No. XIII.-Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 22. [Passed February 20, 1879.] Chinese being WHEREAS, Assembly Bill No. 23, prohibiting the employment of Prohibiting Chinese or Mongolians by any corporation or association asking and receiving a franchise or privilege for any public pur- employed on public pose, or their employment on any public works in this State, works. 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. No. XIV.-Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 23. 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 Bill No. 4. Assembly No. XV.-Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 24. [Passed February 28, 1879.] Chinese im WHEREAS, the State of Nevada, with its industrial and business classes, feels a kindred sympathy with all the States of the migration. 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, do Thanks to heartily thank the Legislature of Illinois for memorializing Illinois their members in Congress towards the passage of the present Anti-Chinese Immigration bill. 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. from Elko to Tuscarora. No. XVI.-Assembly Joint Resolution No. 27. [Passed March 4, 1879.] Mail service 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. SENATE RESOLUTIONS. No. I.-Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to inaugurating the [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 м. on Tuesday, January seventh, for the purpose of inaugurating the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor elect. Joint Coninaugurate Governor vention to and Lieut. Governor. No. II.-Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to the Printing of [Passed January 8, 1879.] Bradley's message. Resolved, By the Senate and Assembly conjointly, that twenty- Governor 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. 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. Governor to Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit by telresolution. egraph a copy of the foregoing resolution to Nevada's Senators telegraph in Congress. Regulation of InterState 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 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 memorialists, 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. etc., Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that our Senators, Senators are instructed, and our Representative in Congress instructed. 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. Governor to forward Resolved, further, that the Governor be and is hereby requested to forward copies of this memorial and resolution to copies. each of our Senators and to our Representative in Congress. 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 Preamble. 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 Instructing Representatives to passage of Resolved, That our Senators be instructed, and our Representative requested, to use all honorable means to secure the and passage of House Bill number two thousand four hundred and twenty-three, reported to the House of Representatives, from secure the Committee on Education and Labor, and such other bill. 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 telegraph of this memorial and resolution to our Senators and Represen- copies. tative in Congress. Governor to No. VI.—Senate Concurrent Resolution, relative to the Election of United States Senator. [Passed January 14, 1879.] United Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that in Election of accordance with an Act of Congress, entitled 66 An Act to regulate the time and manner of holding Elections of United Senator. 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 |