No. I.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution Relative to Printing Governor’s Message.

[Passed January 5, 1881.]

      Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That twenty-five hundred copies of the Governor’s message be printed-five hundred for the Governor, five hundred for the State officers, one thousand for the Assembly and five hundred for the Senate.

Governor’s Message to be printed.

No. II.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution Relative to the Insane of Nevada.

[Passed January 27, 1881.

      Whereas, It is proposed at an early date to begin the erection of an asylum for the care and custody of the insane wards of Nevada; and,

      Whereas, The time of completion of such asylum is indefinite and uncertain; therefore,

      Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Commission for the Care of the Indigent Insane are hereby requested to invite proposals for the care of the insane wards of this State for the several periods: First, one year; second, two years; third, four years; fourth, six years; such bids to be requested from competent and responsible resident and non-resident parties, to be made in writing and delivered to both Houses of the Legislature, on or before the fifth (5th) day of February next.

Preamble.

Commissioners for the Care of the Insane requested to solicit bids for the care for certain periods.

Committee to be appointed to report bill for care of insane.

No. III.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution Relative to the Insane.

[Passed January 26, 1881.]

      Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That a committee of five be appointed-two from the Senate and three from the Assembly-whose duty it shall be to consider the most feasible plan for the care of our insane in this State, and report a bill for the same, if necessary.

Committee appointed to visit Orphans’ Home.

No. IV.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution Relative to a Committee to Visit the Orphans’ Home, &c.

[Passed January 25, 1881.]

      Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That a joint committee of three be appointed-two from the Assembly and one from the Senate-whose duty it shall be to visit the State Orphans’ Home, and to investigate the management of the same and the condition of the orphans who are the wards of the State, and to report as early as possible the result of their investigation.

Governor requested to return bill.

No. V.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution Requesting the Governor to Return Enrolled Bill.

[Passed January 28, 1881.]

      Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That His Excellency the Governor be requested to return to the House in which it originated Assembly Bill No. Nine, for amendment and correction.

Preamble relative to necessity of obtaining water for irrigation in this State

No. VI.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution in Relation to Artesian Wells.

[Passed January 31, 1881.]

      Whereas, Most of the arable lands in the State of Nevada are worthless in their present condition owing to the dry seasons and great deficiency of water; and,

      Wheras, A scarcity of water for irrigation greatly retards a large increase of population and permanent homes; and believing that water, in great abundance, may be had by sinking artesian wells, thereby bringing into market millions of acres of the public lands equally productive as those of other portions of the United States; therefore,

      Resolved, the Assembly and Senate concurring, That our Senators and Representative in Congress, be and they are hereby requested to use all honorable means in securing an appropriation of lands and money, or either, for the purpose of aiding in sinking artesian wells in the dry valleys and plains in the State of Nevada.

Requesting assistance of United States Government in sinking artesian wells

No. VII.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution Extending Sympathy to the People of Ireland.

[Passed February 7, 1881.]

      Whereas, It appears that the people of Ireland are seriously threatened with the horrors of famine; and,

      Whereas, The destitution and suffering that are now prevailing, and that are likely to increase, are, in a great measure, due to the system of land tenure which prevails in that unfortunate country; therefore,

      Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of Nevada view with most earnest and heartfelt sympathy the efforts now being made by patriotic Irishmen to ameliorate the condition of their beloved country, and extends to the Irish people its sincere wish for the success in their endeavors to obtain for themselves and their posterity the inestimable boon of equal laws and self government.

      Resolved, That we cordially sympathize with the people of Ireland in their present alarming condition from threatening famine, and in their lawful efforts to obtain relief from the oppressive landlord system.

Preamble.

Extending sympathy to the people of Ireland.

No. VIII.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution Relative to Sufferers at Franktown.

[Passed February 18, 1881.]

      Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That a committee of three-two from the Assembly and one from the Senate-be appointed to investigate and look into the damage of sufferers caused by the breaking of the dam at Franktown, and to draw a bill for the relief of said sufferers, if relief be necessary.

Committee to investigate breakage of Little Valley dam.

damage of sufferers caused by the breaking of the dam at Franktown, and to draw a bill for the relief of said sufferers, if relief be necessary.

Committee to visit State Prison

No. IX.–Assembly Substitute for Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 18, Relative to a Committee to Visit the State Prison.

[Passed February 9, 1881.]

      Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That a joint special committee be appointed-consisting of two from the Senate and three from the Assembly-whose duty it shall be to visit the State Prison and consult the Warden thereof and ascertain if there are any prisoners that, by reason of long confinement or good conduct, or other circumstances, should, in their opinion, be pardoned, and report the same to the Board of Pardons, as provided by an Act of the Legislature of this State, approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.

Preamble.

Request to establish a mail route between Dun Glen and Mill City.

No. X.–Assembly Joint Memorial and Joint Resolution Relative to Mail Route in Humboldt County.

[Passed February 26, 1881.]

      Whereas, In consequence of the vastly increased population of the mining town of Dun Glen (which now numbers upwards of five hundred (500) souls, and has besides several quartz mills in full operation and aggregating in all forty (40) stamps), the present mail facilities are totally inadequate to the postal necessities of such community; and,

      Whereas, The people of said Dun Glen have duly petitioned this honorable body to take some action in the matter; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our Senators and Representative in Congress be and are hereby requested to urge upon the Postoffice Department the importance of establishing a daily mail service between Dun Glen and Mill City, Humboldt County; and, be it further

      Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor, be and is hereby instructed, to forward to each of our representatives in Congress as aforesaid and also to the Postmaster-General a copy of these resolutions.

No. XI.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution Relative to Reservoir for Benefit of Cemetery at Carson.

[Passed February 23, 1881.]

      Resolved, the Assembly and Senate concurring, That for the purpose of excavating a reservoir near Carson City, Nevada, and for the purpose of constructing a ditch from said reservoir to the cemetery where Union soldiers and Mexican war veterans are buried, that permission is hereby granted to the Board of State Prison Commissioners, and said Board is required, in conjunction with the Warden of the State Prison, to furnish to a committee duly selected from Mexican veterans and members of Custer Post of the Grand Army of the Republic in Carson City, Nevada, all necessary State Prison convict labor which may or can be available for the completion of said work, at such times and in such manner as in the judgment of said Board and said Warden may be for the best interest of the State and the discipline of said prison.

Reservoir for benefit of cemetery in Carson containing remains of soldiers and Mexican war veterans.

No. XII.–Assembly Joint Memorial Resolution Relative to Establishing a Mail Route from Pine Station to Warm Springs Ranch (Diamond Valley), in This State.

[Passed February 21, 1881.]

      Whereas, There being no mail facilities to accommodate the settlers on the west side of Diamond Valley, in Eureka County, Nevada; therefore be it

      Resolved, That our Senators and Representative in Congress be, and are hereby requested, to urge upon the Postoffice Department the importance of establishing a semi-weekly mail route from Pine Station, a point on the Eureka and Palisade Railroad, to the Warm Springs Ranch, on the west side of Diamond Valley, a distance of fourteen miles, both of said points being in Eureka 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.

Request to establish a mail route in Eureka County.

Requesting the United States Government to donate land for reservation for Washoe Indians.

No. XIII.–Assembly Memorial and Joint Resolution Relative to Reservation for Washoe Indians.

[Passed February 23, 1881.]

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled:

      Your memorialists, the Legislature of the State of Nevada, respectfully represent to your Honorable Body: That, in the western portion of the State of Nevada, and especially in the counties of Douglas, Ormsby and Washoe, in said State, there are a numerous tribe of Indians known as the Washoe Indians, for which no reservation has been set apart by the Government of the United States; that experience has demonstrated that the white population and the Indian tribes are alike benefited by the policy of the General Government in excluding Indians from mingling with the whites; therefore your memorialists pray that a suitable tract of public land be set apart for the exclusive occupancy of said tribe under customary regulations; and be it

      Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor, be respectfully requested to transmit a copy of this memorial to each of our Senators and to our Representative in Congress.

No. I.–Senate Joint Resolution Relative to Mexican War Veterans.

[Passed February 1, 1881.]

      Whereas, More than thirty years have elapsed since the beginning of the memorable struggle which culminated in the complete triumph of our armies in the Republic of Mexico; and,

      Whereas, The result of that triumph was the sudden addition to the public domain of the United States of an expansive empire, incomparably fertile in its varied natural and artificial resources; and,

      Whereas, Most of the heroic men who survived the perils of battle by land and sea and who escaped death from the diseases pertaining to foreign and pestilential climate are now rapidly diminishing in numbers and are all growing old, many of them decrepit, impecunious and helpless; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators in Congress from the State of Nevada, and also our Representative in Congress, be requested to urge the speedy enactment of an Act by Congress providing for the granting of pensions to the surviving soldiers and sailors of the Mexican war.

      Resolved, That the Governor be directed to cause to be forwarded immediately to the Senators and Representative of Nevada in Congress copies of the joint resolution.

Relative to pensions for Mexican war veterans.

No. II.–Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to Meeting of Legislature, passed March 4, 1879.

[Passed February 1, 1881.]

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

Changing time of meeting of Legislature.

      Amend Section 2 of Article IV. of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows:

      Section Two.  The session of the Legislature shall be biennial and shall commence on the first Monday of February next ensuing the election of members of the Assembly, unless the Governor of the State shall, in the interim, convene the Legislature by proclamation.

Warden’s Report to be printed.

No. III.–Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to Printing Warden’s Report.

[Passed January 24, 1881.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That one thousand copies of the Report of the Warden of the State Prison be printed for general distribution.

No. IV.–Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to Printing Report of Board of Directors of State Orphans’ Home.

Report of Directors of State Orphans’ Home to be printed.

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That five hundred copies of the Report of the Board of Directors of the State Orphans’ Home, for 1879 and 1880, be ordered printed.

Adjutant-General’s Report to be printed.

No. V.–Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to Printing Report of Adjutant-General.

[Passed January 26, 1881.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That five hundred copies of the Biennial Report of the Adjutant-General, for the years 1879 and 1880, be printed for the Adjutant-General to distribute.

No. VI.–Senate Concurrent Resolution Relating to the Printing of the Report of the Surveyor-General and State Land Register.

[Passed January 19, 1881.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That there be printed one thousand copies of the Report of the Surveyor-General and State Land Register for the years 1879 and 1880.

Report of Surveyor-General to be printed.

No. VII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to Printing Report of Secretary of State.

[Passed January 28, 1881.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That five hundred copies of the Biennial Report of the Secretary of State for 1879 and 1880 be ordered printed.

Secretary of State, Report of to be printed.

No. VIII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to Printing Report of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

[Passed January 19, 1881.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That one thousand copies of the Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the years 1879 and 1880 be ordered printed.

Superintendent of Public Instruction, Report of to be printed.

No. IX.–Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to Printing Report of Fish Commissioner.

[Passed January 27, 1881.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That five hundred copies of the Report of the Fish Commissioner be printed for the use of the Legislature.

Fish Commissioner, Report of to be printed.

Warden requested to answer questions, and furnish same to the Legislature.

No. X.–Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to Warden of the State Prison; Information Requested.

[Passed February 2, 1881.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Warden of the State Prison be requested to furnish to this body answers to the following questions:

      First-How many persons are employed at the prison as officers, clerks, overseers, guards, or in any capacity connected with the government of the State Prison?

      Second-What compensation per day, week or month is paid such employed persons?

      Third-What number of continuous hours guards are required each day or night to perform such guard duty?

Preamble.

Committee to be appointed with power to report a bill computing representation.

No. XI.–Senate Joint Resolution Relative to Apportionment of Senators and Assemblymen.

[Passed January 26, 1881.]

      Whereas, The Constitution of the State of Nevada limits the aggregate of representation in the two Houses of the Legislature to seventy-five members; and,

      Whereas, The two Houses already consist of seventy-five members, and great changes have taken place in the relation of certain counties to the last apportionment of representation; therefore,

      Resolved, by the Senate and Assembly conjointly, 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 basis of the population of the various counties of this State as returned by the United States census for the year 1880, as their guide, as provided in the Constitution, with power to report by bill or otherwise.

No. XII.–Senate Joint Resolution to the Congress of the United States in Relation to the Discrimination in Fares and Freights by Inter-State Railroad Companies.

[Passed February 10, 1881.]

      Whereas, The people of the State of Nevada have long suffered, and do now suffer, under the impositions and exactions of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, which, besides retarding enterprise, injures the business and prosperity of the people of this State, and amounts to the most enormous, unjust and oppressive tax ever laid upon the industry of a people. The said railroad company exercises over the persons and property of others an almost absolute power, vicious and tyrannical, destructive of the rights of persons and of property, and opposed to common justice, as well as to every principle of civil and constitutional liberty known since the days of Magna Charta.

      Whereas, It is proper that the truth should be known concerning this corporation and its transactions, the following facts are herein stated: The people of Palisade, distant four hundred and thirty-five miles east from Sacramento, have to pay for freight on flour (fourth-class freight per published special rate tariff of Central Pacific Railroad), per car load, the sum of two hundred and eighty-two dollars from Sacramento, while the people of Toano, one hundred and twenty-nine miles further east, pay freight on flour, per car load, according to the printed special rate, the sum of two hundred and seventy-five dollars per car load; while the merchant having a contract for some so-called competitive point with this railroad company pays freight on the same article, to wit: flour per car load, only two hundred dollars. The merchant at Toano, having a special contract, pays eighty-two dollars per car load less freight than the merchant at Palisade, although, as before mentioned, the carriage is one hundred and twenty-nine miles more. The goods delivered at Palisade or Battle Mountain, distant respectively four hundred and thirty-five, and three hundred and eighty-three miles from Sacramento, have a freight charge of four hundred and eighty dollars per car load, while at Toano the freight amounts to two hundred and seventy-five dollars per car load to persons having special contract rates for so-called competitive points, the greater service being performed for the less amount. Persons shipping wool or other products from Palisade, Battle Mountain, Elko, or other points in this State to the Eastern States, have to pay local rates to Sacramento, thence freight at through rates back over the same road to the point of destination, the shipper being often compelled to pay freight at local rates for a distance of over five hundred miles, a service useless and unnecessary, even if rendered.

Preamble showing the manner of discrimination by the Central Pacific Railroad Company.

Requesting Members of Congress to urge the passage of the Reagan bill.

point of destination, the shipper being often compelled to pay freight at local rates for a distance of over five hundred miles, a service useless and unnecessary, even if rendered. The same unjust discrimination is practiced by this railroad company against the people of this State in the rates of freight upon goods shipped from points east of this State. The freight on a box of eggs from Ogden to Toano costs one man three and 35/100 dollars per box, and the same number of eggs, in the same sized box, and of the same weight, costs another man sixty-five cents. A hundred pounds of squashes costs one man, in freight, one and 35/100 dollars, while it costs another fifty-five cents. Hams and case goods cost one man two and 04/100, while it costs another but fifty-five cents. The distance from Ogden to Toano is one hundred and eighty-three miles. The same unjust discrimination is also practiced by this railroad company in passenger fares. A ticket from Omaha to San Francisco costs one hundred dollars, while a ticket from Omaha to Palisade, being six hundred miles nearer, costs ninety-five dollars. A person desiring to go East is charged within a fraction of the full fare (through) from San Francisco to the point he desires to reach, although he may ride over one-third or less of the line of the Central Pacific Railroad. More appalling examples of injustice than are shown by the above instances, selected from among a myriad of kindred transgressions, are hard to conceive; and,

      Whereas, Such pernicious practices should be no longer tolerated; therefore be it, by the Senate and Assembly conjointly,

      Resolved, That the passage of the bill now before Congress, known as the Reagan bill, prohibiting discrimination in fares and freights on inter-State railroads, will be hailed with joy by the people of this State as a measure of justice and relief.

      Resolved, 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 Reagan bill.

      Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor is hereby requested to transmit an engrossed copy of these resolutions, under the Great Seal of the State, at the earliest moment, to each of our representatives in Congress.

No. XIII.–Senate Memorial and Joint Resolution Relative to Government Buildings in Carson City.

[Passed February 10, 1881.]

      Whereas, By Act of Congress the District and Circuit Courts of the United States for the State of Nevada are required to hold their sittings in Carson City, now the Capital of the State of Nevada; and,

      Whereas, There is not in said Carson City a building or rooms of sufficient capacity or suitable for holding the sessions of said Courts, excepting the Capitol building of said State; and,

      Whereas, By Act of the Legislature of said State of Nevada use and occupancy of said Capitol building, except for State purposes, is prohibited; therefore,

      Resolved, That our Senators and Representative in Congress are hereby requested to procure, if possible, an appropriation of fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of erecting in Carson City, on such lot of land as the people thereof may donate to the United States, a building for the accommodation of said Courts and the officers thereof, as also the Postoffice and Land Office located in said Carson City.

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

Preamble.

Requesting appropriation from United States Government for the purpose of erecting buildings in Carson City.

No. XIV.–Senate Joint Resolution Relative to Daily Mail Service from the Town of Wells, in Elko County, via Cherry Creek, to the Town of Ely, in White Pine County.

[Passed February 16, 1881.]

      Whereas, The rapidly increasing settlement of that portion of White Pine County, lying between Humboldt Wells, on the line of the Central Pacific Railroad, and the town of Ely, in White Pine County, containing a population of nearly three thousand inhabitants and including, as it does, the rich mining region at and surrounding Cherry Creek, the prosperous agricultural districts contiguous thereto, and the more distant mining camps and stock farms, receiving their mail from this route, requires the more frequent distribution of mail matter; and,

      Whereas, The growing business interests are not sufficiently accommodated by the present postal facilities; therefore, be it

Preamble.

Requesting establishing of mail route between Humboldt Wells and Ely.

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators from the State of Nevada in Congress, and also our Representative, be requested to urge upon the Postoffice Department the importance of establishing a daily mail route between the points herein named.

      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.

Joint convention to elect Regent

No. XV.–Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to the Election of a Regent of the State University.

[Passed February 25, 1881.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That, in compliance with “An Act Providing for the Election of a Board of Regents, to Fix Their Term of Office and Prescribe Their Duties,” the Senate and Assembly meet in joint convention at two (p. m.) o’clock, in the Assembly Chamber, on Friday, the twenty-fifth day of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, for the purpose of electing one Regent of the State University.

Investigation of alleged frauds in printing.

No. XVI.–Senate Concurrent Resolution in Relation to Appointing a Committee to Investigate the Alleged Frauds in the State Printing Office.

[Passed February 25, 1881.]

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That a joint committee of five-two from the Senate and three from the House-be authorized and instructed to investigate the alleged frauds in the State Printing Office during the administration of the printer who did the State work prior to the administration of the present incumbent.

No. XVII.–Senate Joint Resolution to the Congress of the United States Relative to Procuring a Five-inch Telescope with Equatorial Stand and Clock-work for the Astronomical Observatory at Carson City, the Capital of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 28, 1881.]

      Whereas, There is an excellent Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory, at Carson City, the Capital of the State of Nevada; and,

      Whereas, We are credibly informed that there are eight five-inch telescopes with equatorial stands and clock-work (formerly used in the observation of the transit of Venus) not now in use in the Naval Observatory at Washington, D. C., under the supervision of Rear Admiral John Rodgers; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate and Assembly conjointly, That the Congress of the United States is hereby requested to loan to the said Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory at Carson City, the Capital of the State of Nevada, one of the said five-inch telescopes, together with the equatorial stand and clock-work for the use and benefit of said observatory; and to place the said instrument under the custodianship of Charles W. Friend, of Carson City, in the State of Nevada.

      Resolved, That the Governor is hereby requested to send to each of our members in Congress, and to Admiral John Rodgers, at his earliest convenience, an engrossed copy of this resolution, under the Great Seal of the State of Nevada.

Preamble.

Request for a telescope for use in Carson City.

No. XVIII.–Senate Memorial and Joint Resolution Relative to Lands in the State of Nevada.

[Passed March 3, 1881.]

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress Assembled:

      Your memorialists, the Legislature of the State of Nevada, respectfully represent that as the lands of the State of Nevada are essentially and strictly desert in character, and require the use of water to raise agricultural crops; and,

      Whereas, Such water must be supplied from the rivers and streams by artificial means for irrigating purposes and often at great expense in constructing long and costly ditches through which to conduct said water; and,

Preamble.

Requesting passage of law by Congress legalizing entries of assignees, etc.

      Whereas, The Act of Congress of date March 3, 1877, granting to citizens of the United States the right to locate, not to exceed, one section of desert land, on condition that the same shall be reclaimed within three years by bringing water thereon, seemed to imply by its terms, and by the blanks furnished the United States Land Offices, in stating that the party, or his assignee, or legal representative, shall be entitled to receive a patent therefor on complying with the terms of said Act, that said entries were assignable, and that many persons, citizens of the United States and of this State, have through said representation become the assignees of said desert land entries, and spent large sums of money in bringing in water to reclaim the same; and,

      Whereas, In most cases the original applicants have left the State, or are in a condition rendering final proof and payment for said tracts by them impossible, owning neither the entry or the water, the assignee must make the proof or it cannot be made at all; and,

      Whereas, The Honorable C. Schurz, Secretary of the Interior, by decision under date April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, has refused to allow patent to issue to the assignee of said entries, but admits that parties have equities that ought to be respected if the law would warrant it, and suggests additional legislation whereby the assignments shall be legalized; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators in Congress be and hereby are instructed, and our Representative in Congress be, and hereby is requested to use all honorable means to have passed a law legalizing all entries of assignees now made, and of those holding certificates running to the applicant or his assignees, to be hereafter made; be it further

      Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be requested to forward a copy of this memorial to each of our Senators and our Representative at Washington.

Preamble.

No. XIX.–Senate Joint Resolution Relative to Mail Service Between Columbus and Gold Mountain, in This State.

[Passed March 3, 1881.]

      Whereas, The present mail service between Columbus, Silver Peak, Lida Valley and Gold Mountain, in Esmeralda County, in this State, are totally inadequate to supply the growing importance and necessities of the people of that section; therefore, be it

      Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators be instructed and our Representative in Congress requested to use their influence with the Postoffice Department to have the mail on Route No.-, from Columbus via Silver Peak, Lida Valley to Gold Mountain, increased to six times a week.

      Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward a certified copy of the foregoing resolution to the Postmaster-General and to each of our Senators and to our Representative in Congress.

Relative to mail route between Columbus and Gold Mountain.

No. XX.–Senate Joint Memorial and Resolution to Congress Relative to a National Appropriation for Improving the Navigation of the Colorado River.

[Passed March 2, 1881.]

      Whereas, Evidences of a prehistoric race, advanced in the arts, science and civilization, once occupied that portion of our national domain bordering on the Colorado river, from the Big Canyon to the Gulf of California, which race or people, as essayed by the early explorers and travelers, by Humboldt, and by other reliable savants, not only inhabited large and regularly laid out cities, and, from traces of canals, aqueducts, highways and culverts, understood engineering and the system of irrigation and drainage, but from the mountains, ribbed by veins of quartz, the precious metals were hewn by the appliances of their intelligence; the placers yielding their golden nuggets, and the crucible revealing the reward of their industry all tend to denote the extensive mineral deposits and fertility of soil; and,

      Whereas, Another and a later civilization, embracing our adventurous pioneers, headed by the prospectors, the founders of other States, are now seeking homes along and near this famed water course; and,

      Whereas, Immeasurable benefits would accrue to this section by the rendering of the Colorado river navigable at all seasons of the year, while at present vessels can ascend to Callville only during the spring months; and,

      Whereas, Nevada has never asked the General Government to improve the rivers within and bordering our State; therefore, be it

      Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Representative requested to use every honorable effort to secure from the General Government an appropriation of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to improve the navigation of the Colorado River between Fort Yuma and Callville.

Preamble and resolution relative to improvement of Colorado River.

gation of the Colorado River between Fort Yuma and Callville.

      Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor, be requested to forward a copy of this resolution to the Hon. the Secretary of the Interior, to each of our Senators and Representative in Congress, to the Governor of California, the Governor of Arizona, and the Governor of Utah.