No. I.–Senate Memorial and Joint Resolution relative to the continued coinage of silver.

[Passed January 6, 1885.]

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States, in Congress assembled:

      Your memorialists, the Legislature of the State of Nevada, respectfully represent as follows: That according to the United States census for the year A. D. 1880, the aggregate population of the States of Nevada and Colorado, and the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Idaho and Montana, amounted to six hundred and thirty-two thousand three hundred and thirty (632,330) inhabitants, and that the taxable property of said States and Territories in the year mentioned amounted to one hundred and seventy-four millions two hundred and twenty-two thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine ($174,222,729) dollars.

      That within all these States and Territories since said census was taken there has been an increase both in population and taxable property of at least twenty (20) per cent., thus aggregating at the present time a population of seven hundred and fifty-six thousand seven hundred and ninety-six (756,796) inhabitants, and taxable property of the value of two hundred and nine million sixty-seven thousand two hundred and seventy-four ($209,067,274) dollars.

      That the superficial area of these States and Territories covers an almost boundless extent of rugged and snow-clad mountains, and dry and arid deserts, rendering it the most undesirable and inhospitable portion of the United States, a section of country designated by our early geographers as “the Great American Desert.”

      That attracted thither by its great subterranean wealth, a brave, manly and enterprising population first sought and occupied this portion of our common country, subdued the savage Indian, and demonstrated that it was not only rich in its mineral wealth, but was well adapted to the purposes of breeding and maintaining vast herds of horses and cattle.

Population and wealth of the silver producing States and Territories.

Increase of population and wealth.

Snow-clad mountains and arid deserts.

Mineral developments and live stock interests.

Dependent on the silver mining industry.

Reliance upon the good faith of the Government.

Entitled to consideration.

Suspension of silver coinage.

Values determined by gold and silver.

Sophistry of mono-metalists.

Free and unlimited coinage of silver.

in its mineral wealth, but was well adapted to the purposes of breeding and maintaining vast herds of horses and cattle.

      That to-day at least ninety per cent. of the entire population of these States and Territories is entirely dependent upon the silver mining industry for support and maintenance, and that ninety per cent. of the taxable property of these States and Territories is directly connected with and dependent upon the mining interests for its taxable value.

      That relying upon the pledge and faith of the United States Government to maintain and preserve the present standard value of silver, these people have devoted themselves almost exclusively to the silver mining industry; have by their perseverance and energy erected costly and expensive reduction works; have threaded the entire section with a network of railroads, which required the leveling of mountains and spanning of torrent rivers; have built comfortable homes and dwellings; have by their various improvements added millions of dollars to the taxable property of the nation and have, within eight years past, added over three hundred and forty million dollars to the wealth of the world.

      That these people, in view of the great hardships they have endured in their struggle to reclaim this mountainous and desert country, are entitled to some consideration from the Congress of the United States.

      That the suspension of the coinage of silver at this time by the United States Government would effectually deprive all these people of the means of earning an honest living, render them houseless and homeless, and entirely destroy the value of the property they have built up.

      That political economy has demonstrated that values of property are determined by the quantum of gold and silver in circulation: the greater quantity of these metals in circulation, the greater revenue will the General Government and the several State governments receive, and should the coinage of silver be stopped, or in any manner curtailed, it will necessarily deprive the Government of its revenue to that extent.

      That the most persistent advocates of mono-metalism, with all their sophistry and special pleadings, have utterly failed to prove that the coinage of silver under the Act of Congress of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, has in any wise proved detrimental to the best interests of the whole nation; wherefore,

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representative be requested to urge upon Congress to enact such laws as will provide for the free and unlimited coinage of silver, and restore it to its former relative value with gold.

      Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor, be requested to immediately forward a copy of this memorial and resolutions to each of our Senators and Representative in Congress, and also a copy to the Governor of each of the silver-producing States and Territories of the Union, and ask of them their earnest and hearty co-operation in our endeavor to avert the calamity that would follow the suspension of silver coinage.

      Resolved, That in view of the great peril which is now threatening our chief industry by the suspension of silver coinage, by virtue of laws that may be enacted by the Congress of the United States, we invoke the people of the State of Nevada, regardless of former or present political affiliations, to assemble in their respective mining towns and districts on the eighteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and then and there elect suitable delegates to represent our State in the Colorado Silver Convention, which convenes in the city of Denver on the twenty-eighth day of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and take such other action as may be deemed necessary to effect a thorough organization of the friends of silver.

Copies to be sent.

The people of the State invoked.

No. II.–Senate Joint Resolution on the revision of the Constitution.

[Passed January 7, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That a Joint Committee of three from the Senate and four from the Assembly be appointed to take into consideration the advisability of a revision of the State Constitution, and to report their conclusions by bill or resolution.

Relative to amending the constitution.

No. III.–Senate Concurrent Resolution tendering thanks to our Congressional delegation for securing the passage of a bill for the construction of a Government building at Carson City, Nevada.

[Passed January 7, 1885.]

      Whereas, Through the unceasing efforts of our Senators and Representative in Congress a bill has been passed providing for the appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars for a Government building at Carson City, Nevada; and,

      Whereas, Through the enactment of this measure a proper recognition of the wants of the State of Nevada has been made apparent by the persistent pleadings of our Congressional delegation; therefore, be it

Efforts of our Senators and Congressman.

Nevada’s wants recognized.

Thanks.

been made apparent by the persistent pleadings of our Congressional delegation; therefore, be it

      Resolved, That the thanks of the people of Nevada be tendered our Congressional delegation for their earnest and unceasing efforts to secure this appropriation.

Relative to adjusting the direct war tax.

Instructions and a request.

Copies to be sent.

No. IV.–Senate Joint Resolution relative to the direct war tax assessed to and levied upon the several States under the Act of Congress, approved August 5, 1861.

[Passed January 7, 1885.]

      Whereas, The Congress of the United States has now pending before it a bill to adjust the direct war tax as levied upon the several States and Territories and District of Columbia, under the Act of Congress, approved August 5, 1861, the passage of which by Congress was on June 14, 1884, favorably recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury, Hon. Charles J. Folger, and on May 2, 1884, by the First Comptroller of the Treasury, Hon. William Lawrence; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Representative be requested to use every proper effort within their power to have said measure now pending enacted into a law.

      Resolved, That the Governor of this State be requested to forward to our Senators and Representative in Congress a copy of this resolution, properly attested under seal by the Secretary of State.

California’s United States Senator.

Governor to telegraph.

No. V.–Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 15, relative to appealing to the Legislature of California.

[Passed January 20, 1885.]

      In view of the fact that the Legislature of California is now in session and about to elect a United States Senator, The People of the State of Nevada, represented by its Senate and Assembly now assembled, appeal to the Legislature of California to select a man for United States Senator who will stand side by side with our Senators and Representative in Congress in protecting the silver interests of Nevada. The Governor is hereby authorized to telegraph the above resolution to the Legislature of California immediately.

No. VI.–Senate Joint Memorial and Resolution to Congress relative to the passage of the Slocum military bill.

[Passed February 2, 1885.]

      Whereas, There is now pending in Congress a bill introduced at the last session by Major-General Henry W. Slocum, which is designed more fully to recognize the militia of the several States, and to encourage its organization, equipment, drill and general efficiency;

      Whereas, This bill makes appropriations for arms, ammunition, service dress and equipments, other ordnance stores and camp equipage for the militia, on the basis of seven hundred men for each member of Congress from any State;

      Whereas, It also provides for camps of instruction, with competent instructors detailed from the regular army, and further provides for quartering the militia in the forts at stated periods, with the use of heavy guns for artillery practice, and liberal allowance of ammunition for that purpose;

      Whereas, It is the most practical scheme for the promotion of the efficiency of the militia that has yet been devised, and at the same time the most liberal;

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representative requested, to vote for and use all honorable means in their power to secure the earliest passage of said Slocum bill.

      Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor, is hereby respectfully requested to transmit an engrossed copy of these resolutions to each of our Senators and Representative in Congress.

The Slocum bill.

Arms and equipments

Camps of instruction.

Most practical scheme.

Instructions and request.

Copies to be forwarded.

No. VII.–Senate Joint Memorial and Resolutions to Congress, requesting the General Government to cede to the State of Nevada all unsold lands within said State.

[Passed February 3, 1885.]

      Whereas, The geographical situation of Nevada confines every enterprise for advancement to such inland conditions as a State deprived of sea coast is compelled to adopt; and

      Whereas, The General Government has authorized the homesteading of one hundred and sixty acres of land to every person entitled to make such entry, the Government deeming that amount of rich prairies of the Mississippi valley sufficient for a family; and,

      Whereas, From the dryness of our climate, scarcity of running water, and, in some places large tracts of land good only for grazing, an area greater than our homestead law now allows would encourage largely increased actual settlement; and,

Geographical situation,

Restricted land entries

Greater area essential.

Springs and streams usurped.

Virtually a sale of water, and not of land.

Nevada’s loyalty.

Her sterling metals.

The unsold lands.

Resolutions.

only for grazing, an area greater than our homestead law now allows would encourage largely increased actual settlement; and,

      Whereas, The present method of selling lieu lands in lots of forty acres each, is being used by land speculators to buy and usurp all of the springs and small streams within the State, thereby rendering the land but a little removed from theses springs and streams forever unsalable; and,

      Whereas, In view of this practice, which virtually is a sale of water, whereby large tracts of land are controlled for the benefit of the few, and not a sale of the public lands in homestead lots to actual settlers; in view of the further fact that Nevada has a great need of a large actual homestead population (for whom under wise legislation, there are ample resources of fertile soil and living water,) it is highly desirable that the entire lands within the State of Nevada be placed under the ownership and control of this State, subject to the management and disposal of its Legislature; it is believed that the future well-being and ultimate prosperity of this commonwealth would be greatly increased thereby; and,

      Whereas, Nevada at all times has responded to every call and requirement of the General Government, whether in supplying loyal soldiers or giving loyal expression when the fate of the Union hung in the balance; and,

      Whereas, From her mines there come the sterling metals that give security to the moneyed circulating mediums of the world, metals without which values would be disturbed and civilization retarded; and,

      Whereas, A just dealing with the several States would entitle Nevada to the unsold and uncontracted-for lands within her domain, that we might enact such laws for their survey, control, irrigation and sale, as our wants would seem to require; therefore, be it

      Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representative requested to use all honorable means to secure the passage of a bill embodying the wishes of your memorialists herein set forth.

      Resolved, that His Excellency, the Governor, is hereby requested to transmit an engrossed copy of these resolutions, under the Great Seal of State, to each of our representatives in Congress, and to the Secretary of the Interior.

No. VIII.–Senate Joint Memorial and Resolution relative to the Pyramid Lake Reservation.

[Passed February 6, 1885.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do memorialize the Congress of the United States as follows:

      Whereas, A long-continued controversy has existed between the people of the State of Nevada and the Indian Department of the United States in relation to the boundaries of said reservation, its comparative advantages to the Indians and disadvantages to the people of said State; and,

      Whereas, The “Monroe Survey,” under which said Pyramid Lake Reservation is held, was made in eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and sent to the Department at Washington, but was not acted upon until eighteen hundred and seventy-four, having no legal existence or withdrawal of lands until the date last mentioned; but in the meantime many locations were made within the limits then claimed, including the town of Wadsworth, on the Central Pacific Railroad, and the knowledge of its boundaries was so limited that the Government disposed of lands claimed under said “Monroe Survey,” and the latest established lines of said reservation vary in many respects from those projected by said “Monroe Survey;” and,

      Whereas, Said Pyramid Lake Reservation now includes the entire Pyramid Lake and large tracts of land, comprising a total of three hundred and twenty-two thousand acres, or an area of five hundred and three square miles, said lake containing an immense supply of food fishes, and said land being valuable in many respects to the people of this State, of which the Indians occupy and use but a very limited area at the southerly portion of said lake, and also occupy a very limited portion of said land situate near the mouth of the Truckee River, and near the southerly shore of said lake; and,

      Whereas, The people of this State are entirely excluded from the taking of said food fishes from said lake; their boats are seized and now held by the Government; they have been prosecuted and imprisoned for fishing at said lake, and the agents of the Government now threaten to entirely exclude the people from fishing at said lake and also to dispossess and drive from their homes settlers who have for many years occupied said lands, without compensation for improvements made prior to the withdrawal of said lands in eighteen hundred and seventy-four,

Controversy with Indian Department.

The Monroe Survey.

Area of the reservation.

Limited portion occupied by Indians.

Citizens excluded from taking fish.

Permits for stations refused.

Reports of Government Agents.

Reduction of reservation required by interest of the people.

Short distance to Walker River reservation.

Reduction of limits asked for.

lands in eighteen hundred and seventy-four, while the Indians are at said reservation but a very limited portion of the time, and prefer to locate at the various towns and camps of the State, being allowed to fish in all the waters and take game from all portions of the State, without regard to the fish and game laws of the State; and,

      Whereas, The public highway and mail route necessarily runs along the west shore of said Pyramid Lake for a distance of about thirty miles, and the Government employes refuse a permit for convenient stations for the accommodation of the public travel and the mail carriers; and,

      Whereas, Government Agent Bateman, in his report to the Indian Department in eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and Government Agent Barnes, in his report of eighteen hundred and seventy-six, also recommended that said reservation be reduced in extent, as it was of larger proportions than was requisite for reservation purposes; and,

      Whereas, The interest of the people of this State requires that said Pyramid Lake Reservation be reduced to the following limits, viz: Commencing at Station No. Four of said “Monroe Survey,” running thence northerly to Station No. Six; thence westerly across said lake to Station No. Eleven; thence southerly to Station No. Thirteen; thence easterly to the place of beginning-containing within said boundaries about twenty-five thousand six hundred acres, or forty square miles of land, and about nineteen thousand two hundred acres, or thirty square miles of water at said reservation; which said limits would include all lands under cultivation by the Government, and all the waters of said lake ordinarily used as fishing grounds by the Indians, as well as the mouth of the Truckee river at said lake, and would comprise a much larger area of land and water than could be utilized for the purposes of said reservation; and,

      Whereas, The Walker River Reservation is also located in this State at a distance of only forty miles from said Pyramid Lake Reservation, and comprises all the waters of said lake and also large tracts of land more or less valuable, embracing three hundred and eighteen thousand eight hundred and fifteen acres, or four hundred and ninety-eight square miles, and said lake is also filled with food fishes more than adequate for the entire Indian population of the State; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators be instructed, and that our Representative in Congress be requested, to use all reasonable means to effect the reduction of the limits of said Pyramid Lake Reservation to the boundaries theretofore described; and that the Government surveys be extended over the territory thus abandoned, at the earliest day practicable.

ernment surveys be extended over the territory thus abandoned, at the earliest day practicable.

      Resolved, further, That the Governor be and is hereby requested to forward copies of this memorial and resolution to each of our Senators and to our Representative in Congress.

Request to Governor.

No. IX.–Senate Joint Resolution relative to the reimbursement to the States of all sums by them expended in the defense of the United States.

[Passed February 11, 1885.]

      Whereas, The law of July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and the Joint and Declaratory Resolutions of March eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, provided for the reimbursement to the States of all sums by them expended in defense of the United States; and,

      Whereas, Under the interpretation of said original Act of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, made two days after its passage by the Secretary of the Treasury, the States were led to believe that if they, respectively, borrowed money on their own account, and advanced it to the United States, under the conditions mentioned in said law, that said sums, together with the interest paid thereon, would be refunded to them, that having been the practice of the United States in such cases for more than sixty years; and,

      Whereas, Acting under this impression and belief, many of the States did borrow moneys and advanced them to the United States, and paid interest thereon from their own resources; and,

      Whereas, The principal has in a great measure been refunded by the United States to the States advancing said moneys; still the interest paid by such States, as aforesaid, has not be refunded; and,

      Whereas, It is held by the Treasury Department, through which such reimbursement settlements are made, that specific legislation will be required to justify the payment of such interest; and,

      Whereas, Congress has always heretofore provided specifically for the payment of interest on such advances made in any war, either foreign or Indian, beginning with the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, to reimburse Virginia for interest on advances made during the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, to that of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, to reimburse California on account of similar expenditures made in one of its Indian wars; and,

Law to reimburse States for money expended.

States led to believe they would be repaid.

States did borrow money.

Principal refunded, but interest still unpaid

Specific legislation necessary.

Action in the past.

Nevada paid interest on money.

Not yet refunded.

Measures pending to settle such claims.

Our Senators and Congressman asked to support said measures.

Governor to send copies.

fornia on account of similar expenditures made in one of its Indian wars; and,

      Whereas, During the late war, and under the authority of said Reimbursement Acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-one and eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the State of Nevada advanced to the United States money which it borrowed, and on which it paid interest, and which interest has in no part been refunded by the United States, but is now justly due the State; and,

      Whereas, There are now pending in both branches of the present Congress measures designed to authorize the settlement of the claims of the several States for such interest (being S. 2,000 and H. R. 2,463), and which said measures have been reported on by the committees to which they were referred, in both Houses, in unanimously favorable reports; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators and Representative in Congress be and they are hereby requested to give their active support to said bills, or to others having the same object in view; and to use their best endeavors, in co-operation with the Agent of this State, and in support of his efforts, to thus secure to the State the amounts by her expended, as aforesaid; be it further

      Resolved, That a copy of the above preamble and resolution be sent by the Governor of this State to our Senators and Representative in Congress, and to our State Agent.

Nevada in the arid regions.

Lack of moisture.

Fertility of soil proved by irrigation.

No. X.–Senate Memorial and Joint Resolution, relative to a hydrographic survey of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 20, 1885.]

      Whereas, The State of Nevada is located in what is termed the “arid regions” of the United States, and intersected by ranges of mountains, between which are valleys of various dimensions; and,

      Whereas, The greater portion of these valleys are favorably located, and their soils of a character quite capable of production, but for lack of sufficient humidity are comparatively worthless; and,

      Whereas, In various parts of the State small tracts of land lying near large springs, and along the courses of small streams, have for a number of years been cultivated, and by the diversion of the waters of said springs and streams these small tracts of land have given satisfactory evidence and provided conclusively that by irrigation the greater portion of our valleys are capable of producing in abundance the various grasses, grains, vegetables, fruits and cereals of all kinds grown in the United States; and,

tion of our valleys are capable of producing in abundance the various grasses, grains, vegetables, fruits and cereals of all kinds grown in the United States; and,

      Whereas, From many of our mountain ranges large supplies of water spring and flow, a portion to the seas, and a large portion through narrow channels into lakes, or sink and are lost in sandy deserts; and,

      Whereas, There are large tracts and sections of land at present representing no value whatever, contiguous to and lying near these water courses; and,

      Whereas, By the introduction of these waters upon said lands they will be largely sought after and settled upon by enterprising, intelligent people, who will build up homes, create around them large amounts of taxable property, organize societies and associations and well-ordered communities, embarking in the various enterprises of our State, opening new channels of industry, adding greatly to the State’s wealth and population, and that of the country in general; and,

      Whereas, Our General Government, founded upon the most liberal principles, has ever been generous towards the early settlers of its frontier Territories and States in moneyed appropriations to assist in building up and developing their natural resources and dormant wealth; and,

      Whereas, A hydrographic survey of this State by competent engineers is necessary to more fully determine the practicability of attempting the reclamation and cultivation of its arid lands, and of determining the quality of such lands, and of the water which may be made useful for such purposes, and the proper methods for storing and husbanding such water, which are now wholly unavailable; therefore be it, by the Senate and Assembly conjointly,

      Resolved, That our Senators and Representative in Congress are hereby requested to procure, if possible, a suitable appropriation by Congress for the purpose of having made a hydrographic survey of the State of Nevada, or to use their best endeavors with the proper department of the Government to procure a detail of engineers for the purpose of making such survey.

      Resolved, That the Governor cause to be transmitted a copy of these resolutions to each of our Senators and Representative in Congress.

Water supplies and the tracts of land that may be improved and utilized thereby.

Frontier settlers generously assisted.

Hydrographic survey necessary.

Congressional delegation requested to secure such survey.

Mail service from Austin to Healy’s inadequate.

Bernice growing and permanent.

Changes asked for.

Request to Governor.

No. XI.–Senate Joint Memorial and Resolution relative to establishing a mail route from Austin to Bernice in this State.

[Passed February 24, 1885.]

      Whereas, The mail facilities from Austin, the county seat of Lander county, State of Nevada, to Healy’s, Churchill county, same State, are unsatisfactory to the people along the line of the route, by reason of the omission of important localities in the mail service, and are inadequate to accommodate the growing settlements in that section; and,

      Whereas, The town of Bernice, Churchill county, Nevada, is a permanently established and growing mining town, and as the present mail service from Austin to Healy’s does not reach said town of Bernice; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators are hereby instructed and our Representative is requested to urge upon the Postoffice Department the importance of discontinuing the present route from Austin to Healy’s, and of establishing a semi-weekly route from Austin, Lander county, Nevada, via Triplet’s Hot Springs and Healy’s, to Bernice, Churchill county, Nevada.

      Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor, be requested to forward to the Postoffice Department at Washington City, and to each of our Senators and Representative in Congress, a copy of the foregoing resolution.

Appeal on behalf of General Grant.

No. XII.–Senate Memorial and Joint Resolution relative to the placing of General Ulysses S. Grant on the retired list of the army.

[Passed February 24, 1885.]

To the Congress of the United States:

      Your memorialists, the Legislature of the State of Nevada, take this method of appealing to the Congress of the United States on behalf of our distinguished fellow citizen, Ulysses S. Grant; and we most respectfully urge that the united voice of the American people demands some national measure for his relief-one which shall be at once commensurate with his services, and on a plane with the dignity of the nation itself. We feel that upon this subject there is no division of sentiment; that there is “no North,”

North,” “no South,” “no Republican,” “no Democrat;” that every shade of political difference is buried beneath the universal desire of our people to bestow a fitting testimonial upon the man whose public career forms so brilliant a chapter in the history of our land. No nation can safely forget the achievements of its more gifted and patriotic sons. Especially is this true of republics, which, by reason of their free institutions, are peculiarly dependent, even for their very existence, upon the intelligent patriotism of their people; and there is nothing which so strongly tends to make men self-sacrificing for their country’s weal, as an abiding faith in that country’s generous gratitude. The services of General Grant cannot be estimated by any standard of value, nor is it necessary that we should make such an estimate. It is enough for us to know that in our great struggle for national life he reached an eminence of military prestige and renown never before attained by an American citizen; that he was the foremost General in the greatest war that ever moved the destines of the world; that he constantly triumphed where others had failed; that his star of victory threw its first faint glimmer upon the doubtful field of Belmont, and passing through every degree of glory, reached its maximum of splendor when the sun of Appomatox dawned upon a reunited people; that for him the rank of General in the army was specially created; that he has been twice chosen to the Presidency of the United States; that all the nations of the earth have vied with one another in showering upon him the most valued tokens of their esteem, and that even in his humble retirement the whole world still regards him as the great representative American of the age. And now when the ceaseless march of time has brought him almost to the winter of his life, when the vigor of youth is gone and his form is bowed with infirmities, we learn with unspeakable sorrow that to his other burdens and sufferings are added the embitterments of financial distress. The spectacle of the greatest soldier and most illustrious citizen of our country being left a prey to the pangs and mortification of penury, fills us with a keen sense of national humiliation; and as the representatives of a sovereign State of the American Union, proud of its associated glories, we enter our solemn protest against it. Every lofty sentiment of patriotism revolts at the idea; and every consideration of propriety calls for immediate action on the part of the General Government. Many projects have been devised for his benefit, but none of them seem to be practicable. With a spirit of independence, which has lifted him higher than ever before in the affections of the people, he has refused to be the recipient of charity, however spontaneously tendered. We therefore most earnestly invite the attention of Congress to the propriety and expediency of placing General U.

No division of sentiment.

General Grant’s services inestimable.

Brief review of his brilliant career.

Expressions of sorrow and sympathy.

The General’s spirit of independence.

Congress asked to place him on the retired list.

Request to Senators and Representative.

most earnestly invite the attention of Congress to the propriety and expediency of placing General U. S. Grant upon the retired list, with the annual pay and emoluments of a retired General of the Army. This action, on the part of Congress, appeals to the generous impulses of all; it will be grand and dignified as a national measure; it will enable him to live in a manner adapted to his tastes, his habits and his social surroundings, and by shielding him from the depressing influences of pecuniary adversity, let us hope that it may prolong to a happy old age a life which should be precious to every patriot within the limits of our broad domain; therefore be it, by the Senate and Assembly conjointly,

      Resolved, That our Senators and Representative in Congress are hereby requested to procure, if possible, the retirement of General Ulysses S. Grant, with the annual pay and emoluments of a retired General of the Army.

      Resolved, That the Governor cause to be transmitted a copy of this memorial and resolution to each of our Senators and Representative in Congress.

Proposed amendments to be recorded in full.

Referred to next session of the Legislature.

Enrolled copies to be furnished to Secretary of State.

Duplicate copies of same.

No. XIII.–Senate Joint and Concurrent Resolution relative to the manner in which resolutions proposing Constitutional amendments shall be treated.

[Passed February 28, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, First-That all resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Nevada, that are passed or shall be passed by the present session of the Legislature, shall be recorded in full upon the journal of each house, with the yeas and nays thereon.

      Second-That all such resolutions be, and hereby are, referred to the session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada next succeeding the present session.

      Third-That an enrolled copy of each such resolution (upon which shall be indorsed a full history of the action taken thereon by both branches of the Legislature) shall be furnished to the Secretary of State, to be by him safely kept until the next meeting of the Nevada Legislature, to which he shall transmit the same; and that a duplicate enrolled copy shall be supplied to the Secretary of State to be bound in the manuscript volume of Statutes and Resolutions, as is the usual custom.

      Fourth-That such duplicate enrolled copies shall be furnished by the Committee on Enrolled bills of the house in which the several resolutions shall have originated.

      Fifth-That said duplicate enrolled copies of said resolutions shall be published in the printed copies of the Statutes and Resolutions of the present session of the Legislature, in the same order and manner as if they were the original enrolled resolutions.

To be bound and printed

No. XIV.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 23, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section two of article four of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section two.  The sessions of the Legislature shall be biennial, and shall commence on the third Monday of January next ensuing the election of members of the Assembly, unless the Governor of the State shall, in the interim, convene the Legislature by proclamation.

Legislature to meet biennially.

No. XV.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 23, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section six of article four of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section six.  Each house shall judge of the qualifications, elections and returns of its own members, choose its own officers, determine the rules of its proceedings, and may punish its members for disorderly conduct, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of all members elected, expel a member.

Powers of Legislature.

Legislature shall not pass special laws in certain cases.

Certain powers not restricted.

No. XVI.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 23, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section twenty of article four of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section twenty.  The Legislature shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, that is to say: Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of the Justices of the Peace; for the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors; regulating the practice of courts of justice; providing for changing the venue in civil and criminal cases; granting divorces; changing the names of persons; vacating roads, town plots, streets, alleys and public squares; summoning and impaneling grand and petit juries, and providing for their compensation; regulating county and township business; regulating the election of county and township officers; for the assessment and collection of taxes for State, county and township purposes; providing for opening and conducting elections of State, county and township officers, and designating the places of voting; providing for the sale of real estate or personal property belonging to minors or other persons under legal disabilities; giving effect to invalid deeds, wills or other instruments; refunding money paid into the State treasury, or into the treasury of any county; releasing the indebtedness, liability or obligation of any corporation, association or person to the State, or to any county, town or city of this State. But nothing in this section shall be construed to deny or restrict the power of the Legislature to establish and regulate the compensation and fees of county and township officers; to establish and regulate the rates of freight, passage, toll, and charges of railroads, toll-roads, ditch, flume and tunnel companies incorporated under the laws of this State or doing business therein.

Legislative sessions limited.

No. XVII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 23, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section twenty-nine of article four of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section twenty-nine.  No regular session of the Legislature, under this Constitution, shall exceed forty days; nor any special session convened by the Governor, exceed twenty days.

ture, under this Constitution, shall exceed forty days; nor any special session convened by the Governor, exceed twenty days.

No. XVIII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 23, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section thirty-three of article four of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section thirty-three.  The members of the Legislature shall receive for their services a compensation to be fixed by law, and paid out of the public treasury; but no increase of such compensation shall take effect during the term for which the members of either house shall have been elected; provided, that an appropriation may be made for the payment of such actual expenses as the members of the Legislature may incur for postage, express charges, newspapers and stationery, not exceeding the sum of sixty dollars, for any general or special session, to each member; and, furthermore provided, that the Speaker of the Assembly and President of the Senate shall each, during the time of their actual attendance as such presiding officers, receive an additional allowance of two dollars per diem.

Compensation of members of Legislature.

No. XIX.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 23, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section nineteen of article five of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section eighteen.  An Attorney General, who shall be ex-officio Secretary of State; a Treasurer, a Controller, who shall be ex-officio Superintendent of Public Instruction, and a Surveyor General, shall be elected at the same time and places, and in the same manner as the Governor. The term of office of each shall be the same as prescribed for the Governor. Any elector shall be eligible to either of said offices.

Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Election returns, how to be made.

No. XX.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 23, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section four of article five of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section four.  The returns of every election for Governor, and other State officers voted for at the general election, shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of government, directed to the Attorney General as ex-officio Secretary of State, and on the third Monday of December succeeding such election, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Associate Justices, or a majority thereof, shall meet at the office of the Attorney General and open and canvass the election returns for Governor and all other State officers, and forthwith declare the result and publish the names of the persons elected. The persons having the highest number of votes for the respective offices shall be declared elected; but in case any two or more have an equal, and the highest number of votes for the same office, the Legislature shall, by joint vote of both houses, elect one of said persons to fill said office.

Lieutenant Governor.

No. XXI.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 23, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section seventeen of article five of the Constitution of the State of Nevada by entirely repealing and striking out the same.

The Gubernatorial succession.

No. XXII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 23, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section eighteen of article five of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section seventeen.  In case of the impeachment of the Governor,

Governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to discharge the duties of said office, resignation, or absence from the State, the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the President of the Senate for the residue of the term, or until the disability shall cease; and in case of the impeachment of President of the Senate while acting as Governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to discharge the duties of said office, resignation, or absence from the State, the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the Speaker of the Assembly for the residue of the term, or until the disability shall cease. But when the Governor shall, with the consent of the Legislature, be out of the State in time of war, and at the head of any military force thereof, he shall continue Commander-in-Chief of the military forces of the State.

No. XXIII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 23, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section twenty of article five of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section nineteen.  The Attorney General, as ex-officio Secretary of State, shall keep a true record of the official acts of the Legislative and Executive Departments of the Government, and shall, when required, lay the same and all matters relative thereto, before either branch of the Legislature.

Attorney General ex-officio Secretary of State.

No. XXIV.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 23, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section twenty-one of article five of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section twenty.  The Governor, Attorney General and State Treasurer shall constitute a Board of State Prison Commissioners, which board shall have such supervision of all matters connected with the State Prison as may be provided by law. They shall also constitute a Board of Examiners, with power to examine all claims against the State (except salaries or compensation of officers fixed by law),

Prison Commissioners and Examiners.

salaries or compensation of officers fixed by law), and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law; and no claim against the State (except salaries or compensation of officers fixed by law) shall be passed upon by the Legislature without having been considered and acted upon by said Board of Examiners.

Duties of certain officers.

No. XXV.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 23, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section twenty-two of article five of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section twenty-one.  The Attorney General, State Treasurer, State Controller and Surveyor General shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law.

Supreme Court.

Court in banc.

No. XXVI.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 23, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section two of article six of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section two.  The Supreme Court shall consist of a Chief Justice and three Associate Justices. The Justices of the Supreme Court shall be electors of the State, and shall be actual inhabitants thereof. The Supreme Court shall hold its sessions at the Capital of the State. Three of the Justices shall transact the business of the Court while sitting as a Supreme Court in banc.

Justices of Supreme Court, how elected.

No. XXVII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 24, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section three of article six of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section three.  The Justices of the Supreme Court shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State at the general elections,

elections, and shall hold office for the term of eight years from the first Monday in January next succeeding their election; provided, there shall be elected at the first election succeeding the adoption of this amendment two Justices, who shall continue in office six and eight years, respectively; provided, further, that the Justices in office at the time of the adoption of this amendment shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms. The Justice whose term of office first expires, shall be Chief Justice.

No. XXVIII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 24, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section four of article six of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section four.  The Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction in all cases in equity; also, in all cases at law in which is involved the title or right of possession to, or the possession of, real estate or mining claims, or the legality of any tax, impost, assessment, toll, or municipal fine, or in which the demand (exclusive of interest), or the value of the property in controversy exceeds three hundred dollars; also, in all other civil cases not included in the general subdivision of law and equity; and also, on questions of law alone in all criminal cases in which the offense charged amounts to felony; but in no case shall the Judge who tried the case in the District Court sit as a Supreme Judge upon the hearing of any such case on appeal. The concurrence of two of the Justices shall be necessary for a decision. The Court shall also have power to issue writs of mandamus, certiorari, prohibition, quo warranto, and habeas corpus; and also, all writs necessary or proper to the complete exercise of its appellate jurisdiction. Each of the Justices shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus to any part of the State upon petition by or on behalf of any person held in actual custody, and may make such writs returnable before himself or the Supreme Court, or before any District Court in the State, or before any Judge of said Courts.

Supreme Court, appellate jurisdiction

Power to issue writs.

Supreme Court Justices to act as District Judges.

No. XXIX.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 24, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section five of article six of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section five.  The Justices of the Supreme Court shall severally perform the duties of District Judges. The Chief Justice shall assign a Justice to each county to preside at the District Court therein during the term of such assignment. The Chief Justice, and upon his direction any Associate Justice, shall transact the business of any District Court or of the Judge thereof.

Justices of Supreme Court ineligible.

No. XXX.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 24, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section eleven of article six of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section eleven.  The Justices of the Supreme Court shall be ineligible to any office, other than a judicial office, during the term for which they shall have been elected, and all elections or appointments of any such Justices, by the people, Legislature or otherwise, during said period to any office, other than judicial, shall be void.

Salaries of Supreme Court Justices.

No. XXXI.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 24, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section fifteen of article six, of the Constitution of the State of Nevada, so as to read as follows:

      Section fifteen.  The Justices of the Supreme Court shall each receive a compensation of six thousand five hundred ($6,500) dollars per annum, payable quarterly out of the State treasury, and provision shall be made by law for setting apart from each year’s revenue a sufficient amount of money to pay such compensation; provided, said compensation shall be in full for all services and expenses of said Justices.

setting apart from each year’s revenue a sufficient amount of money to pay such compensation; provided, said compensation shall be in full for all services and expenses of said Justices.

No. XXXII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 24, 1885,]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section one of article seven, of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section one.  The Assembly shall have the sole power of impeaching. The concurrence of a majority of all the members elected shall be necessary to an impeachment. All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate, and, when sitting for that purpose, the Senators shall be upon oath or affirmation to do justice according to law and evidence. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall preside over the Senate while sitting to try the Governor, or the President of the Senate while acting as Governor, upon impeachment. No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senators elected.

Assembly may impeach.

Senate to try same.

No. XXXIII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 24, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section three of article seven of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section three.  For any reasonable cause, to be entered on the Journals of each house, which may or may not be sufficient grounds for impeachment, the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court shall be removed from office on the vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the Legislature, and the Justice complained of shall be served with a copy of the complaint against him, and shall have an opportunity of being heard in person or by counsel in his defense; provided, that no member of either branch of the Legislature shall be eligible to fill the vacancy occasioned by such removal.

Supreme Court Justices may be removed.

Legislature, duties of.

No. XXXIV.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 25, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada, be amended as follows:

      Amend section one of article eleven of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section one.  The Legislature shall encourage, by all suitable means, the promotion of intellectual, literary, scientific, mining, mechanical, agricultural and moral improvements.

Revenues pledged to educational purposes.

No. XXXV.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 25, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada, be amended as follows:

      Amend section three of article eleven of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section three.  All lands, including the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections in any township donated for the benefit of public schools in the Act of the Thirty-eighth Congress to enable the people of Nevada Territory to form a State Government, the thirty thousand acres of public lands granted by an Act of Congress, approved July second, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-two, for each Senator and Representative in Congress, and all proceeds of lands that have been or may hereafter be granted or appropriated by the United States to this State, and also the five hundred thousand acres of land granted to the new States under the Act of Congress distributing the proceeds of the public lands among the several States of the Union, approved A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-one; provided, that Congress make provision for or authorize such diversion to be made for the purpose herein contained; all estates that may escheat to the State, all of such per centum as may be granted by Congress on the sale of lands, all fines collected under the penal laws of the State, all property given or bequeathed to the State for educational purposes, and all proceeds derived from any or all of said sources shall be and the same are hereby solemnly pledged for educational purposes, and shall not be transferred to any other fund for other uses; and the interest thereon shall, from time to time, be apportioned among the several counties,

be apportioned among the several counties, as the Legislature may provide by law; and the Legislature shall provide for the sale of floating land warrants to cover the aforesaid lands, and for the investment of all proceeds derived from any of the above mentioned sources, in United States bonds, or bonds of this State or the bonds of other States of the Union; provided, that the interest only of the aforesaid proceeds shall be used for educational purposes, and any surplus interest shall be added to the principal sum; and provided, further, that such portions of said interest as may be necessary may be appropriated for the support of the State University.

Proviso.

Proviso.

No. XXXVI.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 25, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section six of article eleven of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section six.  The Legislature shall provide a special tax, which shall not exceed two mills on the dollar of all taxable property in the State, in addition to the other means provided for the support and maintenance of said University and common schools.

Special school tax.

No. XXXVII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 25, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section three of article thirteen of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section three.  The State shall provide, as may be prescribed by law, for those inhabitants who, by reason of age or infirmity, or misfortunes, may have claim upon the sympathy and aid of society.

Indigent persons.

Offices at seat of government.

No. XXXVIII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 25, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section twelve of article fifteen of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section twelve.  The Governor, Attorney General, State Treasurer and State Controller shall keep their respective offices at the seat of government.

Amendments to the Constitution, how made.

No. XXXIX.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 25, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend section one of article sixteen of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section one.  Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or Assembly, and if agreed to by a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on the respective journals of each house, with the yeas and nays taken thereon. Any amendment or amendments agreed to by the Legislature, as provided in this section, shall be published for three months next preceding the time for electing the next Legislature, and shall be submitted to the people at the time for electing the next Legislature in such manner as the Legislature agreeing to such amendment or amendments shall prescribe; and if the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments by a majority of the electors voting for members of the Legislature at such elections, such amendment or amendments shall become part of the Constitution.

No. XL.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to Constitutional amendment.

[Passed February 28, 1883. Passed March 5, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Amend article sixteen of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section one.  Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or Assembly, and if agreed to by a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on the respective journals of each house, with the yeas and nays taken thereon. Any amendment or amendments agreed to by the Legislature, as provided in this section, shall be published for three months next preceding the time for electing the next Legislature, and shall be submitted to the people at the time for electing the next Legislature, in such manner as the Legislature agreeing to such amendment or amendments shall prescribe; and if the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments by a majority of the electors voting for members of the Legislature at such election, such amendment or amendments shall become part of the Constitution.

      Section 2.  If at any time the Legislature, by a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house, shall determine that it is necessary to cause a revision of this entire Constitution, they shall recommend to the electors in such manner and at such time, as the Legislature shall prescribe, to vote for or against a convention; and if it shall appear that a majority of the electors voting at such election shall have voted in favor of calling a convention, the Legislature shall at its next session provide by law for calling a convention, to be holden within six months after the passage of such law; and such convention shall consist of a number of members not more than that of both branches of the Legislature, and not less than one-half of that number. The Constitution adopted by such convention must be submitted to and ratified by a vote of the people.

Amendments may be proposed in Senate or Assembly.

Shall be submitted to the people at the next succeeding election.

Constitutional convention may be called.

Electors to vote.

Constitution must be ratified by the people.

Qualifications of electors.

Persons debarred from voting.

No. XLI.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending section one of article two of the State Constitution.

[Passed February 28, 1883. Passed March 5, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That section one of article two of the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows:

      Section one.  Every native male citizen of the United States and every naturalized male citizen who shall have been a citizen of the United States at least six months next preceding any election (not laboring under the disabilities named in this Constitution), of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have actually and not constructively resided in the State one year and in the district or county ninety days next preceding any election, shall be entitled to vote for all officers that are now or hereafter may be elected by the people, and upon all questions submitted to the electors at such election; provided, that no person who has been or may be convicted of treason or felony in any State or Territory of the United States, unless restored to civil rights, and no person convicted of the offense of selling his vote at any general or special election held within this State, and no idiot or insane person shall be entitled to the privilege of an elector.

Revenues pledged to educational purposes.

No. XLII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 28, 1883. Passed March 5, 1885.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That section three of article eleven of the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended so as to read as follows:

      Section three.  All lands, including the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections in every township, donated for the benefit of public schools, in the Act of the thirty-eighth Congress to enable the people of the Territory of Nevada to form a State Government, the thirty thousand acres of public lands granted by an Act of Congress, approved July second, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-two, for each Senator and Representative in Congress, and all proceeds of lands that have been or may hereafter be granted or appropriated by the United States to this State, and also the five hundred thousand acres of land granted to the new States under the Act of Congress distributing the proceeds of the public lands among the several States of the Union, approved A. D.  eighteen hundred and forty-nine;

A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-nine; provided, that Congress make provisions for or authorize such diversion to be made for the purpose herein contained, all estates that may escheat to the State, all of such per cent. as may be granted by Congress on the sale of lands, all fines collected under the penal laws of the State, all property given or bequeathed to the State for educational purposes, and all proceeds, derived from any or all sources, shall be and the same are hereby solemnly pledged for educational purposes, and shall not be transferred to any other fund for other uses, and the interest thereon shall from time to time be apportioned among the several counties in proportion to the ascertained number of the persons between the ages of six and eighteen years in the different counties, and the Legislature shall provide for the sale of floating land warrants to cover the aforesaid lands, and for the investment of all proceeds derived from any of the above-mentioned sources, in United States bonds or bonds of this State, or the bonds of such other State or States as may be selected by the boards authorized by law to make such investments; provided, that the interest, only, of the aforesaid proceeds, shall be used for educational purposes, and any surplus interest shall be added to the principal sum; and provided, further, that such portions of said interest as may be necessary may be appropriated for the support of the State University.

Proviso.

Proviso.

Clover Valley a populous precinct.

Near the railroad.

Insufficient postal accommodations.

Resolution.

Resolution.

No. I.–Assembly Joint Resolution relative to a semi-weekly mail from Wells, Elko county, Nevada, to Clover Valley in said county and State.

[Passed January 26, 1885.]

      Whereas, Clover Valley is one of the largest, most populous and most important precincts in Elko county, polling at the last election nearly seventy-five votes, with a fair prospect of doubling it at the next election; and,

      Whereas, Said valley is situated about twenty miles south of Wells, a station on the Central Pacific railroad, running through said county; and,

      Whereas, The growing business between the agricultural portion of said county and the balance of said county, and of the State, are not sufficiently accommodated by the present postal communications; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our Senators be instructed and our Representative be requested to urge, to the best of their ability, the passage of an Act of Congress, authorizing the transportation of a semi-weekly mail, from the town of Wells, Elko county, Nevada, to the said Clover Valley, Elko county, Nevada.

      Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor of the State of Nevada, be and he is hereby respectfully requested to forward to the Postmaster-General, at Washington, D. C., and to each of our Senators, and Representative in the House of Representatives, a copy of the above resolutions.

Sheep husbandry an important industry.

No. II.–Assembly Memorial and Joint Resolution relative to the sheep husbandry in the United States.

[Passed March 3, 1885.]

      Whereas, Sheep husbandry in the United States, under a wise policy of protection against unjust discrimination in favor of foreign countries, has become one of the most important industries in the land, giving employment directly and indirectly to thousands of men and women; and,

      Whereas, In the judgment of the people of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, the time has not yet arrived when such protection should be withheld; therefore,

      Resolved, That our Senators and Representative in Congress are hereby requested to use all honorable means to restore the wool tariff of 1867.

      Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor, be requested to forward to each of our Senators and Representative in Congress, a copy of the foregoing resolution.

Protection still needed

Restoration of wool tariff asked for.

Request to Governor.

No. III.–Assembly Memorial and Joint Resolution relative to a school for the Indian youth of Nevada.

[Passed March 5, 1885.]

      Whereas, Large sums of money are appropriated annually by the United States Government to give the Indian youth literary and industrial training, such as is given at the schools of Carlisle, Hampton, Genoa, Forest Grove and Albuquerque; and,

      Whereas, There are in the State of Nevada about seven hundred Indian youths, between the ages of six and sixteen, and without the educational advantages afforded to such children in other States; therefore, be it

      Resolved, That our Senators and Representative in Congress be requested to use every honorable effort to secure from the General Government an appropriation of ten thousand dollars for the erection of a school building in some suitable place in Nevada, and a further appropriation of seventeen thousand five hundred dollars annually, for each one hundred children in attendance, for the necessary expenses in conducting the literary and industrial department of said school.

Appropriation for educating Indians.

Indian youth in Nevada.

Congressional delegation requested to secure an appropriation.

No. IV.–Assembly Memorial and Joint Resolution relative to the abandonment of the Walker River Indian Reservation.

[Passed March 5, 1885.]

      Whereas, Said reservation comprises within its boundaries some of the most valuable mineral lands that can be found in this State, and which said mineral lands are entirely worthless to the Indians residing and being upon said reservation; and,

Valuable mineral lands worthless to Indians.

Whites desirous of prospecting

Division line designated.

Request to Senators and Congressman.

Copies to be sent.

      Whereas, A large number of white American citizens and settlers are desirous of entering upon said mineral lands for the purpose of prospecting and searching for valuable ores of gold, silver and other precious metals, thereon; and,

      Whereas, That portion of said reservation on which the mineral lands is located lies south of a line running east and west, and which in its course passes through said Walker Lake at a point where the Walker River empties into said Walker Lake; therefore, be it

      Resolved, That our Senators and Representative in Congress be, and they are hereby requested to use all possible means to have that portion of the said Walker River Indian Reservation, lying south of the line hereinbefore designated, declared open to the citizens of this State for prospecting and mining purposes;

      Resolved That the Governor cause to be transmitted a copy of this memorial and resolution to each of our Senators and our Representative in Congress.