No. I.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 3, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That twenty-five hundred (2,500) copies of the Governor’s Message be ordered printed-one thousand (1,000) copies for the use of the Senate, and fifteen hundred (1,500) copies for the use of the Assembly.

Relative to printing the Governor’s message.

No. II.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 9, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That a joint committee of five be appointed, three from the Assembly and two from the Senate, whose duty it shall be to visit the asylum at Woodbridge, in California, where the insane of this State are kept, and particularly to inquire as to the condition of said insane, their manner of keeping, the cost to the State of their keeping, cost of transportation, how many have been discharged cured, how many have died, how many remain, and all other matters and things relating to said insane, and report fully their proceedings to the Assembly and Senate, on or before the first day of February next; also, to visit the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Oakland, California.

Relative to visiting the insane asylum at Woodbridge.

fully their proceedings to the Assembly and Senate, on or before the first day of February next; also, to visit the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Oakland, California.

Rules to be printed

Book to contain Constitution, etc.

To contain names of legislators

Binding, etc.

To whom distributed.

No. III.–A Concurrent Resolution relative to the Standing Rules of the Legislature of this State, and providing for the printing and binding of the same.

[Passed January 11, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the State Printer shall print one thousand copies of a book or pamphlet containing the Rules of the Senate, the Rules of the Assembly, and the Joint Rules governing both Houses; and it is also

      Resolved, That the book or pamphlet containing the said Rules and Joint Rules shall also contain the Constitution of the State, and a copy of the Act of March seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled “An Act fixing the number of officers and employes of the Senate and Assembly, to define their duties and establish their pay;” and it is further

      Resolved, That the said book or pamphlet shall also contain the names of all the Senators and Assemblymen of the present Legislature, together with the names of their presiding and clerical officers and attaches; and that said book or pamphlet shall be adequately indexed; and that said book or pamphlet shall be adequately indexed; and that the Rules and Joint Rules shall be printed with conspicuous sub-heads and marginal notes, as also the Constitution and the statute aforesaid; and it is still further

      Resolved, That one hundred copies of this book or pamphlet shall be bound in cloth, and that the size of the volume shall be of the size known as duodecimo or twelve mo; and that upon the upper part of the outside of the first cover of said book shall be printed, in gilt letters, the name of one of the Senators or Assemblymen of this Legislature, so that each one of the said Senators and Assemblymen may have one copy of the said book with his printed upon it, and for his own use; also, there shall be one for the President of the Senate, and President pro tem. of the Senate, with the personal names of such officers above the names of their rank; also, one for the Secretary and Assistant Secretary, and Sergeant-at-Arms and Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate; also, one for the Speaker and Speaker pro tem., and for the Clerk and Assistant Clerk, and for the Sergeant-at-Arms and Assistant Sergeant-at Arms and Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly; and the names of all the Senators and Assemblymen, and officers, together with the names of their office, shall be printed as aforesaid; and [it] is further

      Resolved, There shall be one hundred of these books or pamphlets covered with paper covers, for the use of the present session, and the remaining copies, that is to say eight hundred of these books or pamphlets,

dred of these books or pamphlets, shall be stitched but not covered, and their leaves shall not be cut, but they shall be delivered to the Secretary of State by the State Printer, and kept in the charge of the said Secretary of State, whose duty it shall be, as early as possible before the convening of future Legislatures, to cause one hundred copies of the said book to be bound in cloth, and printed upon the covers with the names of the Senators and Assemblymen elect, as described in the foregoing, and he shall also cause one hundred copies to be covered with paper covers as aforesaid.

A certain number to be preserved.

No. IV.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 11, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Board of Directors of the State Library be requested to change the hour for closing the State Library daily, from four p. m. to ten o’clock p. m., and until both Houses shall have adjourned. Such change of time to continue during the present session of the Legislature.

Office hours of State Library.

No. V.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 12, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the plans and specifications for the State Prison at Reno, now on file in the office of the Secretary of State, be placed in the hands of the several committees appointed by the Assembly and the Senate to visit said prison. Said plans and specifications to be returned to the office of Secretary of State within ten days.

Relative to plans for Washoe prison,

No. VI.–A Preamble and Conjoint Resolutions providing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed January 15, 1877.]

Whereas, By the second section of Article I of the Constitution of this State, it is explicitly declared that “the paramount allegiance of every citizen is due to the Federal Government,” and that “no power exists in the people of this or any other State of the Federal Union to dissolve their connection therewith, or perform any act tending to impair, subvert,

Preamble.

Relative to striking the word “white” from the Constitution.

Proposed additional article to the Constitution.

subvert, or resist the supreme authority of the Government of the United States;” and, whereas, the Constitution of the United States has been so amended as to confer upon all native born citizens of this Republic, irrespective of color, race, or previous condition of servitude, a condition of full and exact equality; and, whereas, the Constitution of this State, as it now reads, is not in harmony with the amended Constitution of the United States; therefore, be it

      Resolved, by the Assembly, conjointly with the Senate, That section one of Article II of the Constitution of this State shall be amended by the elimination therefrom of the word “white,” and the effect of such elimination shall be that no male citizen of the United States shall be excluded from the rights of suffrage and office holding by reason of his race, color, or previous condition of servitude; provided, that this amendment shall not be construed as conferring the rights of naturalization, suffrage, and office holding upon any native of the Chinese Empire; and, be it further

      Resolved, That there shall be added to the present Constitution of this State an Article to be called and known as Article XVIII, and which shall be as follows:

      Article XVIII.-The rights of suffrage and office holding shall not be withheld from any male citizen of the United States, by reason of his color or previous condition of servitude.

Leave of absence to James Buckner.

No. VII.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 19, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That James Buckner, Assessor of Humboldt County, be, and is hereby, granted leave of absence for the period of six months, at such time as he may select during his present term of office; provided, the said Buckner shall employ a competent deputy during such absence, and for whose official acts he shall be held responsible.

Leave of absence to R L. Chase.

No. VIII.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 26, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That R. L. Chase, County Recorder of Eureka County, be, and he hereby is, granted leave of absence from the State for six months, at any time during the years eighteen hundred and seventy-seven or eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.

No. IX.–Joint Memorial and Resolution relative to Pyramid Lake Reservation in the State of Nevada.

[Passed January 29, 1877.]

To the President of the United States:

      Your Memorialist, the Legislature of the State of Nevada, most respectfully represent: That the reservation known as Pyramid Lake Reservation embraces a territory fifty-two miles in length, and from twelve to seventeen miles in width, including the entire body of water known as Pyramid Lake and eight miles of the Truckee River; and that said territory is rich in mineral and agricultural resources; and that already on said reservation, and adjoining the same, have been discovered three mining districts, rendering it of great importance that the same should be opened to settlement as other government lands.

      Your memorialist would further represent: That the Indians have not at any time, and do not now reside on any portion of said reservation bordering on said lake, but they are confined exclusively to the ground on the Truckee bottoms, near the agency building; that no more than one hundred Indians ever reside thereon, the balance being scattered over the State, in the vicinity of towns and cities; and that by continuing the said reservation, a large and fertile region of country is withdrawn from settlement by white citizens, and at the same time is useless to and unused by the said Indians; and that

Whereas, Said reservation was created by proclamation of the President, your memorialist would respectfully ask that the same be, by proclamation, reduced and confined to and commencing at the southern boundary of said reservation as now established, and extending northerly from said boundary eighteen miles, following the course of the Truckee River, and extending back three miles from said river upon either and both sides, including the agency buildings and all other improvements made by the Government; also, to reserve to the Indians the exclusive right and privilege to fish within the waters of the said Pyramid Lake; therefore, be it

      Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be requested to transmit this memorial to the President of the United States, and that our Senators and Representative be instructed to use all honorable means to obtain a favorable consideration of this memorial.

Describes the reservation.

The Indians do not use the reservation.

Asks that the reservation be reduced.

Appointing a committee to fix salaries.

No. X.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 30, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That a committee, consisting of three members from the Assembly and two from the Senate, be appointed to prepare and report a bill fixing the salaries of State officers.

Appointing a committee to visit State University.

No. XI.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 31, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That a committee of three (3), one (1) from the Senate and two (2) from the Assembly, be appointed to visit the State University at Elko, to examine its general condition and management, and report the same to the Senate and Assembly, together with the number of teachers employed since its organization, their classifications, the salary paid each, the number of scholars which has been in attendance each year since that time, the number now in attendance and their classifications, the branches taught, the entire cost to the State of keeping such institution in operation, and all other matters and things appertaining to the same which said committee, in their discretion, are of opinion should be inquired into and reported upon.

Giving further time.

No. XII.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed February 1, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate concurring, That the Select Committee to visit and report upon the condition of the insane and deaf and dumb of said State, have ten days further time in which to report.

Preamble.

No. XIII.–Assembly Joint Resolution.

[Passed February 2, 1877.]

Whereas, Rich and extensive silver mines have been discovered in Southern Utah, inducing a large emigration from Nevada to that portion of the Territory of Utah; and, whereas, in consequence of the inadequate protection afforded to persons and property in the Territory of Utah,

in consequence of the inadequate protection afforded to persons and property in the Territory of Utah, the development of the resources of the said Territory is greatly retarded, and the material progress of the country delayed; and, whereas, in order to secure the benefits, privileges, and blessings of State government, the people of Southern Utah desire that portion of the Territory annexed to Nevada; therefore, be it

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our Senators and Representative in Congress be and are hereby requested to use their influence in Congress, and all legitimate means in their power, to secure the annexation to Nevada of all that portion of the Territory of Utah lying south of thirty-nine (39°) degrees north latitude, and west of thirty-four (34°) degrees west longitude.

      Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to each of our Senators and Representative in Congress as soon as possible.

Asking for the annexation of certain territory.

Governor to transmit copy.

No. XIV.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed February 3, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That six months leave of absence be granted to Thompson Campbell, District Attorney of the Seventh Judicial District (comprising Lincoln County), at any time during his present term of office.

Leave of absence to T. Campbell.

No. XV.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed February 5, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That John B. Williamson, County Assessor of White Pine County, be, and he is hereby, granted leave of absence from this State for the period of six months, at any time he may select during his present term of office; provided, that he leave a competent deputy to perform the duties of his office as required by law.

Leave of absence to J. B. Williamson.

Leave of absence to P. B. Comstock.

No. XVI.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed February 16, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That P. B. Comstock, County Clerk of Washoe County, Nevada, be, and he is hereby, granted leave of absence from this State for the period of four months, at such time as he may select during his present term of office; provided, that he leave a competent deputy to perform the duties of his office as required by law.

Leave of absence to A. J. Sheppard.

No. XVII.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed February 16, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That A. J. Sheppard, Treasurer of Humboldt County, be, and is hereby, granted leave of absence from the State for the period of six months, at such time as he may select during his term of office.

Describes the reservation.

Indians are few in number and do not use reservation.

No. XVIII.–Joint Memorial to Congress in relation to the Walker River Reservation, in the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 16, 1877.]

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

      Your memorialists, the people of the State of Nevada, most respectfully represent as follows:

      That the above named reservation, situated in the County of Esmeralda, State of Nevada, embraces territory over fifty-five miles in length, and from ten to twenty miles in width, and practically includes the whole of Walker Lake and Walker River, from the mouth, a distance of about thirty miles, with the land bordering on either side thereof. That the land included in said reservation is chiefly agricultural and grazing land of excellent quality and of great value to settlers if they shall be permitted to locate upon and improve the same. That the Indians, for whose use and benefit said reservation was established, are now only about three hundred (300) in number, but few of whom remain on the reservation or manifest any disposition to engage in any industrial pursuit, many of them roaming at large over the State, while some, unwilling to work for themselves on the reservation, hire out to the farmers and others of the surrounding country.

others of the surrounding country. That the Indians who actually reside upon, and make said reservation their home, might readily be removed to and kept upon the reservation at Pyramid Lake, in the County of Washoe, State of Nevada, where they could be in all respects as well and more cheaply kept than at the Walker River Reservation, and enjoy better and greater advantages. That in case of the abandonment of said Walker River Reservation, as such, the Indians who have made improvements thereon ought to be paid for them, and permitted to use the means thus obtained in making similar improvements on the reservation to which removed. That from the fact of the comparative scarcity of agricultural and grazing land in the State of Nevada, the contiguity of said reservation to Mason’s Valley, a righ agricultural district, and to several mining camps of apparent richness and growing importance, from the fact that a great amount of travel by white people necessarily passes over said reservation; and from the fact that the benefits arising from the keeping of the same open are not commensurate with the expense thereof; therefore,

      Your memorialists most respectfully pray and urgently that said reservation be vacated at an early day, and the land thereof subjected to preemption and homestead by bona fide occupants and settlers thereon, and as in duty bound your memorialists will ever pray.

Pyramid reservation sufficient.

Indians should be paid for improvements.

Asks that the reservation be vacated.

No. XIX.–Memorial and Joint Resolution relative to public lands in the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 16, 1877.]

To the honorable, the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled:

      Your memorialist, the Legislature of the State of Nevada, respectfully represent to your honorable bodies that portions of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections of the public lands in said State are mountainous and unfit for cultivation, other portions are of mineral and saline character, and a large majority of said sections are unsurveyed; and, whereas, your memorialist, being anxious to place the school system of our young State on a footing with other States, and therefore being desirous of realizing, at as early a day as possible, the proceeds of said lands for common school purposes, and as the area yet unsold in said sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections would be, when surveyed, three million nine hundred thousand acres, and the State of Nevada having sold only sixty-five thousand acres of said grant, therefore your memorialist respectfully requests that the Act of Congress donating said sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections to the State of Nevada be repealed, so far as the unsold portion of said grant is concerned, and that Congress pass an Act granting to the State of Nevada, in lieu thereof, one million five hundred thousand acres of the public land, to be given to the State of Nevada for the support of common schools, to be selected as other grants heretofore made to the State of Nevada; therefore, be it

Asks that a law granting lands to Nevada be passed by Congress.

Governor to forward copy.

be given to the State of Nevada for the support of common schools, to be selected as other grants heretofore made to the State of Nevada; therefore, be it

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators in Congress be, and are hereby instructed, and our Representative in Congress be, and hereby is requested, to use all proper means to procure the legislation above asked; 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 in Congress.

Concerning the printing of certain committee report.

No. XX.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed February 17, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That one thousand copies of the report of the committee appointed to inspect and report upon the condition of the insane of this State be printed in pamphlet form for distribution-five hundred copies for the Assembly, two hundred and fifty copies for the Senate, and two hundred and fifty copies for the State officers.

Leave of absence to George Nicholl.

No. XXI.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed February 26, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That leave of absence from the State be granted to George Nicholl, Clerk of Nye County, for the term of three months, at any time during the years eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and eighteen hundred and seventy-eight; provided, the said George Nicholl leave a suitable and efficient deputy to discharge the duties as such Clerk during his absence.

Preamble.

No. XXII.–Assembly Joint Resolution, relative to mail service between Eureka and Belmont, in this State.

[Passed February 27, 1877.]

Whereas, The present mail service between Eureka, Eureka County, and Tybo and Belmont, in Nye County, in this State, are totally inadequate to supply the growing importance and necessities of the people of that section; therefore, be it

State, are totally inadequate to supply the growing importance and necessities of the people of that section; therefore, be it

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our Senators be instructed, and our Representative in Congress requested, to use their influence with the Post Office Department to have the mail on route No. ___, from Eureka, via Hot Creek and Tybo, to Belmont, 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.

Asking for increased mail service.

Governor to forward copy

No. XXIII.–Concurrent Resolution in relation to an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 27, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That Article Eleven (11) of the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended by adding to said Article Eleven (11) section ten (10) thereto, which shall read as follows:

      Section Ten.  No public funds, of any kind or character whatever, State, county, or municipal, shall be used for sectarian purposes.

Proposes an amendment to the Constitution.

No. XXIV.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed February 27, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That leave of absence be and is hereby granted to Richard Ryland, Treasurer of Eureka County, for a period of six months, at any time during the years eighteen hundred and seventy seven and eighteen hundred and seventy-eight; provided, that said Treasurer leave a suitable and efficient deputy to discharge the duties of this office during his said absence.

Leave of absence to Richard Ryland.

No. XXV.–Joint Resolution relating to the protection of fish in the Truckee River and its branches.

[Passed March 1, 1877.]

Whereas, The protection of fish in the lakes and streams of our county is recognized as a proper subject of legislation;

Preamble.

Asks for a law preserving fish.

Secretary of State to forward copy.

and, whereas, the statutes of the State of California contain no adequate provision whereby the fish in the Truckee River and its branches are protected; that by reason of the practice of lumbermen in running the sawdust of their mills into these streams, their entire destruction seems probable at no distant day; therefore, be it

      Resolved, by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada, That the mutual interests of the people will be subserved by the enactment of laws tending to the protection of fish in the above named streams, and that we earnestly urge upon the State of California, through their Legislature, that they do by legislative enactment restrain all persons from running sawdust into said streams.

      Resolved, That the Secretary of State is requested to forward to the Governor of the State of California a copy of theses resolutions, with the request that he lay the same before the Legislature of that State at its next session.

Preamble.

Asks for the establishment of a mail route.

Governor to forward copy

No. XXVI.–Joint Memorial and Resolution relative to establishing a mail route from Dayton to Belleville in this State.

[Passed March 1, 1877.]

Whereas, The mail facilities from Dayton, the county seat of Lyon County, State of Nevada, to Mason Valley, Esmeralda County, same State, are inadequate to accommodate the growing settlements to the south and east (there being no mail route running from Dayton except to the westward, and in that direction only four miles within the county lines); therefore, be it

      Resolved, That our Senators and Representative in Congress be, and are hereby, requested to urge upon the Post Office Department the importance of establishing a semi-weekly mail route from Dayton, Lyon County, Nevada, via Fort Churchill, Wabusha, and Mason Valley, to Belleville, Esmeralda County, in said State, and to discontinue the weekly mail route now existing between Wadsworth and Mason Valley, the same being useless and not meeting the requirements of the people, as the same passes through a desert region of country, requiring no mail service.

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

No. XXVII.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed March 1, 1877.]

Whereas, General U. S. Grant, for the past eight years President of the United States, has, aside from his world-wide fame as a defender of his country in the field, rendered such eminent services as Chief Executive of this nation as deserves the lasting gratitude of the people of the United States; therefore, be it

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the people of the State of Nevada, in Legislature assembled, tender their sincere acknowledgments for the great services of General Grant in field and council, and contemplate with regret the loss of a patriotic, brave, and wise councillor on his retirement from the Executive Department of the National Government.

Preamble.

Complimentary to General Grant.

No. I.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 11, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That one thousand copies of the Census Report for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five be ordered printed, as follows: One hundred copies to be bound in the same style as the Appendix to the Senate and Assembly Journals of the seventh session of the Legislature of this State, the same to be delivered to the Secretary of State, for the use of the several departments of State, and for distribution among the several departments of State, and for distribution among the several departments of the General Government at Washington, and for exchange with the several States and Territories of the Union; nine hundred copies to be printed in pamphlet form, three hundred of which shall be delivered to the Senate, and six hundred of which shall be delivered to the Assembly, for general distribution among the people.

Relative to printing census report

Granting leave of absence to John Horn.

No. II.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 11, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That John Horn, a Commissioner of Eureka County, be granted three months leave of absence, at any time he may elect during his official term.

Preamble.

Asks the enactment of law now pending

The Governor to furnish copy.

No. III.–Senate Joint Resolution relative to granting pensions to the surviving veterans of the Mexican war.

[Passed January 15, 1877.]

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 a foreign and petilential climate, are now rapidly diminishing in numbers and are all growing old, many of them are decrepid, impecunious, and helpless; therefore, be it

      Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators from the State of Nevada in Congress, and also our Representative of the State of Nevada in Congress, be requested to urge the speedy enactment of the bill now pending in Congress for an Act granting pensions to the surviving sailors and soldiers 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 these Joint Resolutions.

Asking report of Centennial Commissioners’ proceedings.

No. IV.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 16, 1877.]

      Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Governor be requested to transmit to the Senate and Assembly all proceedings of the State Board of Centennial Commissioners, as provided in section eight of an Act entitled an Act in relation to sending mineralogical specimens to the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in eighteen hundred and seventy-six.

No. V.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 16, 1877.]

      Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Secretary of State be instructed to forward by express to the Hon. J. P. Jones, Senator from Nevada, at Washington, D. C., copies of the statutes of Nevada containing the law in relation to the taxation of the net proceeds of mines, and all amendments thereto, for the use of the Silver Commission appointed by the last Congress.

Secretary of State directed to forward certain law.

No. VI.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 17, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That twelve hundred copies of the report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for the years eighteen hundred and seventy-five and eighteen hundred and seventy-six, be printed in pamphlet form, two hundred copies for the use of the Senate, four hundred copies for the use of the Assembly, one hundred copies to be delivered to the Secretary of State, and the residue to be delivered to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, for distribution and exchange with States and Territories.

Relative to printing report of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

No. VII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 19, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That fifteen hundred copies of the Biennial Report of the Surveyor General and State Land Register be printed, three hundred and fifty copies thereof for the members of the Senate, seven hundred copies for members of the Assembly, fifty copies to be delivered to the State Librarian, and four hundred copies to be delivered to the Surveyor General for distribution and supplying exchange.

Relative to printing report of Surveyor General

Relative to printing report of Warden

No. VIII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 22, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That eleven hundred copies of the Report of the Warden of the State Prison be printed, two hundred for the use of the Senate, three hundred for the Assembly, two hundred for the Governor, one hundred and fifty for the State officers, and one hundred and fifty to be deposited with the Secretary of State for public distribution, and one hundred copies to delivered to the Warden of the prison.

Secretary of State directed to return certain bill.

No. IX.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 22, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Hon. J. D. Minor, Secretary of State, be and is hereby requested to return to this body Senate Bill No. 32, entitled “An Act to legalize certain contracts made by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Virginia, Storey County, State of Nevada, and the Virginia and Gold Hill Water Company of the same place, and for the issuance and sale of bonds for the payment of said indebtedness thereby incurred.”

Relative to printing report of Commissioners of Insane.

No. X.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 24, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That one thousand copies of the Report of the Commissioners for the Care of the Indigent Insane of the State of Nevada, for the years eighteen hundred and seventy-five and eighteen hundred and seventy-six, be printed in pamphlet form and distributed as follows: two hundred and fifty (250) copies to the Senate, five hundred (500) copies to the Assembly, and two hundred and fifty (250) copies to the Commissioners for the Care of the Indigent Insane of the State of Nevada.

No. XI.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 25, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That two hundred and forty (240) copies of the Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, for the eleventh and twelfth fiscal years, ending December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, be printed in pamphlet form, for the use of the Senate and Assembly and the Secretary of State.

Relative to printing report of Secretary of State.

No. XII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 29, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That two hundred and forty copies of the Adjutant General’s Report for the years eighteen hundred and seventy-five and eighteen hundred and seventy-six to be printed.

Relative to printing Adjutant General’s report.

No. XIII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 31, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That two hundred and forty copies of the Report of the State Capitol Commissioners for the two years ending December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, made in compliance with section eight of “An Act to provide for the protection of the State Capitol building, and for the improvement of the grounds surrounding it,” approved February twenty-six, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, be ordered printed for the use of the Senate and Assembly.

Relative to printing report of Capitol Commissioners.

No. XIV.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed February 6, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That all work of copying and printing the Census Report of eighteen hundred and seventy-five be and is hereby suspended temporarily.

Suspending printing of Census Report.

Relative to electing a Warden of State Prison.

No. XV.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed February 9, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Senate and Assembly shall meet in joint convention in the Assembly Chamber, at twelve o’clock, on Monday, the twelfth day of February, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, for the purpose of electing a Warden of the State Prison, as provided by law; and, be it further

      Resolved, That the joint convention shall continue to meet at the same hour and place, from day to day, until a Warden shall have been duly chosen, taking at least one vote daily; said convention to be governed by the same rules that have heretofore governed like conventions for the election of United States Senators.

Granting leave of absence to David McKee.

No. XVI.–Senate Concurrent Resolution granting leave of absence to David McKee, Recorder of Esmeralda County.

[Passed February 21, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That David McKee, County Recorder of Esmeralda County, is hereby granted leave of absence from the State for the term of six months, at any time he may designate during his term of office; provided, he appoint a suitable deputy to serve in his stead during his absence.

Preamble.

No. XVII.–Joint Resolution relative to public lands granted by Congress to the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 26, 1877.]

Whereas, The grant of thirty thousand acres of land to the State of Nevada 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 lands granted to the State of Nevada,” approved July fourth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six; and an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to continue in force a grant to the State of Nevada for college purposes,

Act to continue in force a grant to the State of Nevada for college purposes,” approved March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, said grant was continued on condition that at least one College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts shall be built on or before the tenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven; 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 time, not less than five years, in which this State may provide or establish said college.

Asks for an extension of time to establish college.

No. XVIII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed February 26, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That one thousand copies of the Report of the State Mineralogist be printed, to be used as follows: one hundred copies for each of our Representatives in Congress; five hundred for distribution by the State Mineralogist, and three hundred for the Secretary of State and Librarian. Five hundred copies of which shall be bound in cloth, and distributed pro rata; provided, that such cloth binding shall not be an additional cost of more than twenty-five cents per copy.

Relative to printing Mineralogist’s report.

No. XIX.–Resolution granting six months’ leave of absence to F. H. Harmon, County Clerk of Eureka County, Nevada, during the years eighteen hundred and seventy-seven or eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.

[Passed February 28, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That six months’ leave of absence be granted to F. H. Harmon, County Clerk of Eureka County, Nevada, at any time he may wish to avail himself of the privilege during the years eighteen hundred and seventy-seven or eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.

Granting leave of absence to F. H. Harmon.

No. XX.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed February 28, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That D. A. Folks, Treasurer of Lincoln County, Nevada, have leave of absence for six months, at any time during the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven.

Granting leave of absence to D. A. Folks.

absence for six months, at any time during the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven.

Granting leave of absence to T. E. Kelley.

No. XXI.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed February 28, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That T. E. Kelley, Sheriff of Storey County, be, and he is hereby, granted leave of absence for the space of six months, at any time he may see fit to avail himself of the privilege during his term of office.

Granting leave of absence to William Hill.

No. XXII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed March 1, 1877.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That William Hill, County Commissioner of Churchhill County, be, and is hereby, granted leave of absence from this State for the period of six months, at such time as he may select during his present term of office.