders to tsh United
States ali its claim and title to such sixteenth
and tbirty-sixth sections in the State Vt Ne
yada heretofore granted by the United States
q. shall not have been sold or disposed OF sub
seoueut to the passage of any act of Congress
that may hereafter be made granting such to
the State.
1.-THE people of the State Of Nevada repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly do enact as
follows
"SucrIok /. The State of Nevada hereby
seespts from the United States not less than
tive millions of acres Of land in the State OF
Nevada in LEV of the sixteenth and thirty
sixth sections heretofore granted to the State
of Nevada by the United States Provided,
That the title of the State and it's era ntsss to
sueh sixteenth and thirty sixth sections as
NAV have been sold or disposed Of BY the
State prior to the enactment of any sssh lag
Of Congress granting such two millions or
more acres of land to the State shall not be
made granting ssch two millions or more
acres Of land to the State Of Nevada: Provlssa,
That the State of Nevada shall have the right
10 select the two millions or mere OF lsno
mentioned in the act" Therefore
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
REPRESENTATIVES of tho United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That there
be, and are hereby, granted to the State OF
Nevada two millions acres of land IN said State
in lieu Of the sixteenth and thirty sixth sec
tons of land heretofore granted to the State
Of Nevada by the United States Provided,
That the title of the State and its grantees to
ssch sixteenth and thirty -slxth sections as
may have been sold or disposed of by said
State prior to the passage of this act shall not
be changed or vitiated in csnseq asncs OF or
BY virtue of this act.
SEC. g. The lands herein granted shall
be selected by the State authorities OF said
Btats from any unapprepriated, men mineral,
public land in said State, in quantities not
less than the smallest legal subdivision and
whoa selected in conformity with the terms OF
this act the same shall be duly certified to SAID
State by the Commissioner OF the General
Land Office and approved by the Secretary of
the Interior.
SEC. 8. The lands herein granted shall be
disposed of under such laws, rules and rsgu
lations as may be prescribed by the legsla-
ture of the State of Nevada Provided, That
the prOCeeuS Oh tht Sdlc theis"i Sh~ii w NS~A
Gated to same purposes AS heretofore provided
in the grant Of the sixteenth and thirty sixth
sections made to said State.
SEC. T. This act shall take effect from and
after It's passage.
Were the State to rely upon the sale OF the
10th and 36,h section for school purposes, the
fund so produced would not be adequate to
the REQ virsmsnts OF eur publis schools, for not
more than one In twenty of the SIX thousand
Sections which the entire State-if completely
surveyed, would yisld-woald he saleaols, as
great proportion of them fall upon barren
mountains, mineral lands and desert wastes;
bat under the proposed exchange the State
will have the right to select good, agrieultu-
raj, grazing and timber lands wherever they
can be- found. This will not only be of great
benefit to settlers, stockraisers, miners and
lusnbsrssn, but the two millisn acres At a
dollar and quarter per acre, will, In time,
produce fund of S., 900, 900; the interest ON
which added 70 the faad On hand and to &C
crae from school lands sold and contracted
for, will fern an irreaucibls school fund OF
So 1000, 900; the interest on which fund will
form an ample available school fuRd for all fu-
turs time without any direct tax upon the Poo
pie. Should Mr.. Da2gett be successful IN
h. x,in h. antitlea ~,