No. I.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 6, 1879.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That a Committee of two from each House be appointed to wait on His Excellency, the Governor, and inform him that we are now organized, and ready to receive any communication he may wish to present.

Relative to organizations.

No. II.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 8, 1879.]

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That His Excellency, the Governor, be requested to furnish the manuscript of his inaugural address, and that two thousand five hundred copies of the same be printed.

Governor to furnish manuscript of inaugural

No. III.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 14, 1879.]

      Resolved, The Senate concurring, That one thousand copies of the Senate Memorial, in relation to inter-State commerce, be printed; and that His Excellency, the Governor, be requested to transmit one copy of the same to the President of the United States, to each member of the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United States.

Memorial relative to inter-State commerce.

Relative to Orphans’ Home.

No. IV.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 14, 1879.]

Whereas, Reports are being circulated regarding the management of the State Orphans’ Home; therefore,

      Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that a Committee of three be appointed-two from the Assembly, and one from the Senate-whose duty it shall be to make a thorough investigation into the truth or falsity of said reports, and report the same to the Legislature; and they are hereby empowered to send for persons and papers, administer oaths, and do all things necessary for a thorough investigation of the management of the said Orphans’ Home.

Donating public lands for colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts.

No. V.–Assembly Joint Resolution, No. 8.

[Passed January 24, 1879.]

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 in the several States and Territories, which may provide Colleges of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts,” approved April fourteenth, eighteen 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,” approved March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. Said grant was continued on conditions that at least one College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts shall be built on or before the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven; therefore be it

      Resolved, by the Assembly and the Senate conjointly, that our Senators be instructed, and our Representatives in Congress be requested, to use all honorable means within their power to secure a further extension of time of not less than ten years, to enable the State of Nevada to provide or establish at least one College Building, in conformity to the conditions of the grant approved April fourteenth, a. d. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and the several amendatory and supplementary acts in relation thereto,

      Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward enrolled copies of these Resolutions to each of our Senators and Representative in Congress, and that each copy thereof be accompanied by a letter from his Excellency, urging upon our Representatives their immediate attention to the subject-matter thereof.

No. VI.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution, No. 31, in relation to an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

[Passed January 27, 1879.]

      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 purpose.

Amendment to constitution

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

[Passed January 27, 1879.]

Whereas, By the second section of Article One 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 to perform any act tending to impair, 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 Two 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

ization, 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 Eighteen, 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.

Additional cavalry for Camp Halleck.

No. VIII.–Assembly Joint Resolution No. 9, in relation to the Indian Tribes of North-Eastern Nevada.

[Passed January 29, 1879.]

Whereas, Considerable uneasiness and alarm now exists among the inhabitants of north-eastern Nevada, particularly that portion along the frontier line bordering upon the State of Oregon and Territory of Idaho, in consequence of well authenticated information that the Indian Tribes residing at or near Snake, Salmon, and Owyhee Rivers, and vicinity, as well as at Stein, Goose Creek and Bruns Mountains, are preparing for a general uprising against the white inhabitants of said above-mentioned places; and whereas, a large number of persons, including many with their families, are now engaged in the pursuit of mining, agriculture, and in the raising of cattle, horses, and other live stock; and whereas, we are led to believe from the best information in our possession that the Indian Tribes in and about the above-mentioned places are contemplating a hostile movement against the whites during the coming spring which will result in, without better protection, a great loss of life and the destruction of a large amount of valuable property, thereby retarding the settlement and development of a large tract of country known to be rich in minerals, and valuable for grazing purposes; therefore, be it

      Resolved, By the Assembly and Senate conjointly, that our Senators be instructed and our Representative in Congress requested, without delay, to use all honorable means within their power with the Honorable War Department at Washington to procure the immediate presence at Camp Halleck, Nevada, of at least two additional companies of mounted men, for the purpose of giving sufficient protection to the lives and property of the inhabitants of said above-described localities.

      Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward enrolled copies of these resolutions to each of our Senators and Representative in Congress, and that each copy thereof be accompanied by a letter from his Excellency, urging upon our Representatives their immediate attention to the subject-matter thereof.

No. IX.–Assembly Joint Resolution No. 11, in relation to submitting Constitutional Amendments to the Voters of the State of Nevada.

[Passed February 3, 1879.]

Whereas, Section one, Article fourteen, of the Constitution of the State of Nevada provides the manner in which the Constitution of this State may be amended; and whereas, at the session of the Legislature, a. d. eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, the following amendments, to wit, Article XVIII, The right 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; also, amendment to Article XI, Section 10, as follows: Section Ten. No public funds of any kind or character whatever, State, County or Municipal, shall be used for sectarian purposes, were adopted; and whereas, at the session of the Legislature, a. d. eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, the said amendments were agreed to by a majority of all the members of both Houses; therefore be it

      Resolved, That at the general election to be held in November, a. d. eighteen hundred and eighty, said amendments shall be submitted to the voters of the State of Nevada. Be it further

      Resolved, That the County Commissioners of the several counties of this State, shall, in proclamations for the election of the various officers for said year, provide for submitting the amendments herein-named to the voters in the several precincts in their respective Counties.

Manner of amending certain portions of constitution

No. X.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 12.

[Passed February 5, 1879.]

      Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate 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 1877 and 1878, be ordered printed in pamphlet form.

Report of Commissioners for Indigent Insane.

No. XI.–Assembly Joint Resolution No. 14, relative to Mail Service from the town of Wadsworth, this State, via St. Clair and Downieville, to Grantsville, Nye County.

[Passed February 7, 1879.]

Whereas, The town of Grantsville, Nye County, contains a population of over five hundred inhabitants, and is rapidly increasing,

Additional mail facilities.

increasing, has a public school, and in which town the “Grantsville Sun,” a weekly newspaper, is published, and whereas, said town has no mail facilities nearer than twenty miles, and whereas, the town of Downieville has a population of over four hundred inhabitants, and has no post-office nearer than thirty miles, and whereas, a mail route from the town of Wadsworth, via St. Clair to Downieville, thence to Granstsville, would accommodate at least two thousand inhabitants, who are now forced to travel from twenty to ninety miles for mail matter; and whereas, the country traversed by this route is rich in silver mines, now being actually developed by mining and reduction of ores, and whereas, the agricultural and grazing lands contiguous to the proposed route, are settled upon by stock-raisers and farmers, and are also deprived of mail conveniences, 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 a mail route established from Wadsworth to St. Clair; thence to Downieville and Grantsville, Nye County, Nevada, and have a tri-weekly mail established thereon.

      Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing resolutions to the Postmaster-general, and to each of our Senators and our Representative in Congress.

Cavalry at Duck Valley

No. XII.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 15.

[Passed February 10, 1879.]

Whereas, There is a wide-spread feeling of alarm among the outlying settlements in the northern portion of Elko County, Nevada, regarding the attitude of the Indian tribes in that section; and whereas, no troops are stationed nearer than one hundred and fifty miles of said settlements, and whereas, it would cost no more to keep a company of cavalry in that portion of Elko County during the summer months (the only time there is danger from Indian raids) than on any other portion of the Pacific Coast, now therefore, be it

      Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that Major-general McDowell, commanding the Department of the Pacific, be requested to station a company of cavalry at Duck Valley, Elko County, Nevada, during the coming spring and summer, to protect the settlers in that section from raids by hostile Indians;

      Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be requested to forward a copy of this preamble and resolution to the officer commanding the Department of the Pacific.

No. XIII.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 22.

[Passed February 20, 1879.]

Whereas, Assembly Bill No. 23, prohibiting the employment of Chinese or Mongolians by any corporation or association asking and receiving a franchise or privilege for any public purpose, or their employment on any public works in this State, was amended in the Senate, and said amendments were concurred in by this House, under misapprehension of the facts as to the scope and purpose of said amendments; therefore, be it

      Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that his Excellency, the Governor, be, and he is hereby, most respectfully requested to return said bill to the House in which it was originated, for the purpose of making corrections, clerical and otherwise.

Prohibiting Chinese being employed on public works.

No. XIV.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 23.

[Passed February 24, 1879.]

      Resolved, The Senate and Assembly concurring, that his Excellency, the Governor, be respectfully requested to return Assembly Bill No. 14 to the House for correction and notification.

Governor to return Assembly Bill No. 4.

No. XV.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 24.

[Passed February 28, 1879.]

Whereas, the State of Nevada, with its industrial and business classes, feels a kindred sympathy with all the States of the Union in the moral and intellectual elevation of our people; and whereas, it is the desire that no more human bondage shall continue to darken the history of our country; that Asiatic thraldom means the destruction of civil and religious liberty; and whereas, the men that have adorned our valleys with beautiful farms, tapped our rich quartz veins until Nevada is universally known, have never lost sight of free labor as a wise and politic measure, and our hearts beat in full accordance with our sister State, Illinois; therefore, be it

      Resolved, That the Assembly, the Senate concurring, so heartily thank the Legislature of Illinois for memorializing their members in Congress towards the passage of the present Anti-Chinese Immigration bill.

Chinese immigration.

Thanks to Illinois Legislature

      Resolved, That the Governor be and is hereby instructed to telegraph this resolution to the presiding officers of the Legislature of the State of Illinois.

Mail service from Elko to Tuscarora.

No. XVI.–Assembly Joint Resolution No. 27.

[Passed March 4, 1879.]

Whereas, The growing importance and the rapidly increasing population, the rich developments of the mining camps of Tuscarora, Cornucopia, Columbia, and other neighboring places in the vicinity thereof, the large amount of capital invested in mills and mines, and in the working of the same, the great yield and heavy shipment of bullion eastward, the close business and commercial relation of those places with Elko, the county seat of Elko County, wherein the above mining camps are situated, seemed to imperatively demand greater mail facilities than are now enjoyed or had by the citizens of those places; therefore, be it

      Resolved, By the Assembly and the Senate conjointly, that our Senators be instructed, and our Representative in Congress be requested, to wait upon the Honorable Postmaster-general, and urge with all their power and influence for the re-establishment of a daily mail from Elko to Tuscarora, for all mail matter going to and returning from Elko, and east of Elko, to said above-mentioned places.

      Resolved, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby directed to transmit to each of our Senators and our Representative in Congress a certified copy, under seal of the State, of the above and foregoing preamble and resolution.

Payment certain claims.

No. XVII.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 26.

[Passed March 5, 1879.]

      Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the State Controller be authorized to draw his warrant on the Legislative Fund, in favor of Walter H. Chedic, for the sum of sixty dollars, for services rendered in raising, lowering, and keeping in repair the flag on capitol building during the Ninth Session of the Nevada Legislature, and the State Treasurer pay the same.

No. I.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to inaugurating the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor.

[Passed January 6, 1879.]

      Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that the two Houses meet in Joint Convention, in the Assembly Chamber, at twelve m. on Tuesday, January seventh, for the purpose of inaugurating the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor elect.

Joint Convention to inaugurate Governor and Lieut. Governor.

No. II.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to the Printing of Governor Bradley’s Message.

[Passed January 8, 1879.]

      Resolved, By the Senate and Assembly conjointly, that twenty-five hundred copies of Governor Bradley’s fourth Biennial Message be printed and disposed of as follows: five hundred for the use of the Senate, eight hundred for the use of the Assembly, five hundred for the use of the State Officers, and seven hundred for the use of Ex-Governor Bradley.

Governor Bradley’s message.

No. III.–Senate Joint Resolution requesting Senators Jones and Sharon to endeavor to secure the passage of the “Anti-Discrimination Act.”

[Passed January 10, 1879.]

      Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that Senators Jones and Sharon, of Nevada, be instructed, on behalf of the people of this State, to vote for and use all honorable means to secure the passage by the Senate of the United States, the bill known as the railroad “Anti-Discrimination Act,” now pending consideration in that body.

Senators to secure passage of Act.

Governor to telegraph resolution.

      Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit by telegraph a copy of the foregoing resolution to Nevada’s Senators in Congress.

Regulation of Inter-State railroads.

No. IV.–Senate Memorial and Joint Resolution relative to the regulation of inter-State Railroads.

[Passed January 10, 1879.]

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:

      Your memorialist, the Legislature of the State of Nevada, respectfully represents that the exactions, extortions and discriminations imposed upon the people and industries of this State by the Central Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation operating a single line of railway through the States of California and Nevada and the Territory of Utah, as a continuous part of a line of railway extending from the Missouri River to the City of San Francisco, in the matter of freights and fares, are grievous beyond endurance, and cannot longer be supported by this people. And your memorialist respectfully shows: That the said corporation refuses to deliver freights shipped from places east of the Missouri River to any place within this State until the same shall have been carried on to the terminus of its road in California, and from said terminus carried back to the place of delivery, thus requiring unnecessary transportation for hundreds of miles, for which it exacts full and regular rates of freight; that it refuses to sell tickets to travelers covering the distances intended to be actually traveled, but compels the traveler, desiring to go to or from any place in this State, to or from any place east of the Missouri River, to purchase his ticket to or from, as the case may be, the City of San Francisco, thereby exacting payment for hundreds of miles not traveled, nor intended to be traveled; That it unjustly discriminates in its rates between freights from places east of the Missouri River in favor of the business interests of California and against the business interests of this State and its people; that it unjustly discriminates, as above, between different sections and localities in this State, for no purpose except that of harassing and oppressing certain communities which, by opposition to the exactions and extortions of said corporation, have become obnoxious to it; that generally its freight and passenger tariffs are grossly exorbitant and unjust, and bear with oppressive weight upon this people. Wherefore, your memorialist, on behalf of the people of Nevada, earnestly invites your attention to these abuses, and request your Honorable Bodies to at once enact a law for the regulation of inter-State railroads, and for the correction of the evils herein complained of. And your memorialist, believing that the bill now pending before the Honorable the Senate of the United States, known as the “Regan Bill,” will, should it become a law, in some degree tend to alleviate the condition of our people in respect to the abuses complained of, respectfully petitions that the said bill may be enacted into law.

“Regan Bill,” will, should it become a law, in some degree tend to alleviate the condition of our people in respect to the abuses complained of, respectfully petitions that the said bill may be enacted into law.

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that our Senators are instructed, and our Representative in Congress requested, to use their utmost endeavors to at once secure the legislation sought by the above memorial, and to forthwith present said memorial to their respective Houses.

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

Senators, etc., instructed.

Governor to forward copies.

No. V.–Senate Joint Memorial and Resolutions No. 3, in relation to the further Immigration of Chinese.

[Passed January 14, 1879.]

Whereas, The People of Nevada are opposed to the further immigration of Chinese to this country, recognizing the evil they have been to us in the past, and foreseeing the danger to come from their presence in the future, therefore be it

      Resolved, That our Senators be instructed, and our Representative requested, to use all honorable means to secure the passage of House Bill number two thousand four hundred and twenty-three, reported to the House of Representatives, from the Committee on Education and Labor, and such other measure as will tend to check or prevent the further importation of Chinese coolies or laborers into the United States.

      Resolved, that the Governor be requested to telegraph copies of this memorial and resolution to our Senators and Representative in Congress.

Preamble.

Instructing Senators and Representatives to secure passage of bill.

Governor to telegraph copies.

No. VI.–Senate Concurrent Resolution, relative to the Election of United States Senator.

[Passed January 14, 1879.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that in accordance with an Act of Congress, entitled “An Act to regulate the time and manner of holding Elections of United States Senators,” in Congress, approved July, a. d. eighteen hundred and sixty-six, the Senate and Assembly do meet in joint convention, in the Assembly Chamber, on Wednesday, the fifteenth day of January,

Election of United States Senator.

fifteenth day of January, a. d. eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, at twelve o’clock m., for the purpose of declaring the action of both Houses of the Legislature in regard to the Election of a United States Senator, and duly elect and declare the Election of a United States Senator, to represent Nevada in the Senate of the United States, as directed by the provisions of said Act of Congress.

Relative to printing certain reports.

No. VII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to the Printing of Reports of the Fish Commissioner, Surveyor-general, Orphans’ Home, Secretary of State, and State Library.

[Passed January 14, 1879.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that there be printed two thousand copies of the Fish Commissioner’s Report, two thousand copies of the Surveyor-general’s Report, two thousand copies of the Report of the Directors of the Orphans’ Home, two thousand copies of the Report of the Secretary of State, and one thousand copies of the Report of the Directors of the State Library.

Commitee to visit Insane Asylum.

No. VIII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution, relative to the appointment of a Committee to visit the Insane Asylum at Stockton, California.

[Passed January 16, 1879.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That a joint committee of five be appointed, two from the Senate and three from the Assembly, whose duty it shall be to visit the Asylum at Stockton, 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, how many have died, how many remain, and all other matters and things relating to said insane, and report fully their proceedings to the Senate and Assembly, on or before the first day of February next; also, to visit the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Oakland, in California, where our deaf and dumb are being kept, and report upon the same.

Printing Mineralogists report.

No. IX.–Senate Concurrent Resolution, relative to the printing of the Report of the State Mineralogist.

[Passed January 16, 1879.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That two thousand copies of the Biennial Report of the State Mineralogist be ordered printed for public distribution.

No. X.–Senate Concurrent Resolution, appointing a Committee to inquire into the expediency of establishing of a Bureau of Labor and Land Statistics.

[Passed January 16, 1879.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That a Joint Special Committee be appointed, consisting of three members from the Senate and two from the Assembly, whose duty it shall be to inquire into the expediency of establishing in this State a Bureau of Labor and Land Statistics, and for the development of the resources of the State, and to report by bill or otherwise, as they may deem necessary in the premises.

Bureau of labor and land statistics.

No. XI.–Senate Joint Resolution, relative to stationing Cavalry at Camp McDermit.

[Passed January 21, 1879.]

Whereas, a force of two full companies of Cavalry, stationed at Camp McDermit, would keep in subjection the marauding bands of Indians in Northern Nevada, Southern Oregon, and South-western Idaho, and prevent their periodical outbreaks, murders, and pillage; therefore,

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That it is respectfully submitted to the War Department at Washington City, that such force would not only be in the interest of economy, but of peace and quiet between the pioneer settlers and hostile Indians.

      Resolved, That if it be found that the War Department cannot thus strengthen said post, by reason of the want of the requisite Cavalry, our Delegation in Congress are earnestly requested to secure the necessary legislation for that purpose.

      Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be, and he is, hereby requested to immediately forward a copy of these Resolutions to the Honorable the Secretary of War, to each of our Senators and Representative in Congress.

Preamble.

Cavalry for Camp McDermit.

Delegation to secure necessary legislation.

Governor to forward copies, etc.

No. XII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution, relative to printing Reports of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Warden of the State Prion.

[Passed January 21, 1879.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That there be printed for distribution one thousand copies of the Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and one thousand copies of the Biennial Report of the Warden of the State Prison.

Printing reports Superintendent Public Instruction and Warden

Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and one thousand copies of the Biennial Report of the Warden of the State Prison.

Adopting the rules of the Eighth Session.

No. XIII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution, relative to adopting Rules of the Eighth Session.

[Passed January 21, 1879.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the joint rules of the two Houses of the Eighth Session be adopted for the government of the present Session.

Joint Convention to elect Board of Regents.

No. XIV.–Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to the election of a Board of Regents of the State University.

[Passed January 21, 1879.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That in compliance with “An Act providing for the election of the Board of Regents of the State University,” the Senate and Assembly meet in Joint Convention, at twelve o’clock, in the Assembly Chamber, on Tuesday, the twenty-first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, for the purpose of electing three Regents of the State University.

Preamble relative to Mexican War Veterans.

No. XV.–Senate Joint Resolution relative to Pensions for Veterans of the Mexican War.

[Passed January 21, 1879.]

Whereas, The safety and perpetuity of the Republic rests in the sterling manhood and patriotic devotion of her citizens, it is therefore unwise and impolitic for statesmen to either forget or to ignore the services of those who, at the call of their country, followed the flag beyond the border, and gallantly braved the unspeakable hardships and dangers of war in a foreign and pestilential region. A third of a century has faded into the past since that memorable period when a little handful of our citizen soldiery humiliated the haughty Santa Ana and triumphantly entered the halls of the Montezumas. That brilliant triumph gave to the United States a vast territory of matchless fertility, of limitless mineral resources, and of boundless financial, social and political possibilities.

of boundless financial, social and political possibilities. Most of those who imperiled their lives in the sanguinary conflict of 1846-47 are now old, decrepid and almost forgotten by the present generation. Many of the veterans of the Mexican War are homeless, friendless and impecunious. For many years those tottering remnants of a bright period in the nation’s history have vainly appealed to the Federal Congress for such relief as a grateful republic should hasten to award to her former defenders; therefore, be it

      Resolved, by the Senate and the Assembly conjointly, That our Senators from the State of Nevada in Congress, and also our Representative of the State of Nevada in Congress, be requested to use their earnest endeavors to cause the speedy enactment of a law granting pensions to the surviving sailors and soldiers of the Mexican War.

      Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward immediately to the Senators and Representative of Nevada in Congress, copies of these Joint Resolutions.

Instructing Senators and Representatives in Congress.

Governor requested to forward copies.

No. XVI.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 27, 1879.]

Whereas, The People of the State of Nevada imperatively demand of the Legislature now in session the immediate passage of an equitable, just and effective law concerning and controlling the matter and management of freights and fares upon the various railways within the borders of this State; and whereas concert of action and unity of purpose, on the part of members of the Senate and Assembly, is the most practicable method of accomplishing this vitally important object; therefore, be it

      Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That each Legislative Delegation from the respective Counties of this State shall nominate one member from the several delegations (in either Senate or Assembly), to form a select committee of fourteen, whose duty it shall be to draft and submit for the consideration of the Senate and Assembly, a bill concerning freights and fares upon the various railways in the State of Nevada.

Relative to fares and freights.

Select Committee of Fourteen

To draft bill.

No. XVII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 27, 1879.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the people of Nevada learn, with a sense of deep gratification, of Senator Sharon’s determination to support the Regan Anti-discrimination Act.

Gratitude to Senator Sharon.

Governor to forward copy.

Senator Sharon’s determination to support the Regan Anti-discrimination Act.

      Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward by mail to Senator Sharon a copy of these resolutions.

Election of a warden of the State Prison.

No. XVIII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed January 27, 1879.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Senate and Assembly will meet in Joint Convention in the Assembly Chamber, on Monday, February the third, a. d. eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, at twelve m., for the purpose of electing a Warden of the State Prison for the term of two years, as provided in section four, of chapter twenty-five, of the laws passed at the eighth session of the Nevada Legislature.

Printing report of Board or Regents.

No. XIX.–Senate Concurrent Resolution, No. 23.

[Passed January 30, 1879.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That five hundred copies of the Report of the Board of Regents of Nevada, for the years eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, be ordered printed.

Regan bill in Congress.

Instructing Senators in Congress to call for report.

No. XX.–Senate Concurrent Resolution, No. 24.

[Passed February 4, 1879.]

Whereas, The enactment of the “Regan Bill” into a law of the United States is earnestly demanded by the people of Nevada; and whereas said Bill is now in the hands of a Sub-Committee of the U. S. Senate, with no apparent immediate prospect of being reported to the Senate for its action, now therefore, be it

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That we view with alarm the delay of said Sub-Committee to report the said Bill for consideration by the Senate.

      Resolved, That our Senators in Congress are hereby instructed to call for the report of said Committee at the earliest possible moment, and to use their most strenuous endeavors to have said Bill put upon its final passage in the United States Senate.

      Resolved, That the Governor is hereby requested to telegraph these resolutions at once to each of our Senators at Washington City.

Requesting Governor to telegraph resolutions.

No. XXI.–Senate Memorial and Joint Resolution, No. 21.

[Passed February 5, 1879.]

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 Bodies that portions of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections of the public lands in said State are mountainous and unfit for cultivation, and also unreclaimable desert; other portions are of mineral and saline character, and a large majority of said sections are unsurveyed; and whereas your memorialists, 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 about seventy-three thousand acres of said grant, therefore your memorialists respectfully request 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, two million 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

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators be instructed, and our Representative in Congress be 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 by mail a copy of this memorial to each of our Senators and Representative in Congress.

School lands.

No. XXII.–Senate Joint Resolution No. 22, petitioning Congress to donate arid lands to citizens who shall perfect flowing Artesian Wells in this State.

[Passed February 11, 1879.]

Whereas, the climate of Nevada is as temperate as that of Ohio and Kentucky, and is exceptionally favorable to the rapid growth and perfect development of the various fruits, cereals and vegetables peculiar to any portion of the north temperate zone;

Requesting Senators and Representative.

Instructing Governor to telegraph resolution.

and vegetables peculiar to any portion of the north temperate zone; and whereas, the soils of the vast valley systems of the State are mainly composed of the eroded debris of limestone hills and volcanic mountains, elements which in all countries guarantee the permanent fertility of arable lands, and as there are millions of acres of these rich alluvial valley lands which are now utterly valueless to the General Government, and which are of little use to the people of Nevada, by reason of their aridity and the total lack of facilities for artificial surface irrigation; and whereas, the topographical and geological configuration and structure of the region above alluded to clearly indicate the practicability of obtaining an abundant supply of artesian water for irrigating purposes; therefore, be it

      Resolved, By the Senate and Assembly conjointly, That our Senators and Representative in Congress be requested to use every reasonable effort in their power to induce the Federal Government to grant from the public domain in this State liberal donations of arable lands to any citizen or citizens of the United States who shall successfully cause water sufficient for practicable agricultural or cattle-grazing purposes to flow upon the surface of the arable lands to be so donated by the Federal Government.

      Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward immediately to the Senators and Representative in Congress copies of this preamble and Joint Resolution.

Tendering thanks to Hon A. A. Sargent.

Instructing Governor to transmit resolution.

No. XXIII.–Senate Joint Resolution.

[Passed February 17, 1879.]

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the heartfelt thanks of the people of the State of Nevada be and are hereby tendered, by their Representatives in the Legislature, to the Hon. A. A. Sargent, and all others who co-operated with him in either House, who so earnestly and ably advocated in the United States Senate the passage of the Anti-Chinese bill, and to whose eminent ability and eloquence, in a great measure, is due the passage of said Act, to which the people of the entire Pacific Coast look for relief from the hordes of barbarian serfs, whose insidious progress has endangered the morals, and retarded the industrial and manufacturing interests of the West. Be it further

      Resolved, That the Governor be directed to transmit a copy of the foregoing to the Hon. A. A. Sargent.

No. XXIV.–Senate Joint Resolution.

[Passed January 24, 1879.]

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, the Senate Chamber of which has heretofore been used by said Courts in conducting important trials; and whereas, by Act of the Legislature of said State of Nevada, further 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 one hundred and 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 Post-office 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.

Petitioning Congress to erect buildings for United States Court and Post Office Department at Carson City.

Instructing Governor to transmit resolution.

No. XXV.–Senate Joint Memorial No. 29.

[Passed February 26, 1879.]

To his Excellency, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States. Your memorialists to the Legislature of the State of Nevada, would respectfully represent:

      That the presence of the Chinese on this coast is an unmitigated evil; that they have no respect or regard for our government, either in its form or for its administration; that they govern themselves by a system of law peculiar to themselves, and have their own tribunals; that they are incapable of assimilation with our people, either in sentiments, habits of life, or religion; that they are rapidly absorbing all branches of mechanical and manual labor, expelling from most ordinary pursuits the poorer classes of our citizens, and that the wealth thus drained from our soil goes, all of it, to China; that the destitution by these means caused is developing a race of American paupers, criminals and tramps, that the existence of either an aristocratic or servile class is a perpetual menace to all institutions; that the habits of the Chinese, the absence of the family relation of fixed homes and of decent social life, enable them to support themselves,

Memorial.

Chinese immigration.

Station among whites.

Effect of habits.

Burlingame treaty.

Governor to forward memorial to President of United States.

support themselves, and to accumulate money upon wages which would starve an American citizen, and that their accumulations are very rarely expended or invested in the communities where they are domiciled, but are transmitted to the country of their nativity, and that they are, therefore, enabled to avoid taxation and any considerable share of the burdens of government, and to drain the circulating capital of the coast, while their criminal habits and utter immorality are filling our prisons, jails, alms-houses and places of refuge for the destitute, and debasing, by example and intercourse, the rising generation; that the treaty of 1868, between the United States and China, known as the “Burlingame Treaty,” has never been maintained on the part of China, in accordance with its intent and meaning; that the right of free migration and immigration, which said treaty recognizes, was to be entirely voluntary, and not to be used in view of expatriation; that the Chinese have no right to be admitted under the circumstances by which they come here; that they are usually brought in hordes, in a condition of semi-slavery, and obligated to perform a term of servitude; that the privilege accorded to the contracting parties to the treaty aforesaid, was upon condition that the immigration to either country by the citizens or subject of the other, should be a voluntary individual act; that China has wholly failed to have that consideration observed; that the United States ought to revoke the privilege enjoyed by China under the aforesaid treaty. Therefore, we, your said memorialists, do most earnestly pray your excellency, that you will approve the (so-called) “Chinese Immigration Bill,” recently passed by the Congress of these United States, and your memorialists will ever pray, etc.

      Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That his Excellency, John H. Kinkead, Governor of the State of Nevada, be, and is hereby requested, to forward by telegram, to his Excellency, the President of the United States, a copy of the above memorial.

Amendment of constitution

Amendment

No. XXVI.–Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 28.

[Passed March 4, 1879.]

      Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows;

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

      Sec. 2.  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.

No. XXVII.–Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 30.

[Passed February 26, 1879.]

Whereas, The gallant services rendered by Hon. James G. Blaine, in his advocacy of our interests on the Chinese question, and his late letter in answer to Wm. Lloyd Garrison, have served to materially awaken Eastern sentiment to a realization of the awful curse hanging over the Pacific Coast and the country, therefore,

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that the people of the State of Nevada, as a slight token of their esteem, take this means of expressing their thanks to the Senator from Maine, for the ability and pertinacity with which he has urged the peoples’ side of the Chinese question.

      Resolved, that his Excellency the Governor be requested to forward a copy of this preamble and resolution to Senator Blaine, by telegraph.

Thanks to Hon. James G. Blaine.

Governor to forward resolution to Blaine.

No. XXVIII.–Senate Joint Resolution No. 31.

[Passed March 30, 1879.]

Joint Resolution in relation to changing mail service, on route number forty-six thousand two hundred and sixty-seven, from Reno, in the State of Nevada, to Willow Ranch, in the State of California, from tri-weekly service to seven times per week. Whereas, the present mail service on route number forty-six thousand two hundred and sixty-seven, between Reno, in Nevada, and Willow Ranch, is California, is inadequate to so supply those receiving mail by this route; and, whereas, the rapid settlement by farmers and stock raisers along and contiguous to this route demand more frequent postal facilities; and, whereas, this is the natural mail line from the Central Pacific Railroad to North-western Nevada, to North-eastern California, and to Southern Oregon, therefore, be it

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that our Senators be instructed and our Representative in Congress requested to urge upon the Postal Department the importance of mail change on route herein mentioned.

      Resolved, That the Governor forward to each of our Senators, to our Representative in Congress, and to the Postmaster-general, certified copies of this resolution.

Mail service on Route No. 46,267.

Governor to forward cer ified copies.

United States Mint at Carson City.

Governor to transmit copy to Senators and Representatives.

No. XXIX.–Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 32.

[Passed March 5, 1879.]

Whereas, it appearing from an order received by the Superintendent of the Mint, at Carson City, from Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, that the purchase and coinage of silver bullion is to be discontinued at the Carson Mint, the inevitable result of which would be a hardship to bullion producers of this State; and whereas, it is claimed by the Hon. Secretary of the Treasury, in support of his order, that silver bullion cannot be purchased as cheap at, and coins resulting from the same be transported from the Carson Mint, at the same rates at which bullion can be purchased and coins shipped from the San Francisco Mint; therefore, be it

      Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that our Senators be instructed and our representatives in Congress be requested to lay before Congress the fact that silver bullion has been and can be purchased and delivered at the Mint in Carson City at a rate not in excess of that paid at the San Francisco Mint.

      Resolved, That should it appear, upon an investigation, that the express charges from the Carson Mint are in excess of the rates charged from San Francisco, it being a lesser distance from Carson to points where coins are usually shipped to, and in the event that satisfactory arrangements cannot be made with express companies, that such laws be enacted whereby silver coin may be transported through the mail service.

      Resolved, That the Governor is hereby requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing Preamble and Resolutions to our Senators and Representative in Congress.