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CONCURRENT AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS.
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ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS.
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No. I.Concurrent Resolution.
[Concurred in December 21, 1864.]
Be it Resolved, by the People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, as follows: That the Senate of the United States be, and are hereby, respectfully requested, to defer any action in reference to the taxation and disposal of the mineral lands, or the taxation of the mines, or the proceeds thereof, until the Senators elect, the Hon. W. M Stewart and Jas. W. Nye, of the State of Nevada, take their seats in that honorable body. Resolved, That the Governor be authorized to transmit the same, by telegraph, to the President of the Senate of the United States. |
Senate of United States requested to defer action in regard to disposal, etc. of mineral lands. |
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No. II.Concurrent Resolution.
[Concurred in February 1, 1865.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Board of State Prison Commissioners be, and is hereby, required to lay before the Legislature, at as early a day as practicable, a sworn statement of all the goods, merchandise and provisions that has been purchased for the use or supply of the State Prison during the past year, to wit: from the first day of December, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty three, to the first day of December, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, |
Requiring Board of Prison Commissioners to furnish information. |
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hundred and sixty-four, inclusive; designating the kind and amount purchased each month, the place where procured and the price paid, by whom and from whom purchased, together with a statement showing how much each prisoner has cost per head for his maintenance in said prison, with an estimate of their cost for the next ensuing year, and all other information that said Board of Commissioners may deem consistent with their duty under this resolution. Resolved, That the Speaker of the Assembly and the President of the Senate, direct the Clerk of the Assembly and Secretary of the Senate, to furnish said Board of Commissioners with a certified copy of these resolutions. |
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Committee to examine books and papers of Board of Education of Storey county. |
No. III.Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed February 4, 1865.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That a committee of three, two from the Assembly and one from the Senate, be appointed by the two Houses, and instructed to proceed to Storey County, with full power to examine the books and papers of the Board of Education of that county; to administer oaths, and to send for persons and papers. |
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Leave of absence. |
No. IV.Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed February 6, 1865.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That D. G. Francis, Sheriff of Esmeralda County, is hereby granted leave of absence from this State for the period of five months, at any time within the present year; provided, that the Sheriff shall have competent deputies to discharge all the duties of said office required by law, during his absence. |
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Committee to investigate State Printing. |
No. V.Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed February 7, 1865.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That a committee of five, composed of three from the House, and two from the Senate, be appointed by the presiding officers of the two bodies respectively, whose duty it shall be to make a thorough investigation into the State printing. |
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No. VI.Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed February 11, 1865.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That a committee of three be appointed, one from the Senate and two from the House, by the presiding officer of each House, to proceed to Virginia City, Storey County, and investigate and examine into the affairs of the County Hospital, and report the result of said examination to their respective Houses. |
Committee to examine into affairs of County Hospital, Storey County. |
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No. VII.Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed February 21, 1865.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That James Leffingwell, Sheriff of Lander County, is hereby granted leave of absence from this State for the period of five months at any time within the present year; provided, that he shall have competent deputies to discharge all of the duties of said office required by law during his absence. |
Leave of absence. |
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No. VIII.Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed February 28, 1865.]
Whereas, the speedy completion and establishment of railway communication between the navigable tide-waters of the Pacific and the mining districts of Nevada, is vitally important to the interests of this State; therefore Be it Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our Senators be, and are hereby, instructed, and our Representative in Congress requested, to use their utmost endeavors to secure the passage of a law by Congress giving the sum of ten (10) millions of dollars ($10,000,000) in United States bonds, at the dates of thirty years, or less, to such corporation as shall first complete a line of railway, and establish the same in perfect running order, without break or interval of stage transportation, between the navigable waters of the Sacramento River and the base of the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevadas. Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor, be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to each of our Senators, and to our Representative in Congress, by telegraph. |
Preamble.
Asking Congress to give ten millions of dollars to the first corporation who shall complete a railway to the base of eastern slope of the Sierra Nevadas.
Governor requested to transmit a copy by telegraph. |
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Representatives in Congress requested to make an effort to secure the establishment of United States Post Offices on overland route. Secretary of State to transmit copy. |
No. IX.Concurrent Resolutions.
[Passed February 28, 1865.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our Senators and Representative in the Congress of the United States be, and they are hereby, respectfully requested to make an effort to secure the establishment of United States post offices on the Overland Route at St. Clairs Station, Stillwater Station, and La Plata City, in the county of Churchill, and Egan Canon, Lander County, the same being demanded for the accommodation of the citizens thereof, there being no government post office in the entire county of Churchill. Resolved, That the Secretary of State is hereby instructed to transmit a copy hereof, properly attested, to our Senators and Representative. |
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Relating to a tri-weekly mail from Carson City to American City. |
No. X.Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed February 28, 1865.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representative be requested, to use their influence to procure the establishment of a tri-weekly mail from Carson City, in this State, to American City, in Storey County. Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor, be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing resolution to each of our Representatives in Congress. |
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SENATE RESOLUTIONS.
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No. I.Concurrent Resolution.
[Concurred in December 21, 1864.]
Be it Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That no Joint Convention of this Legislature, at its present session, shall be called, or held for the purpose of electing a United States Senator, as successor to W. M. Stewart or J. W. Nye, until after such time as it shall be authoritatively and definitely known to this body that a vacancy has occurred, or the term of one of those Senators shall expire on the third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and that this body is, under the Constitution, called upon to elect at its present session. |
No joint convention for election of United States Senator until vacancy shall occur. |
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No. II.Concurrent Resolution.
[Concurred in December 27, 1864.]
Whereas, The constitution of the State of Nevada provides that the eastern boundary line of said State shall be the thirty-eighth degree of longitude west from Washington, and that article fourteen, section first, of said constitution, further provides, that whensoever Congress shall authorize the addition to the Territory or State of Nevada of any portion of the territory on the easterly border of the foregoing defined limits, not exceeding in extent one degree of longitude, the same shall thereupon be embraced within, and become part of, this State; 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 urge the passage of a law by Congress, fixing as the eastern boundary of the State of Nevada the thirty-seventh degree of longitude west from Washington. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to each of our Senators and our Representative in Congress. |
Preamble.
Senators and Representative instructed in relation to eastern boundary. Governor requested to transmit copy. |
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Thanks and congratulations to General Sherman and army on the capture of Savannah. |
No. III.Concurrent Resolution.
[Concurred in December 29, 1864.]
Whereas, The city of Savannah, Georgia, has been captured by the Union forces, and the old flag now floats unchallenged over that important Atlantic port, and until now a stronghold of rebeldom;
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the thanks and congratulations of the Legislature of Nevada be extended to the gallant Sherman and his army, who have gained this great victory after a march unparalleled in courage of design, and brilliancy of execution. Resolved, That the Governor be authorized to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the Secretary of War, with the request that the Secretary of War forward the same to the Major-General commanding the Union Army of the Southeast. |
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Secretary of State required to take charge of books and documents in Library. |
No. IV.Concurrent Resolution.
[Concurred in January 13, 1865.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Secretary of State be authorized, and is hereby required, to take charge of all books and documents belonging to the State Library until the appointment of a Librarian. |
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Relative to a tri-weekly mail from Austin to Wellingtons station. |
No. V.Concurrent Resolution.
[Concurred in January 14, 1865.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators in Congress and our Representative be requested to use all due exertion to obtain the establishment of a tri-weekly mail, commencing at the city of Austin, and running thence via Canon City, Washington, Ione, and Mammoth, to Wellingtons Station, on the road leading from Carson City to Aurora, connecting with the mail on that route. Also, the establishment of a tri-weekly mail from the city of Austin, via Geneva, Bunker Hill, and Hot Springs, to San Antone, in Nye County. |
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No. VI.Concurrent Resolution.
[Concurred in January 21, 1865.]
Granting leave of absence to M. J. Noyes, County Surveyor of Lander County.
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That M. J. Noyes, County Surveyor of Lander County, be, and is hereby, granted leave of absence from the State for this period of five months, at such time as he may select during his term of office; on condition, however, that the said M. J. Noyes shall first make ample provision for, and then see to it, that all the duties of said office of County Surveyor of Lander County shall be fully and faithfully performed during his said absence. |
Leave of absence. |
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No. VII.Joint Resolution.
[Approved February 16, 1865.]
Whereas, The Congress of the United States has adopted, by a two-thirds vote, the subjoined: Be it Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three fourths of said Legislatures, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution, namely: Article thirteen, Section one. Neither slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section two. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, conjointly, by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada, That the Legislature of Nevada does hereby ratify and confirm the amendment to the Constitution of the United States, as proposed to be made by article thirteen, sections one and two of Constitutional amendments. |
Ratifying and confirming proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States in regard to the existence of slavery. |
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No. VIII.Concurrent Resolution.
[Concurred in February 16, 1865.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Governor be authorized and requested to telegraph to the President of the United States, the resolutions endorsing the proposed Constitutional amendments abolishing slavery throughout the Union, which passed this day. |
Requesting the Governor to telegraph resolution adopting amendment to Constitution of United States. |
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Memorial in relation to title to town sites in Nevada.
Senators and Representative requested to use all proper means to procure legislation asked. |
No. IX.Memorial and Joint Resolutions relative to town sites in the State of Nevada.
[Concurred in February 25, 1865.]
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled: Your memorialist, the Legislature of the State of Nevada, respectfully represent unto your honorable bodies, that within said State are several town sites which were selected, surveyed into lots, blocks, streets, alleys and public grounds, settled, and large villages and cities, with solid blocks of brick and stone building built upon them long previous to the passage by Congress of the Act entitled An Act for the disposal of coal lands and of town property in the public domain, approved July one, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four; that such selection and settlement was made under and with reference to the Act of Congress approved May twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, entitled An Act for the relief of the citizens of towns upon the lands of the United States, under certain circumstances, and the surveys thereof are upon an entirely different scale from the one mentioned in the first above mentioned Act; that to compel such settlers and occupants to obtain title to their lots under the said first mentioned Act, would, in a vast number of instances, work great hardship and damage, and in many cases the loss of a part or the whole of large and valuable buildings and improvements, beside the ground itself, which may have been purchased at a high price. That said Act of July one, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, an Act for the disposal of coal lands, and of town property in the public domain, when applied to town sites thus selected and laid out prior to the passage thereof, will, in the opinion of your memorialist, be entirely impracticable, and the advantages to be derived to the government, under it, will be found exceedingly insignificant in comparison to the damages and perplexity occasioned to the settlers: Wherefore, in consideration of the premises and the hardships and inconveniences aforesaid, and in view of the fact that said town sites were selected, surveyed and settled upon, lots sold and buildings erected, while said Act of May twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four was in force, and with the implied promise and full expectation that title thereto would be obtained thereunder in the manner therein prescribed, your memorialist hereby petitions your honorable bodies to so far reinstate said Act of May twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, as to give the occupants of such town sites so selected and settled upon prior to the passage of said Act of July one, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, the opportunity to obtain title to their said property under said Act of May twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, the same as heretofore; therefore, Be it Resolved, by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada, That our Senators and Representative in Congress be requested to use all proper means to procure the legislation above asked. |
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Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward to each of our Senators and Representative in Congress, a copy of this memorial and joint resolution, properly certified, with an impress of the great seal of the State thereto attached. |
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No. X.Concurrent Resolution.
[Concurred in March 3, 1865.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That section two of the enrolled copy of an Act to amend an Act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in the courts of justice of the Territory of Nevada, approved November twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, be amended by inserting the word or before the word second, on the sixth line of section second, enrolled bill, and by inserting the word or in the eighth line of enrolled copy of the Act, before the word third. Resolved, That the Chairman of the Senate Enrolling Committee be, and he is hereby, instructed to have the above named insertion made, and have the bill, so amended, re-presented to the Governor. |
Relative to amendment in enrolled bill. |
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No. XI.Joint Union Resolution.
[Passed March 4, 1865.]
Whereas, Our common country is now engaged in a deadly struggle for the preservation of its own existence, and the perpetuation of the manifold blessings which liberty and a continued union will bestow; and, whereas, the State of Nevada should not, through the negligence of its Representatives, occupy an equivocal position upon the momentous issues which now challenge the attention of the intelligent world; therefore,
Be it conjointly Resolved, by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada, First, that we appreciate the value of the inheritance bequeathed us by our Fathers; that we are profoundly imbued with the spirit of liberty, and are unalterably attached to the principles of constitutional government; and that to their continued preservation and defense we pledge the strength of our arms and the loyalty of our hearts. Second, That in Abraham Lincoln we recognize the true representative of an undivided and indivisible nation; that the patriotism and sagacity of his administration entitle him to the fullest confidence which freemen can bestow; that in the passage of the Act, by Congress, providing for an amendment to the constitution of the United States, eradicating and forever prohibiting slavery within the United States, in every place within the jurisdiction thereof, and its kindred measures, we hail the dawn of a new political era, and pray that its principles may be ever enforced until regenerated America shall forget the name of slave. |
Preamble.
Pledge of loyalty of the State of Nevada.
Confidence in the President |
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Congratulating members of Congress.
Monroe Doctrine.
Gratitude to heroic pariotism.
Copy of resolutions to be transmitted to representatives. |
within the jurisdiction thereof, and its kindred measures, we hail the dawn of a new political era, and pray that its principles may be ever enforced until regenerated America shall forget the name of slave. Third, That a majority of the members of the present and preceding term of Congress are entitled to the thanks and congratulations of the loyal people of the nation, for their faithful and efficient representation and service, their co-operation with the executive branch of our federal government, yielding thereto all needful appropriations and supplies, and imparting the moral power of a Congress devoted to the successful prosecution of the war for the Union. Fourth, That the Monroe Doctrine is a measure of political necessity; that the close proximity of royal courts to our borders threatens the corruption of our republican simplicity, and endangers the future peace and harmony of the whole country. We therefore most earnestly entreat the Federal Administration that it do not, under any circumstances, in any manner compromise the historic position of the government which it represents; but that the enforcement of this doctrine be reserved for statesmanship, or for arms, when their exercise shall be consistent with the best interests of the republic. Fifth, That to our brave soldiers and sailors, enlisted in defense of the nation, we extend the gratitude due to heroic patriotism; that we commit the gallant dead to the deathless fame that attends and awaits them, and pray that a peace, which shall reign over a united and emancipated land, may soon relieve the sufferings of a war-worn but undaunted people. Sixth, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to our Senators and Representative in Congress, with the request that these be presented and read in their respective bodies, and spread upon the journals of the national Senate and House of Representatives, in token and bond of the loyal sentiment of Nevada, expressed through its first Senate and Assembly, in legislative capacity assembled. |
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Word six in lieu of ten inserted. |
No. XII.Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed March 7, 1865.]
Resolved, by the Senate, and the Assembly concurring, That the Chairman of the Senate Enrolling Committee be, and he is hereby, authorized to substitute the word six in lieu of the word ten, after the word section, in the last line of section fourteen of enrolled copy of An Act to encourage enlistments and provide bounties and extra pay for our volunteer soldiers called into the service of the United States. |
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No. XIII.Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed March 7, 1865.]
Whereas, Long Valley, Honey Lake Valley and Surprise Valley, east of the summit of the Sierra Mountains, adjacent to rich deposits of mineral wealth, distinguished for the extent and productiveness of their grazing and agricultural lands, and each containing populous settlements, constantly augmented by emigration; and, whereas, the settlements are destitute of all mail facilities, being, respectively, fifty, sixty and eighty miles distant from the nearest post office; therefore,
Be it Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representative requested, to procure the establishment of a semi-weekly mail from the city of Virginia, State of Nevada, via Long Valley, Susanville, in Honey Lake Valley, to Rouses Ranche, in Surprise Valley, and a post office at that point. Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be, and he is hereby, requested to forward a copy of these resolutions to each of our Senators and Representative in Congress. |
Preamble.
Semi-weekly mail from Virginia City to Rouses Ranch, etc. |
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No. XIV.Joint Resolution.
[Passed March 6, 1865.]
To the President and members of the Senate:
Your Committee on Federal Relations, beg leave to report, and recommend the adoption, of the following preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, This is the day of the reinauguration of Abraham Lincoln, as President of these United States, we deem it fit and proper to
Resolve, First, That we specially acknowledge, and are grateful, for the protecting care of Almighty God, on behalf of our nation, during the past four years, and that we implore the same watchful Providence for the future. Second, That the memory of the fathers and founders of our Government is renewed in our hearts on this inauguration anniversary with the profoundest emotions of filial thankfulness and pride, for all their for sufferings and services in the establishment of free institutions their children and their childrens children, unto the end of time. Third, That the heroic deeds of our loyal people during the Administration of the present Chief Executive, which now illuminate the volume of our national record, and the re-election of Abraham Lincoln as President of these United States, have demonstrated alike to ourselves and to the world the unequaled virtuous strength of our Republic, |
Preamble.
Grateful for protecting care of Almighty God.
Free institutions.
Administration of the present Chief Executive. |
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virtuous strength of our Republic, which was born in righteous revolution against the tyranny of Great Britain, which successfully asserted in its earlier years the sacred liberty of its citizens, wherever they might be, as against the hand of foreign arrogance and intervention; which has extended, its domain in obedience to manifest and glorious destiny, until its boundaries are upon either ocean of the American continent; which has met the most formidable rebellion ever known upon fields and waters of unfavorable sun, and in the face of ready aid to its domestic enemies from the jealous and malignant despotism of Europe, and which has marched on from victory to victory, until the banner of our country, full high advanced, gleams in the very spirit of historic and prophetic exultation, as the triumphant armies of freedom gather in awful and irresistible array round about the last citadel of treason; a republic grand in its beginning, beneficent in all its life, sublime through the patriotism of its defenders, a republic of sister, sovereign commonwealths, now demonstrated to be indestructible, indivisible, imperishable. |
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Preamble.
Relative to a military force on the overland route.
Resolutions be forwarded to Senators, etc. |
No. XV.Joint Resolution.
[Passed March 7, 1865.]
Whereas, The Indian massacres which occurred during the summer and fall of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and which are now being re-enacted by the hostile tribes of Indians upon the overland route from this State to the Missouri River, thereby interfering with the settlement of this State and development of its mineral resources, and interrupt the Overland Mail; and whereas, Freight transported westward from the Missouri River has been, and can be, delivered at points on the eastern border of this State, at the same rates per pound, payable in the lawful money of the United States, as the same character of freight transported eastward from San Francisco to said points have been delivered, payable in United States gold and silver coin; and, whereas, The military force upon said route is entirely inadequate and insufficient to chastise the hostile tribes of Indians, and to keep them from committing their murderous attacks upon the emigrants to this State, and to keep the line of communication open from the Missouri River to this State; Therefore,
Be it Resolved, conjointly by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested to use their influence to have a sufficient military force placed along the Overland Route to give ample security to the said route of communication. Second, Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing, certified to by the Governor, be forwarded to our Senators and Representatives in Congress. |
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No. XVI.Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed March 8, 1865.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representative be requested, to use their influence to procure the establishment of a daily mail from Carson City, Ormsby County, via Empire City in said county to Dayton, Lyon County, and the establishment of a post office at Empire City. Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor, be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing resolution to each of our Senators and our Representative in Congress. |
Relative to a daily mail from Carson City to Dayton. |
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No. XVII.Memorial and Joint Resolutions in reference to the construction of a Railroad from the City of Virginia to the City of Austin, in the State of Nevada.
[Passed March 10, 1865.]
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, in Congress assembled:
Your memorialist, the Legislature of the State of Nevada, respectfully represents to your Hon. bodies, that the discovery of large deposits of gold, silver, and other minerals, in the vicinity of Austin, in said State, and the consequent influx of a large, energetic, and thrifty population, forming a settlement comprising near one fourth part of the entire population and present wealth of the State; the sure guarantee from exploration and present developments of the immeasurable richness and unbounded extent of these deposits; the unproductiveness of the surrounding country; the value of these mining interests, both to private speculation and to the national government; the remoteness of the place from the commercial metropolis and present mining center of the State, Virginia being separated therefrom by a dry, barren, and almost uninhabited and uninhabitable desert of two hundred miles in width, and next to impossible to pass on account of the deep sands and alkali flats; the consequent exorbitantly high price of labor and living; the necessary delay and extravagant expense in extracting and reducing the ores; the danger to transmit by animals, from hostile tribes of Indians who infest these deserts; and the almost entire absence of grass and water for beasts for a distance of over one hundred and fifty miles; in the opinion of your memorialists, render the building and completion of a railroad, from the city of Virginia aforesaid to said city of Austin, over the present Overland Mail road as nearly as may be, at the earliest possible moment, an absolute necessity, demanded alike by the people of that new region, and the country at lrage: |
Asking Congress for a donation of five millions of dollars to aid in the construction of a railroad from Virginia to Austin. |
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Wherefore, in consideration of the premises, and the great expense and outlay requisite in the construction of such an enterprise and road, your memorialist most earnestly petition your Hon. body for a donation, under proper restrictions, of five millions of dollars, in aid to such company or companies as shall undertake and complete such enterprise, within the shortest reasonable time; said road, when built, to form a branch of the great Pacific Railroad; Therefore, Be it Resolved, by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada, That our Senators be instructed, and our Representative in Congress requested, to use all and proper exertions and means to procure the above mentioned aid, for the object aforesaid. Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor, be requested to forward to each of our Senators, and to our Representative in Congress, a copy of this memorial and joint resolution, duly authenticated by the great seal of the State thereto attached. |
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Preamble.
Relative to a United States Branch Mint. |
No. XVIII.Joint Resolution.
[Passed March 10, 1865.]
Whereas, An appropriation has been voted by Congress for the building and establishment of a U. S. Branch Mint Mint in Carson, in this State; and, whereas, The long delay in the commencement of the construction of suitable mint buildings at the place designated is attributed to a question, or unsettled issue, respecting the title to the lot selected and donated as a site for such buildings; and, whereas, said title has been fully vindicated and guaranteed, and the Supplementary Congressional Bill recognizing such vindication, is supposed to have become a law; and whereas, The absolute demand for the speedy establishment of a branch mint in this State is manifest from the large production of bullion from our mines (fifteen millions dollars during the past year); Therefore,
Be it Resolved, conjointly by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada, That we strongly urge upon our United States Senators the propriety of, and necessity for, soliciting and advising the Secretary of the Treasury to at once inaugurate and hasten, with all possible dispatch, the work of building and establishing a U.S. Branch Mint in this State. Resolved, That the Governor be, and he is hereby, authorized and requested, to telegraph the above preamble and resolution to our Senators at Washington. |
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No. XIX.A Memorial from the People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, to the Congriss of the United States.
[In relation to the collection from mill owners of one sixth of the value of the lumber manufactured from timber on the lands of the United States.]
[Passed March 11, 1865.]
Whereas, Since the settlement of the Territory of Nevada, until a very recent date, all titles to lands have been merely possessory, depending upon the local laws of the said Territory; and, whereas, it has been absolutely necessary for the development of the mines, and to meet the demands of a growing population, that saw mills should be erected upon the United States lands, and the timber growing on such lands should be appropriated by such mill owners to the uses of the public; and, whereas, such appropriation has always been made with the expectation that the United States would make provisions for the purchase of such timber lands by the said mill owners; and, whereas, such mill owners have always been ready, and are now desirous, of purchasing from the United States such lands as soon as they are enabled so to do;
We, your memorialists, have heard with surprise, that the Secretary of the Interior of the United States has issued orders to the Federal officers within this State, to collect from such mill owners one sixth of the value of the lumber manufactured from timber so appropriated on the United States lands. Your memorialists being aware that such order must have been issued under a misapprehension of the state of things existing in this country, would most respectfully represent to your honorable body the following facts, which will demonstrate the injustice of such order, and the necessity of passing some law which will enable the said mill owners to procure a perfect title to such amounts of timber land as may seem just under the circumstances, at such reasonable prices as the exigencies of the trade will justify. 1st. This branch of the industry of the country deserves encouragement, instead of being burdened with taxation. It has contributed to the development of the country more than any other; without it nothing could have been accomplished either in mining or settlements. 2d. Lumber or timber cannot be manufactured and prepared for market, at the mill, with a less outlay than fifteen dollars per one thousand feet, in coin. It commands at the mill no more than eighteen dollars per thousand feet. Take from that the one sixth, demanded by the Secretary of the Interior, and the lumber man is ruined. 3d. These lands are of no practical value to the Government of the United States without the agency of those who bring the timber into use, and then the indirect advantage to the General Government arising from the development of the mines and the country generally, is vastly more valuable than any tax that can be imposed upon the right to use the timber. |
Title to lands.
Saw mills.
Timber lands.
Purchase.
Lumber.
Necessity to pass law to perfect title.
Taxation.
Lumberman ruined.
Development of mines. |
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Surveyor Generals district.
Order to be suspended.
Recommended for consideration. |
and the country generally, is vastly more valuable than any tax that can be imposed upon the right to use the timber. Your memorialists would most respectfully urge that the Congress of the United States erect the State of Nevada into a Surveyor Generals district, and appoint a Surveyor General, or re-attach the State to California, so that the lands may be brought into market, and also that some provisions be made to enable the parties who have secured possessory title to timber lands, under the laws of the Territory and State of Nevada, to perfect such titles by purchase from the United States at the minimum price of public lands, or that some means be devised by Congress by which the said timber lands can be made available to the State, as the present proposition of the Secretary of the Interior will prove destructive of one of the most necessary branches of the business of our State. Your memorialists would further urge, that the order of the Secretary of the Interior be suspended, as its operation will be disastrous if allowed to be enforced. All of which is most respectfully submitted, and earnestly recommended to your favorable consideration. |
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Adjournment sine die. |
No. XX.Joint Resolution.
[Passed March 10, 1865.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That this Legislature do adjourn sine die on the eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, at the hour of twelve oclock, midnight. |