Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-05
IN EouIrAsLE PsoresIrios.

Representative Dagsstt h~ssintroducsd
q bill before Congress to provide Tor
the survey of lands within railroad sub
.idv limits. Thus far the railroad com.
panies have. by not having their land.
grants along tho lines Of their roads sur
yeysd and patented. not only avoided
the expense Of 70 doing. but also lodged
the taxes which they would have to pay
upon those lsnds. Corporations should
not BE- favored In this respect any more
than individual citizens. in fact they are
generally better able to pay taxes on
their lands than are the generality OF
citizens, and should not be any more
exempt. The bill IL . good. honest move
in behalf Of the equalization Of public
taxation. and II Is TO Be hoped that Con-
grsss will 20 consider ii. Here IL the
bill in full:
wuxlrAs, More than twenty-five mill.
lQQU Oh MEI0Y IUul8Ah N.S
lands living within the land-subsidy limits
Of the Central Pacific. Union Pacific and
Kansss Pacific Railroad Companies !; and
wHraxAs. Tho lands lying within said
limits. and belonging to said railroad
companies. cannot DO listed - being sub
ject to taxation while remaining unsur-
veyed; and :.
wurHrAs. No taxes Are paid on said
lands to the States or Territories Of which
they are . part, and that 10 svade sucn
taxation and withhold from said states
and Territories the, revenues 10 which
they are justly entitled. said railroad
companies seldom cause their said q 10
b surveyed until they have first found
purchasers for the same; therefore.
BE IL enacted By the Senate and House Of
Reprssentatirss Of the Unii.d State. n Amer
iea IN Cosgrsss assmbied. That 10 shall be
the duty OF the Secretary Of the Interior
70 cause 10 be surveyed. - fast - apPro-
priations shall DO made for that purpose,
all ths lands embraced In the grants to the
Central Pacific. Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific Railroad Companies.
Sec. 4. That a. the surveys progress.
and within ninety days from the nling Of
the proper plats In the several district land
omce9, the companies snAii W rsquhou w
make and fle. q heretofore. lists OF seiec-
tons Of lands within the limits Of said
grants and inuring to tho several COM
panies, and upon receipt OF such lists at
the General Land Office II shall be the
duty Of the Secretary Of the Interior to
cause to be certified for and patented to
the said companies tho lands found to
inuro TO them; and II the said companies.
or either Of them, shall fall to hlc such
selections within the time - herein pro-
vided. the Secretary shall. without await
ing such formal selections. cause to be
prepared and executed patents for the
lands inuring to the companies - afore-
said, which patents shall DO rendered TO
the proper companies without delay.
Sec. s. That all lands 90 patented to the
said companies under the acts making the
grants and under this oct shall. from and
after the date Of such patents 90 executed
and rendered to the companies. become
liable TO taxation by the several States and
Territories within which such lands may
DO situated; provided. that nothing herein
contained shall release tho railroad com
paniss or either Of them. from the obligA.
tions BY existing laws to pay the costs oil
the survey and ~patsnting OF said lands.