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been received; aside from the aid by said bonds, the work on said roads having been prosecuted entirely by private enterprise; and,

Whereas, The amount of travel and freight flowing to this State is already great enough to indicate that two railroads, leading hither from navigable tide water in California, will be remuneratively employed, at fair freight charges; and,

Whereas, The interest of the State of Nevada, as well as the whole section of territory between the Sierras and Salt Lake City, imperatively demand the speedy construction of at least two railroads over said mountains to this State, and across its boundaries; therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representative requested, to use all honorable means to secure aid from the General Government, both in lands and money, to the said San Francisco and Washoe, and the said Placerville and Sacramento Railroad Companies, to the same extent as the Central Pacific Railroad Company has been, and is now being, aided by the United States.

Resolved, That his excellency, the Governor, be requested to transmit a copy of the above preamble and resolution to our Senators and Representative in Congress.

No. II.-Concurrent Resolution relative to the Transportation of

Troops.

[Passed January 22, 1866.]

Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Relative to Adjutant-General of the State be requested to communicate transportawith the Major-General commanding Department of Pacific, troops. asking that the Nevada Volunteers, now at Camp Douglas, Utah, when discharged, or before being mustered out of service, be furnished with transportation by the Federal Government from the present post to the place of their recruiting.

No. III.-Senate Memorial and Joint Resolution relative to
Indian depredations.

[Passed January 23, 1866.]

leck, in

The People of the State of Nevada, in Legislature assembled, To Maj. Gen. to Major-General H. W. Halleck, commanding department H. W. Halof the Pacific, respectfully represent: That from the first settlement of this State there has not been Indian a year but what there have been depredations committed by in Nevada.

relation to

depredations

Copy to be transmitted.

some of the various Indian tribes by which it is inhabited. Treaties have been made at various times with these tribes, only to be kept so long as suited the convenience and caprice of the Indians. Goods have been distributed among them almost yearly, though we fear that the appropriations of Congress have been, until recently, so managed as to benefit the Indian agents more than the Indians. During the past year there has been an Indian war in the northeastern portion of the State; cattle and horses in large numbers have been stolen; travelers, in large and small parties, have been attacked, and often massacred; families have been driven from their homes, their dwellings burned, and growing crops destroyed; in fact, a large tract of country became unsafe to either live in or travel across, and an important line of communication between this State and the adjoining Territory of Idaho was closed, and still remains so to all, except large and well armed parties. Various military expeditions have been organized and sent against these Indians and many of them have been killed, but for want of steady, persistent efforts, proper equipment, and the right class of troops, they have all failed of accomplishing the desired end-a lasting peace. Quite a large force was put into the field last spring and accomplished much good, but now, when the winter has comethe very best time for operating against the Indians, having the double advantage of being the best time for troops to travel, and operations are more severely felt by the Indians at this season than any other-all but two companies of cavalry have been withdrawn, and these, we understand, are to be, and their places filled by regular infantry-an arm of the service utterly useless for other than garrison duty in a country like that inhabited by the hostile Indians. It is with feelings of regret that we have to express the conviction forced upon us by the events of the past year, that the former chief military authorities at the headquarters of the Department of the Pacific, have wholly failed to understand the character of the country, the nature of the service, or the necessity of a vigorous prosecution of the war, until these Indians are completely subjugated or exterminated. We have no hope of a lasting peace so long as any number of them remains. They are inflicting a vast amount of damage, not only to this State, but also to the adjoining Territory of Idaho, greatly retarding, in fact, entirely preventing the settlement and cultivation of a large tract of agricultural land, the products of whieh are so important to the speedy development of the mineral wealth of a community remotely situated from the ocean or other cheap means of communication. On account of the condition of affairs herein set forth, we respectfully ask that you will cause to be stationed within the county of Humboldt, at convenient points, at least four companies of cavalry, each company to be provided with pack mules enough to transport twenty days rations for each man. That you will also cause a vigorous campaign to be immediately inaugurated and kept up, to the end that a permanent peace be established.

Resolved, that the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to transmit a copy of the above memorial, and this resolution, to Maj. Gen. H. W. Halleck.

No. IV.-Memorial to Congress against the sale of the Mineral

Lands.

[Passed January 24, 1866.]

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

the mineral

Your memorialist, the Legislature of the State of Nevada, Relative to respectfully represent to your honorable bodies that they have the sale of heard, with surprise and regret, that propositions looking to lands. the sale of the mineral [lands] of this State and the Pacific coast are being urged upon your honorable bodies; and believing, as your memorialist does, that such a course, if adopted, will have the effect to retard and prevent the development of the mineral resources of this coast; and believing that the local rules and regulations established and observed by the miners themselves are fully adequate and best calculated to secure speedy and thorough explorations of the mineral sections of our State, which are always attended with much hardship, peril and expense, with but a small guarantee of realizing adequate remuneration for the risks undertaken; and being fully confirmed in the conviction that the proposition to sell the mineral lands of this coast is fraught with danger and evil to the best interests of this State and nation, your memorialist would respectfully and most earnestly ask of your honorable bodies that no action be taken by you, having for its object the enactment of any law of the character named.

All of which is most respectfully submitted and earnestly recommended to your favorable consideration,

No. V.-Resolution.

[Passed January 26, 1866.]

STATE OF NEVADA, SENATE CHAMBER,)

Carson City, January 15, 1866.

Relative to

Jefferson

WHEREAS, The Government of the United States have in cus- trial of tody the arch-traitor, Jefferson Davis, President of the late Davis. so-called Confederate States, on the charge of treason against said Government; and,

Whereas, The loyal people of this State believe him to be guilty, not only of treason, but of other crimes of almost equal enormity; therefore, be it

Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, be respectfully requested to bring said Davis to a speedy trial, and, if convicted of the crimes alleged, that he be punished therefor as the law directs.

Resolved, That his excellency, the Governor, be requested to transmit copies of these resolutions to each of our Senators and Representative in Congress.

Relative to a

mail from

No. VI.-Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to establishing
Semi-Weekly Mail from Aurora via Columbus to Silver Peak.

[Passed January 29, 1866.]

Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our semi-weekly Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representative Aurora to requested, to urge upon the Post-Office Department the great Silver Peak. necessity of the establishment of a semi-weekly mail from Aurora, in this State, by way of Columbus, to Silver Peak, in Esmeralda county.

Resolved, That his excellency, the Governor, be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing resolution to each of our Representatives in Congress.

Preamble.

No. VII.-Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to Mineral
Lands claimed by the Central Pacific Railroad Company.

[Passed February 2, 1866.]

WHEREAS, The recent discovery and development of rich and valuable mineral deposits of gold, silver and copper, in the immediate vicinity of the line of the Central Pacific Railroad, at Excelsior, and other points, is sufficient evidence that the greater portion of the land on either side of the proposed line of said road, from the western to the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada mountains is mineral land; and,

Whereas, The terms of the charter of said company do not contemplate the relinquishment, on the part of the United States, of the title to the minerals in the lands donated to said company; and,

Whereas, Said company may, nevertheless, under their said charter, as it now exists, acquire title in fee simple, to lands which may subsequently, under the skill and research of the prospector, prove to be more abundant in mineral resources than the valuable districts already discovered on the line of said road; and,

Whereas, Our prosperity and existence here, as a State, and as a people, depends almost wholly upon our mineral resources, which should, therefore, enlist our earnest and undivided solicitude and attention; therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representative

prohibiting

from

minerals in

requested, to procure, if possible, the passage of an Act, by Relative to Congress, prohibiting said Central Pacific Railroad Company, railroad or any other railroad company which may hereafter receive companies donations of land by Congress, in aid of its construction, from acquiring acquiring any right, title or interest whatever, to the minerals, title to of whatever character, except iron and coal, which have been, lands or may hereafter be, discovered, in the lands donated by Congress to said company, reserving to the public the same rights and privileges in prospecting for, and extracting the minerals from said lands, and the use of timber therefor, as though the said lands belonged to the Government of the United States.

donated.

No. VIII.-Senate Memorial and Joint Resolution relative to Increasing the Amount allowed by the United States to the State of Nevada, for Establishing National Banks therein.

[Passed February 13, 1866.]

WHEREAS, It is generally conceded that the amount of Na- Preamble. tional Bank Capital, apportioned to this State, under the prescribed division of $150,000,000 thereof, is insufficient for the wants of the business communities of this State; therefore, be it conjointly

an enlarged

Resolved, By the Senate and Assembly of the State of Ne- Requesting vada, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Rep- an resentative requested, to use their influence with the Secretary National of the Treasury, for the purpose of securing an enlarged limit Bank capital of National Bank Capital, so that the aggregate sum allowed the State of Nevada shall not be less than $5,000,000.

Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of the above preamble and resolution, by telegraph, to our Senators and Representative at Washington.

No. IX.-Senate Concurrent Resolution.

[Passed February 16, 1866.]

Surveyor

Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That Relative to twenty-five hundred copies of the Report of the Surveyor-Gen- printing eral, with the Appendix, be printed in pamphlet form. That General's one thousand copies of such report be distributed equitably report. among the members of the present Legislature; and the balance to be distributed under the direction of the Secretary of State, as may, in his opinion, best secure its proper distribution among the people in this and other States.

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