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RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIALS
passed at the
FIFTH SESSION OF NEVADA LEGISLATURE, 1871.
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ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS.
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No. I.Assembly Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed January 10, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That a committee of three be appointed, one from the Senate and two from the Assembly, to ascertain the amount of property belonging to the State, formerly used by the two Houses of the Legislature, said committee to report a full inventory of such property. |
Relative to legislative property. |
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No. II.Assembly Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed January 11, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That William H. Henderson, County Recorder of Lincoln County, is hereby granted leave of absence from the State for three months; provided, he leave a competent deputy to fulfill the duties of the office during his absence. |
Wm. H. Henderson granted leave of absence. |
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Relative to title to State Prison. |
No. III.Assembly Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed January 13, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That a special committee of five, three from the Assembly, and two from the Senate, be appointed to inquire into and report to their respective Houses, what action (if any) is necessary to perfect the title of the State to the grounds and buildings known as the State Prison. Said committee to be appointed by the President in the Senate, and by the Speaker in the Assembly, and to have power to send for persons and papers, and to administer oaths, and to employ a clerk at five dollars per day. |
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Relative to title to Plaza |
No. IV.Assembly Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed January 13, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That a committee of three, one from the Senate and two from the Assembly, be appointed by the chair. Said committee to examine and report upon the title of the State to the ground known as the Plaza, on which the Capitol Building is situate. |
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Relative to printing, etc., Governors inaugural address. |
No. V.Assembly Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed January 13, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That fifteen hundred copies of the Governors Inaugural Address be printed, eight hundred for the Assembly; five hundred for the Senate, and two hundred for State officers. |
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Requesting Capitol Commissioners to make report |
No. VI.Assembly Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed January 14, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Board of State Capitol Commissioners be, and are hereby requested to make their report in accordance with section fifteen of an Act entitled an Act to provide for the erection of State Capitol at Carson City. |
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No. VII.Assembly Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed January 14, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the following number of Homographic Charts of the Nevada State Government be ordered printed and furnished as follows: Ten copies to each member and attache of the Legislature, and two hundred and fifty copies to the Secretary of State for distribution among the State officers aud public libraries. |
Printing homographic charts, etc. |
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No. VIII.Assembly Concurrent Resolution relative to Sergeants-at-Arms of both Houses of the Legislature giving Bonds.
[Passed January 27, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Sergeants-at-Arms of the Assembly and Senate respectively be, and they are hereby each required forthwith to execute a bond to the State of Nevada, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars in United States gold coin, with two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Governor, to the effect that they will safely keep and preserve all moneys that may come into their hands out of the Contingent Fund, created by an Act entitled An Act to create a Legislative Fund, and pay the same out only upon resolution of their respective Houses. Upon the approval of said bonds the Governor shall file the same with the State Controller and report such action to the Legislature. |
Sergeants-at-arms required to execute bonds. |
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No. IX.Assembly Concurrent Resolution relating to Mail Service from Wadsworth to Belmont, Nevada.
[Passed February 10, 1871.]
Whereas, The rapid increase of population and extensive development of mineral and agricultural resources, and the rapid increase of business in the central portion of our State, embracing St. Clairs Station, Stillwater, West Gate, Ellsworth and San Antonio; and, Whereas, The amount of capital invested, the enterprise and industry of the population and their isolated condition from any mail communication, render a semi-weekly mail of the utmost importance to the business public of that section; therefore, be it Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our Senators be instructed, and our Representative in Congress be requested, |
Relative to mail service from Wadsworth to Belmont. |
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requested, to use all honorable means in their power with the proper department at Washington to procure at as early a day as practicable a semi-weekly mail service from Wadsworth, Washoe County, Nevada, via St. Clairs Station, Stillwater and West Gate, Churchill County, Nevada, and Ellsworth and San Antonio to Belmont, Nye County, Nevada, and for the establishment of three postoffices on said route, viz: One office at St. Clairs Station, Churchill County; one office at Stillwater, Churchill County, and one office at San Antonio, Nye County, Nevada. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward a copy hereof to each of the United States Senators and to our Representative in Congress. |
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Relative to mail route from Winnemucca to Camp Winfield Scott. |
No. X.Assembly Concurrent Resolution relative to Mail Service from Winnemucca to Camp Winfield Scott, Humboldt County, Nevada.
[Passed February 15, 1871.]
Whereas, The large and growing community in Paradise Valley is entirely destitute of mail facilities, other than such as are provided by private individuals at a heavy cost to the settlers residing in said valley; therefore, be it Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our Senators be instructed, and our Representative in Congress be requested, to use all honorable and proper means to procure the establishment of a mail route from Winnemucca to Camp Winfield Scott, at the head of Paradise Valley, in said Humboldt County, Nevada. |
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Relative to listing over lands. |
No. XI.Assembly Concurrent Resolution relative to instructing Representatives in Congress to use their influence to induce the Government to list over the lands belonging to the Central Pacific Railroad in this State.
[Passed February 20, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That we most earnestly and respectfully urge upon our Senators and Representative in Congress to use such means and employ such efforts as to them shall seem necessary in order to secure the listing over by the proper authorities of the Government, all lands accruing to the Central Pacific Railroad Company in the State of Nevada, as soon as the plats of the surveys covering such lands are returned to the office of the United States Land Commissioner in Washington. |
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No. XII.Assembly Concurrent Resolution relating to Mail Service from Pine Grove to Rockland, Nevada.
[Passed March 21, 1871.]
Whereas, Mineral resources have been rapidly and extensively developed and population has rapidly increased in the town of Rockland and vicinity, in Esmeralda County, Nevada; and, Whereas, The immense amount of capital invested, and the industry and enterprise of the population and their isolated condition from mail communication, render a tri-weekly mail service from Pine Grove to Rockland and the establishment of a postoffice at Rockland, of the utmost importance to the business public of the above named section; therefore, be it Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our Senators be instructed, and our Representative in Congress be requested, to use all means and honorable endeavors within their power with the Postoffice Department at Washington, to procure at as early a time as practicable a tri-weekly mail service from Pine Grove, Esmeralda County, Nevada, to Rockland, Esmeralda County, Nevada, and for the establishment of a postoffice at Rockland, Esmeralda County, Nevada. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward a copy hereof to each of our United States Senators and our Representative in Congress. |
Relative to mail service etc. |
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No. XIII.Assembly Concurrent Resolution relating to Mail Service from Wadsworth, Nevada, to Fort Independence, California.
[Passed February 25, 1871.]
Whereas, The rapid increase of population and extensive development of mineral and agricultural resources, and the rapid increase of business in the southern portion of our State, embracing Metallic District, Columbus, Silver Peak, Palmetto and Fish Lake Valley; and, Whereas, The amount of capital invested, the enterprise and industry of the population and their isolated condition from any direct mail communication, render a weekly mail service of the utmost importance to the business public of that section; therefore, be it Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our Senators be instructed, and our Representative in Congress be requested, to use all honorable means within their power with the proper department at Washington, to procure at as early a day as practicable, a weekly mail service from Wadsworth, Washoe County, Nevada, via Walker River, Metallic District, Roads Salt Marsh, Columbus, Silver Peak, Palmetto, and Fish Lake Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada, to Fort Independence, Inyo County, California, and for the establishment of two additional postoffices on said route: one office at Metallic District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, and one office at Fish Lake Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada. |
Relative to mail service etc. |
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County, California, and for the establishment of two additional postoffices on said route: one office at Metallic District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, and one office at Fish Lake Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward a copy hereof to each of our United States Senators and Representative in Congress. |
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F. H. Harmon granted leave of absence. |
No. XIV.Assembly Concurrent Resolution relative to granting Leave of Absence to F. H. Harmon, District Attorney of Lander County.
[Passed February 25, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That F. H. Harmon, District Attorney of Lander County, is hereby granted leave of absence from this State for the period of six months, at any time during his term of office; provided, that said District Attorney shall have a competent deputy to discharge all the duties of said office required by law during his absence. |
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John H. Dennis granted leave of absence. |
No. XV.Assembly Concurrent Resolution relative to granting Leave of Absence to John H. Dennis, Clerk of Lander County.
[Passed March 2, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That John H. Dennis, County Clerk of Lander County, is hereby granted leave of absence from this State for the period of six months, at any time during the term of his office; provided, that he shall have a competent deputy to discharge the duties of said office required by law during his absence. |
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Relative to mail service between Elko and Tuscarora. |
No. XVI.Assembly Concurrent Resolution in relation to the establishment of a weekly Mail Service between the towns of Elko and Tuscarora, Nevada.
[Passed March 2, 1871.]
Whereas, The citizens of the town of Tuscarora, Independence Valley, Elko County, Nevada, are wholly and entirely dependent upon individual and private enterprise for mail facilities; and, |
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Whereas, Such means of intercourse or mail facilities are not only burdensome, but irregular and uncertain, particularly during the inclement season of the year, arising from the peculiar character of the country and its surroundings; therefore, be it Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our Senators be instructed, and our Representative in Congress be requested, to use all honorable means within their power with the proper department at Washington, to procure at as early a day as practicable, a weekly mail service from Elko, Nevada, to said town of Tuscarora, Nevada. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward a copy thereof to each of our Senators and Representative in Congress. |
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Relative to printing Governors Message. |
No. I.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to Printing Governors Message.
[Passed January 4, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly Concurring, That one thousand copies of the Governors Message be printed; two hundred and fifty copies for the Governor; two hundred and fifty copies for the Senate, and five hundred copies for the Assembly. |
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Relative to printing report of Mineralogist. |
No. II.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to printing Report of State Mineralogist.
[Passed January 6, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That fifteen hundred copies of the Report of the State Mineralogist be ordered printed; nine hundred for the Assembly; five hundred for the Senate, and one hundred for the State Mineralogist. |
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Relative to installation Governor and Lieut. Governor. |
No. III.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to committee to make arrangements for the Installation of the State Officers elect.
[Passed January 9, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That a committee of three, to be composed of one from the Senate and two from the Assembly, be appointed to wait upon the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor elect, to ascertain their pleasure in reference to their installation in office, and that said committee make all necessary arrangements on the part of the two Houses pertaining to said installation. |
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No. IV.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to appointing a Joint Committee on Defalcation in late State Treasurer, E. Rhoades, accounts.
[Passed January 9, 1871.]
Whereas, It appears from the Governors Message, transmitted to the Legislature, that a defalcation in the State Treasury of over one hundred and six thousand dollars exists; and, Whereas, Judgment has been duly rendered in the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, against the bondsmen of the defaulting Treasurer; and, Whereas, Certain of said bondsmen are reputed insolvent; therefore, Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That a joint committee of seven be appointed, three from the Senate and four from the Assembly, to examine into and report upon the defalcation of the late State Treasurer, E. Rhoades, the probable amount that can be collected on execution of his bondsmen, and to further inquire into the dereliction of duty on the part of the Board of Examiners, in failing to comply with the requirements of an Act entitled An Act relating to the Board of Examiners, to define their duties and powers, and to impose certain duties on the Controller and Treasurer, approved February 7, 1865, with power to employ a clerk, and to send for persons and papers, and to administer oaths. |
Relative to appointment of joint committee on defalcation of late State Treasurer. |
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No. V.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to the Sergeant-at-Arms distributing copies of printed Bills.
[Passed January 10, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate is hereby directed to deliver to the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, for the use of the Assembly, two thirds of the number of copies of all bills printed by order of the Senate, and the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly is hereby directed to deliver to the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, for the use of the Senate, one third of the number of copies of all bills printed by order of the Assembly. |
Relative to distribution of printed bills. |
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No. VI.Senate Concurrent Resolution.
[Passed January 12, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the joint committee appointed to investigate the defalcation in treasury, etc., be, and hereby is, instructed to report the date when the defalcation occurred. |
Instruction to joint committee on defalcation. |
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Relative to distribution of report of State Mineralogist. |
No. VII.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to distribution of Report of State Mineralogist.
[Passed January 12, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the fifteen hundred copies of the biennial Report of the State Mineralogist, heretofore ordered printed, shall be appropriated and distributed as follows: The State Printer is hereby instructed to deliver to the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, two hundred and forty copies; to the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, four hundred and eighty copies; to the State Mineralogist, one hundred and thirty copies; to the Secretary of State, two hundred copies, to be by him distributed among the Governors and other State officials and State librarians of the several States, and four hundred and fifty copies to the Secretary of State, to be by him transmitted in equal proportions to our Senators and Representative in Congress. |
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Relative to printing and distribution of report of Superintendent Public Instruction. |
No. VIII.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to printing Report of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
[Passed January 14, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That seven hundred and twenty copies of the report and accompanying documents, except that numbered one, of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction be printed, three hundred copies thereof being for the use of the members of the Assembly, and one hundred and fifty copies thereof for the use of the members of the Senate, and thirty copies thereof to be delivered to the Secretary of State, and the balance to be delivered to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the use of School District Trustees, County Superintendents and others in his department, and to supply exchange with States and counties. |
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Relative to use of furniture for Orphans Home. |
No. IX.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to using Furniture of last legislature in State Orphans Home.
[Passed January 18, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Board of State Orphans Home Commissioners be, and are hereby authorized to use, in fitting a school room in the State Orphans Home Building, all of the old Legislative furniture not otherwise appropriated. |
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No. X.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to Secretary of State furnishing Fuel for Senate and Assembly.
[Passed January 19, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby instructed, to furnish the necessary fuel for the Senate and Assembly, and to paint the air-pipes leading from the furnaces to the legislative chambers, and that the same be paid for out of the contingent funds of each House, when created, in equal proportions. |
Instructing Secretary of State to furnish fuel, etc. |
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No. XI.Memorial and Resolution relative to repealing laws imposing Duties on Quicksilver.
[Passed January 20, 1871.]
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, would respectfully represent, that the leading industry of this State is mining for the precious metals; and to the production of such metals, and the successful working of the mines of silver and gold, the capitalist must look for wealth and the laborer for employment. Your memorialist would further represent, that in the reduction of the ores found in this State, quicksilver is absolutely required for the purpose of amalgamation, and that there is an average loss of quicksilver in the working of said ores of one and a half pounds to the ton of ore reduced. It is further represented, that the price of quicksilver has advanced in this State from fifty-five cents per pound in the year a. d. eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to ninety cents, its present price, and that in consequence of the increased price of said metal vast quantities of low grade ores and tailings cannot now be worked; that the product of all the quicksilver mines in the United States is in the hands and under the control of a single corporation or association, and being so controlled, there is no competition either in the working of such mines or sale of their product. Your memorialist would further represent, that there is produced on the Pacific coast a quantity of quicksilver much larger than the consumption of the whole United States, and therefore the Government derives no benefit from the duty imposed upon the foreign product. Your memorialist therefore prays that all laws imposing any duty whatever on quicksilver imported from foreign countries be repealed. Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Governor of the State of Nevada be, and is hereby, authorized to cause to be made a copy of this memorial, and forward the same to our Senators and Representative in Congress. |
Relative to repealing laws imposing duties on quicksilver. |
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Printing and distribution of reports of Treasurer and Controller. |
No. XII.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to printing Reports of State Treasurer and Controller.
[Passed February 1, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That fifteen hundred copies each of the Reports of the Treasurer and Controller be ordered printed, to be distributed in the same manner as is provided for the distribution of the Report of the State Mineralogist. |
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Relative printing, etc., rules and joint rules. |
No. XIII.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to printing two hundred and forty copies of Rules and Joint Rules of Senate and Assembly.
[Passed February 1, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That two hundred and forty copies of the rules and joint rules of the Senate and Assembly be ordered printed, eighty copies for the Senate and one hundred and fifty copies for the Assembly. |
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Printing, etc., report of Surveyor-General and Register. |
No. XIV.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to printing Report of Surveyor-General and State Land Register.
[Passed February 1, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That fifteen hundred copies of the Report of the Surveyor-General and State Land Register be ordered printed; two hundred copies to each Representative in Congress, four hundred and eighty copies for the Assembly, two hundred and forty copies for the Senate and one hundred and eighty copies for the Surveyor-General. |
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N. H. Westfall granted leave of absence. |
No. XV.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to granting Leave of Absence to N. H. Westfall, Sheriff of Humboldt County.
[Passed February 6, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That N. H. Westfall, Sheriff of Humboldt County, is hereby granted leave of absence from the State, at any time in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, for a period of ninety days; provided, said Sheriff shall have a competent deputy to discharge the duties of his office in his absence. |
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eight hundred and seventy-one, for a period of ninety days; provided, said Sheriff shall have a competent deputy to discharge the duties of his office in his absence. |
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No. XVI.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to granting Leave of Absence to John Kane, Sheriff of Lincoln County.
[Passed February 10, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That John Kane, Sheriff of Lincoln County, be, and he hereby is, granted leave of absence from said county or State for the period of six months, in the year a. d. one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. |
John Kane granted leave of absence. |
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No. XVII.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to printing Reports of Committees on Title to Capitol Grounds, Capitol Commissioners, and Committee on Title to State Prison Grounds.
[Passed February 13, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That seven hundred and twenty copies of the Report of Committee on Title to Capitol Grounds, and the Report of the Capitol Commissioners, and of the Report of Committee on Title to State Prison Grounds, and the three reports submitted be printed in one pamphlet. |
Relative to printing reports of Committee on title to Capitol Grounds, etc. |
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No. XVIII.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to Committee on Defalcation.
[Passed February 13, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the joint committee of the Senate and Assembly, charged with the duty of investigating the matter of the defalcation in the State Treasury, be, and are hereby, instructed to report forthwith their reasons for not proceeding to such investigation. |
Instructing Committee on defalcation of late Treasurer. |
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Relative to appointment of Committee on patnting for the two Houses. |
No. XIX.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to appointment of committee from Senate and Assembly to select subjects from which to order Paintings for the two Houses.
[Passed February 14, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That a committee, consisting of two from the Senate and three from the Assembly, be appointed, whose duty it shall be to select suitable subjects for two paintings for the two Houses. |
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Relative to employment of Chinese in U. S. Branch Mint, etc. |
No. XX.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to the employment of Chinese in the U. S. Branch Mint, Carson City, Nevada.
[Passed Febrnary 16, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that our Senators and Representative in Congress be requested to use all proper influence to prevent the employment of Chinese in and about the United States Branch Mint, at Carson City, Nevada, or upon any government work within the State of Nevada. The Governor of this State is respectfully requested to cause to be forwarded to the Senators and Representative aforesaid copies of this resolution. |
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Swamp and overflowed lands in this State.
Asking Congress to grant the same to this State. |
No. XXI.Senate Joint Resolution relative to Swamp and Overflowed Lands.
[Passed February 18, 1871.]
Whereas, there is within the State of Nevada a large quantity of Swamp and Overflowed Lands; and, whereas, the Congress of the United States on the twenty-eighth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and at various times since, granted such lands to various States of the Union wherein situated; and, whereas, the benefits conferred by said Acts of Congress have not been extended to the State of Nevada; therefore, Resolved, by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of Nevada, conjointly, That the Congress of the United States be and is hereby most respectfully requested and urged to extend, by appropriate legislation, to the State of Nevada the benefits of an Act of Congress approved September twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, granting Swamp and Overflowed Lands to the State of Arkansas, and to other States of the Union. |
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Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby, requested to transmit a certified copy of this preamble and resolution to each of the Senators and the Representative of this State in Congress, and to Messrs. Britton & Gray, the attorneys of this State in Washington City, D. C. |
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No. XXII.Senate Joint Resolution relative to Swamp and Overflowed Lands.
[Passed February 18, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators be and are hereby instructed, and our Representative in Congress requested, to use all honorable and proper means to procure the passage of an Act of Congress extending to the State of Nevada the benefits of an Act approved September twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, whereby Swamp and Overflowed Lands were granted to the State of Arkansas, and other States of the Union. Resolved, That the Governor be, and is hereby, requested to forward a copy hereof to each of our United State Senators, and to our Representative in Congress, and to Messrs. Britton & Gray, the attorneys of this State in Washington, D. C. |
Asking Congress to grant swamp and overflowed lands to this State. |
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No. XXIII.Senate Joint Resolution relative to the election of a Board of Regents.
[Passed February 21, 1871.]
Whereas, the election of the Board of Regents by the Legislature in Joint Convention assembled, on the fourth day of March, a. d. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, was irregular and illegal, being ostensibly by virtue of law, but in point of fact prior to the passage of the Act entitled An Act to provide for the election of the Board of Regents, to fix their term of office, and prescribe their duties, approved March fifth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine; and Whereas, The Governor did, on the eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, appoint a Board of Regents, to fill the vacancy occasioned by such illegal election; therefore, be it Resolved, by the Senate and Assembly conjointly, That the two Houses of the Legislature meet in joint convention, on Tuesday next, February twenty-first, at seven oclock p. m., and proceed to elect a Board of Regents, in accordance with the requirements of the Act heretofore cited. |
Relative to the election of a Board of Regents.
Ordering an election. |
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Relating to a re-apportionment of representation in legislature. |
No. XXIV.Senate Joint Resolution relative to appointing a Committee to establish a basis for a change of Representation.
[Passed February 24, 1871.]
Whereas, The Constitution of the State of Nevada limits the aggregate of representation in the two Houses of the Legislature to seventy-five members (Art. 15, Sec. 6, Const.); and Whereas, The two Houses already consist of sixty-nine members, with propositions already pending for the creation of at least one new county, necessarily involving a further increase of representation; therefore, Resolved, by the Senate and Assembly conjointly, That a new apportionment of representation be made, on the basis of not more than sixteen Senators and thirty-two Assemblymen; and that a joint committee of seven, three from the Senate, and four from the Assembly, be appointed by the presiding officers of the two Houses respectively, whose duty it shall be to make a careful computation of representation on the above basis; taking the official report of the census taken in the year eighteen hundred and seventy as their guide, as provided in the Constitution of Nevada, Art. 15, Sec. 13, with power to report by bill or otherwise. |
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Asking Congress to establish reduction works on the C. P. R. R. |
No. XXV.Senate Joint Memorial and Concurrent Resolution relative to the United States Government providing for the establishment of Reduction Works.
[Passed February 27, 1871.]
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
Your memorialist, the Legislature of the State of Nevada, do most respectfully represent, that there is between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean a vast number of mines, yielding gold, silver, lead and many other metals, that are valuable and indispensable to the various industries of the world; and that in the most perfect and practicable establishment for the reduction of said ores, now in operation in said region, a large percentage of the gold, silver and lead, and nearly the whole of other base metals, are lost or destroyed, the character of said reduction works being such that those metals cannot be saved, and that a very great number of mines of great wealth are already discovered in the State of Nevada, and in other localities, accessible to the Central Pacific Railroad, whose ores are now either left to lie in the mine awaiting improved facilities for reduction; worked at a great loss of valuable metals by present imperfect methods; or shipped to Europe, where those processes are so perfect as to save nearly all that is valuable in said ores; and that the erection of such works as are necessary for the perfect and economical reduction of said ores will be so expensive that in this, |
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such works as are necessary for the perfect and economical reduction of said ores will be so expensive that in this, as in other countries, the assistance of the Government will be found necessary for the inauguration of the enterprise, and that the establishment of such reduction works at some accessible point in the Great Basin west of the Rocky Mountains, would be of incalculable benefit, by saving to the people of the United States the money now paid for transportation to, and the reduction of said ores, in foreign countries, by making valuable a vast number of mines now idle, and giving a new impetus to base-metal mining, by giving employment to thousands of additional laborers, and by largely increasing the developments of the mineral wealth of the United States; and your memorialist would further represent, that it is their opinion, the proceeds of the sales of mineral lands could be appropriated to no purpose so conducive to public welfare as the establishment of this enterprise to encourage mining; therefore they pray your honorable body to set apart all of the moneys arising from the sales of mineral lands, under such conditions as your honorable body may deem fit, for the purposes hereinbefore set forth; and that reduction works similar in character to those in Swansea, England, or of such character as modern scientific discoveries may suggest, shall be established at some point on or near the Central Pacific Railroad, most accessible to the mines of our region. Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators are instructed, and our Representative in Congress requested, to use their utmost endeavors to secure the passage of a law that will accomplish the objects set forth in the above memorial; and, Resolved, further, That the Governor be requested to forward a copy of this memorial and resolution to each of our Senators and to our Representative in Congress, asking their early attention to the subject. |
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No. XXVI.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to changing certain Moneys from the General to the Special Deposit Fund in the State Treasury.
[Passed February 27, 1871.]
Whereas, The sum of two hundred and twenty dollars and eighty-five cents was, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy, placed in the General Fund by the State Treasurer, through a mistake, when said sum should have been placed in the Special Deposit Fund; and, Whereas, The Treasurer cannot now correct the mistake without authority of the Legislature; therefore, Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the State Treasurer is hereby directed to transfer said sum of two hundred and twenty dollars and eighty-five cents, in currency, from the General Fund to the Special Deposit Fund, and report the same to the State Controller, who shall make the necessary entries on his books. |
To authorize the transfer of certain moneys in different funds. |
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the same to the State Controller, who shall make the necessary entries on his books. |
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Asking for an extension of time in which to erect a State College. |
No. XXVII.Senate Joint Resolution relative to Public Lands granted by Congress to the State of Nevada.
[Passed February 28, 1871.]
Whereas, The grant of thirty thousand acres of land to this State from the public domain for each Senator and Representative in Congress from this State, amounting in the aggregate to ninety thousand acres, was made by the Congress of the United States, by virtue of an Act of Congress, entitled An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide Colleges of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, approved July second, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two; and the Act amendatory thereof, approved April fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four; and, Whereas, By virtue of an Act of Congress entitled An Act concerning certain land grants to the State of Nevada, approved July fourth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, said grant was continued on condition that at least one College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts shall be built within five years from the date of the acceptance of said grant by said State; and, Whereas, The time in which such college must be provided or established, in order to secure said grant of land, will expire by limitation on the ninth day of April, a. d. one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two; therefore, be it Resolved, by the Senate and Assembly conjointly, That our Senators and Representative in Congress be requested to use every effort in their power to obtain an extension of the time, not less than five years, in which this State may provide or establish said college. |
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Ordering the Act to tax proceeds of mines printed. |
No. XXVIII.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to printing the Act providing for the Taxation of the Proceeds of Mines.
[Passed March 1, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That one hundred copies in pamphlet form of the Act providing for taxing the net proceeds of the mines be printed by the State Printer, and distributed by the Controller among the revenue officers of the several counties of the State as soon as practicable, and that the same shall not be printed in the Appendix to the Journal. |
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No. XXIX.Senate Joint Resolution and Memorial relative to the annexation of a portion of Idaho to the State of Nevada.
[Passed March 1, 1871.]
Whereas, the northern terminus of the numerous great silver-bearing belts which pass through our State; the channel of trade and travel to and from the Owyhee mining region; the business and commercial relations which exist between our people and the people of the Owyhee portion of our neighboring Territory, all point to and designate Snake River as the proper and natural northern boundary of the State of Nevada; and Whereas, It would be of great mutual benefit to annex all that portion of Idaho Territory lying south of said river to Nevada; and Whereas, The citizens Owyhee county are almost unanimously in favor of annexation to this State; therefore, be it conjointly Resolved, by the Senate and Assembly, That our Senators be, and they are hereby instructed, and our Representative in Congress requested, to use their utmost endeavors to secure the annexation to Nevada of all that portion of Idaho Territory lying south of Snake River, and extending from the eastern boundary of Oregon to the eastern boundary of this State, so far as an Act of Congress can accomplish the same. Resolved, further, That the Legislature of the State of Nevada does hereby consent to a change of the boundary line of said State, so as to embrace the above named territory. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor is hereby requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to each of our Senators, and to our Representative in Congress. |
Asking Congress to annex Owyhee County, Idaho Territory, to this State. |
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No. XXX.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to granting leave of absence to J. D. Patterson, Sheriff of White Pine County.
[Passed March 1, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That J. D. Patterson, Sheriff of White Pine County, is hereby granted leave of absence from the State for the period of six months, at such time as he may select during the years of 1871 or 1872. |
Patterson granted leave of absence. |
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Authorizing the Treasurer to receive certain canceled stamps. |
No. XXXI.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to the exchanging of Revenue Stamps by the Central Pacific Railroad Company.
[Passed March 1, 1871.]
Whereas, The Central Pacific Railroad Company has purchased from the State of Nevada upwards of twenty thousand revenue stamps of the State of Nevada, of the value of one dollar each, and has accidentally canceled four hundred and seventy of the same which have never been used; therefore, be it Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to receive said canceled stamps from said company in exchange for stamps of any denomination which said company may require, in value equal to said canceled stamps; provided, that the Treasurer shall be satisfied that said canceled stamps have never been used on any instrument. Resolved, That the Controller be, and is hereby, directed and required, in his settlement with the Treasurer, to allow said Treasurer four hundred and seventy dollars in his stamp account for said canceled stamps, and destroy the same. |
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Stein granted leave of absence. |
No. XXXII.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to granting Leave of Absence to Robert Stein, Sheriff of Nye County.
[Passed March 1, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That Robert Stein, Sheriff of Nye County, be, and is hereby, granted leave of absence from this State for the period of six months, at any time he may select during his term of office. |
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Report ordered printed. |
No. XXXIII.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to printing Report of Committee on Defalcation of State Treasurer.
[Passed March 1, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That five hundred copies of the report of the special committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the late State Treasurer, together with the evidence taken by said committee, be ordered printed. |
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No. XXXIV.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to instructing Secretary of State to furnish ex-Governor Blasdel certain copies of Statutes and Journals.
[Passed March 1, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Secretary of State furnish, free of charge, to ex-Governor Blasdel, a copy of the Statutes of this State, and of the Journals of the Senate and Assembly for each session from 1864 to 1871, both inclusive |
Secretary of State to furnish documents. |
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No. XXXV.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to Compensation of Secretary of State for Enrolling.
[Passed March 2, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Controller of State is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Legislative Fund in favor of James D. Minor, for the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay for the enrolling of the laws passed at the fifth session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada, when the same shall have been properly certified to said Controller by the Secretary of State. |
Authorizing Controller to issue warrant favor of Secretary of State. |
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No. XXXVI.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to Joint Committee.
[Passed March 2, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That a committee of two from each House be appointed to wait on his Excellency the Governor, to ascertain whether he has any further communications to make to either branch of the Legislature. |
Committee to wait on the Governor. |
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No. XXXVII.Senate Joint Resolution asking the State of California to cede the territory east of the summit of Sierras to Nevada.
[Passed March 2, 1871.]
Whereas, In the establishment of boundaries, naturally and geographically defined lines are generally preferable, and should be adopted rather than artificial ones, in the separation and erection of communities into independent governments; and |
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Relating to natural boundaries between Nevada and California.
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be adopted rather than artificial ones, in the separation and erection of communities into independent governments; and Whereas, Manifest and great injustice is generally done by the adoption of artificial instead of natural division lines between States, especially when the latter are well defined, as in case of a river, or a mountain range; and Whereas, So much of the State of California as lies east of the summit of the Sierra Nevada mountains belongs, as it were, naturally to the State of Nevada, and the people inhabiting such territory are accustomed to the transaction of their business abroad chiefly in this State, and would, therefore, be better accommodated if such territory were annexed by cession to this State; and Whereas, The Act of Congress of March 2, 1861, organizing the Territory of Nevada, provides that the boundary line between Nevada and California may be established by the Legislature of the latter State on the ridge separating the waters of Carson Valley from those which flow into the Pacific ocean; therefore, Resolved, by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada, conjointly, That the Legislature of the State of California be, and is hereby, most respectfully requested and urged to cede to the State of Nevada all the territory of said former State lying east of the summit of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor of Nevada be, and is hereby, requested to forward a certified copy of the foregoing preamble and resolution to each, the Governor of California, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the Assembly, immediately upon the meeting and organization of the next Legislature of said State. |
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Relating to Hon. L. Doron. |
No. XXXVIII.Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to Committee on Defalcation in State Treasury.
[Passed March 2, 1871.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Joint Committee on State Treasury defalcation amend its report, so as to show that in speaking of the late State Controller, it does not refer to Hon. Lewis Doron. |
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