The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-03-23

| STATE Of NEVADA
| EXECUTIVES DEPAarM ENT,
| CARSON CITY, March Z, 1882.
Gentlemen of the Assembly: The time al
lotted for tho discharge Of your duties, as our
| Constitution has always been practically con
strued, is about TO expire, and yon return 10
account for your stewardship to those who
| chose You TO conserve their interests ana pre-.
tect their welfare.
| In my second biennial message. commani-
Gated ut the opening of the session, deemed
| iL my sworn and imperative duty TO call at
| teniion TO the dsplorable condition and utter
! inefflcie1ey of our revenue laws. and 10 urge
tue enactment OF Il new law, whereby TO seeare
| uniformity and equality in assessment and
raise the revenue indispensable to carrying on
the state Government. I know Of no lust
reason why | should retract one word then
written. The necessity il undated and the
want through the omission Of your honorable
body remains unsupplied.
At time sufficiently anterior to this for the
same to have been passed by both branches a
bill was introduced in the Senate which was
the result of the labors Of q joint committee
appointed for that purpose To say the least'
the bill had ii become law, was decided
improvement upon the homogeneous mass OF
Acta, original, amendatory aud supplemental
which constitute what are Familiarity termed
the Revenue Laws" and ii its passage was
not demanded and justified by any other Cor
sderation, II was by the great benefit TO arise
from having all the laws on that subject en-
braced in one Act instead Of sixty odd, run
ming twenty.four years. sud each succeeding
legislative session developing mere more its
defects.
This bill passed the Senate gu the I'd instant
without amendment, and was received b. ecu
In the forenoon Of Monday, the Attn instant; 50
/. cannot bs truthmlly said that you had not
ample time IN which to have READ Il Mt least
tas It had passed the Sena,e-yeas 10, nays o.,
and then. II meritOrioas, 10 have passed IT.
if not TO lave defeated il. II was not acted
upon by You other than TO table IL. until Oh
the afternoon VI the 9th instant, and then
without reading. was By YOU INDEFINITELY
POSTPONED. l. his Was not an lndig nily to
the Senate | haye failed to lerrn the dehnitiop
Of rhat word and il must be apparent 70 any
one possessing suhciea, intelligence 70 be
Co. ordinate branch of the Legislsiurs he
seriously Or spiteiuliy nrrayed against the
0 hrr they collectively must fail in the eon.i1-
crate jus: and ii .niaed discharge Of ne det!es
itup .sedup.r thcis harmoul9u., Jo;n. and pat
rioiic &C, ion. mos; aeepiy regret Ia Necessity
whica cal, iofth ;ai' sommanoall.n. bur feel
il to bt ny impets,.Hs iats 20 by iba tAcls
before cir RESPECTIVE cousiifus ,eies. tha, hey
may rigb;ly judge tris; sos vii reflect { on,
auo rot dsns bstre tne eyopI, ~hum
vs AZ. egPposei L sesse. a. diseolr
aging co.dl,ioi drsae.ally Of the Stste.
Il "a bad. indeed fr stote or ildir-
.eusl 10 nave to borrow funds to 9efrsy cErreut
ext O. sss- especially 20 whcn there - no pro,
peci Of an carly iaeome to mes. each hnnili-
Ating Eabi IT.. Such oas been the moriivirg
9 prdirnt. IL erdsr TO KEEP the machinery OF
the Government oiled aud running. oer Dor.
rop ins limit ie omust tsaehed ard our rev
enus iarauge = vieioas. ujutt and uncorstt
tnt.opsl systam Of Assessment, is Geereosins--
mol that we huse hot the property from Which
20 raise all so uoed, we hsYs it, but do not
assess il honestly, and this vicious system
which IL growing worse and tending rap.
IDLY . rain You nigh. have killed and buried,
Int have ceuutenarced and encouraged The
inevitable rerult mast DO thar DUNG
the eartert two fiscal years our borrowing
capacity viii be exhausted to FUN tho Govsrn-
mcnr, ana when rha Legislature tball meet in
1891 there sill he l.,tle Il any money in he
Treasury 70 meet the expenses Of the session.
GO not charge for moment that this fa.i-
ure on tina part Of your majority is ,he rvsult
OF desire to injure the State, but believe 1t
TO be the result of omission to give TO the
matter early and close thought and well direc.
ted prompt action which the exigency de.
manded. Bethat as 1t may, the result is dis.
astrous to the State, aud must stand until met
and dealt with by your successors. Very r.
specially. G. C. STEVENSON, Governor.