NINTH DAY.

TUESDAY, December 20th, 1864. The House met, pursuant to adjournment, at eleven o'clock a. M., the Speaker in the chair.

On calling the roll the following members were present: Messrs. Bearss, Beck, Brown, Bien, Bishop, Cary, Cutter, Dun, Epstein, Greeley, Hinckley, Hawkins, Haskell, Lee, Myrick, Mayhugh, McKeeby, Nichols, Parker, Rosenblatt, Rigby, Small, Sine, Smith, St. Clair, Toombs, Walter, Wellington, Young, and Mr. Speaker.

Those who were absent were: Messrs. Bolan, Bond, Denson, Leavitt, Patten and Shackelford.

Prayer by Rev. Mr. White.

The journal of yesterday was read and approved.

Mr. Rigby, of Storey county, asked leave of absence for his colleague, Mr. Patten, for one day, which was granted.

Mr. St. Clair, from the Standing Committee on Contingent Expenses, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Contingent Expenses have had under consideration the Assembly Bill No. 3, entitled "An Act to create Contingent. Funds for the Senate and Assembly," and beg leave to report back said bill, and recommend its passage, with the following amendment:

Section one amended to read as follows: "The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to set apart from the first moneys coming into the General Fund, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eight thousand dollars-three thousand dollars of which shall constitute a contingent fund for the Senate, and five thousand a contingent fund for the Assembly."

All of which is respectfully submitted.

JAMES A. ST. CLAIR,

Chairman.

On motion of Mr. Cutter, the report was laid on the table. Mr. Bishop, from the Standing Committee on Public Printing, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The joint committee, consisting of the Standing Committee of the Senate and Assembly on State Printing, beg leave to submit the following report:

Your Committee have had under consideration the matter of State Printing, and have awarded the said printing to P. Lynch, of the Gold Hill News office, with the understanding that said Lynch is to do all the printing required by either branch of the Legislature at the same scale of prices as may hereafter be allowed to the State Printer, if such officer shall be elected by the present Legislature; and, further, that said printing is to be done in a neat, substantial and workmanlike manner.

All of which is respectfully submitted, with the recommendation that the same be adopted.

M. S. THOMPSON, Senate Committee.
WM. W. BISHOP,

H. G. PARKER,

B. H. NICHOLS,

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House Committee.

The Minority on Printing beg leave to make the following report, and recommend its adoption :

Believing, as a matter of convenience to the Legislature, and as a matter of economy to the State, that the printing of all bills, and other matters passed upon by the Legislature, should be done under the immediate supervision of the committee appointed for that purpose, and knowing that such supervision cannot be exercised if the printing be done at a point remote from the State Capital, we therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution:

Resolved, That the printing of all matters passed upon by either branch of the Legislature be done at the office of the Carson Post until otherwise provided for by law.

The question being first on agreeing to the minority report, the ayes and noes were called for, with the following result :

In the affirmative—

Messrs. Bearss, Beck, Cary, Denson, Dun, Epstein, Greeley, Hinckley, Hawkins, Myrick, McKeeby, Rosenblatt, Rigby, Small, Sine, St. Clair, Walter, Wellington, and Young.

In the negative—

Messrs. Brown, Bolan, Bien, Bishop, Bond, Cutter, Haskell, Lee, Mayhugh, Nichols, Parker, Patten, Smith, Toombs, and Mr. Speaker. In the affirmative, 19; in the negative, 12.

Mr. Young, from the Committee to whom was referred the bill entitled "An Act fixing the number of the officers and employees of the Senate and Assembly, to define their duties, and to establish their pay,' made the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee recommend that the first part of Section three be amended so as to read as follows:

"Section Three. There shall be paid to the several officers and employees named in this Act, for all services rendered by them under the provisions of this Act, the following sums, and no more, except by a two thirds vote of the house in which they are employed: To the Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the Assembly, each, the sum of ten dollars per day. Your Committee also recommend the passage of the

bill.

R. A. YOUNG,

On motion, the report was laid on the table. The following report was received and read: Mr. Speaker:

Chairman Committee.

Your Committee appointed to procure suitable rooms for the Engrossing and Enrolling Clerks of the Assembly, would respectfully report that they have performed the duty assigned them, and obtained the use of two convenient rooms without expense to the State.

(Signed)

W. M. CUTTER,

C. HAWKINS,

SAM'L C. DENSON.

No objection being made, the report of the Committee was received and adopted, and the Committee discharged.

Mr. Cutter offered the following concurrent resolutions, which were read:

WHEREAS, The necessity for the speedy completion and establishment of railroad communication between the navigable tide waters of the Pacific and the mining regions of the State of Nevada, is apparent to us as great and imperative; and,

WHEREAS, Congress has provided what was deemed to be a liberal bonus for the construction of such a railroad; and said Congressional provision has been secured exclusively to and under a corporation named and known as the Central Pacific Railroad Company, which, up to this date, has constructed only thirty miles upon its proposed route, and whose principal labor seems to have been to reduce the number of miles ordered to be built per year (on pain of forfeiture) in the original Pacific Railroad Bill, having particular reference to this section of the great trans-continental railway; and,

WHEREAS, Competition and rivalry in the construction of railways which are to command the enormous passenger and freight traffic between the Pacific and the eastern slope of the Sierras, on'a railway line, is eminently desirable; and,

WHEREAS, A line of railroad has already been constructed from the town of Freeport, at the head of tide water, on the Sacramento, and the town of Latrobe-it being a distance of thirty-eight miles, on a nearly direct line of communication with the Capital of Nevada; and,

WHEREAS, We have credible information that a large and wholly responsible body of respetable capitalists are prepared, with reasonable encouragement, to push forward the railroad from Latrobe to the Capital of our State, on a route direct and feasible; therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that our Senators be instructed, and our Representative in Congress requested, to use their utmost endeavors to secure the passage of an Act giving to the corporation or corporations undertaking, or which shall undertake, the construction of a road from Latrobe, in the State of California, to Carson City or Virginia, in the State of Nevada, the sum of ten millions of dollars, in United States six per cent. bonds, at dates of thirty years or less; the same to be issued and made over to said corporation or corporations at such time as the work herein described shall have been completed. Provided, that the railway communication by this line from the town of Freeport, at the head of tide water on the Sacramento river, to Carson City or Virginia, in the State of Nevada, be fully established and in perfect running order, without break or interval of stage transportation, within a period not exceeding three years from the fourth day of March, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

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

Mr. Cutter moved that the resolutions be referred to a committee of five.

Agreed to.

The Speaker announced Messrs. Cutter, Rosenblatt, St. Clair, Brown and Beck as such select committee.

Mr. Epstein gave notice that he would, at some future day, ask leave to introduce a bill entitled "An Act to regulate licenses.”

Mr. Mayhugh gave notice that he would, at some future day, ask leave to introduce a bill entitled "An Act to authorize and require the County Commissioners of Esmeralda county to procure the necessary books and stationery for the transcribing of certain records and indexes now in the possession of S. P. Moffit, Mining District Recorder of said county.

Mr. Greeley gave notice that he would, at some future day, ask leave to introduce a bill entitled "An Act to amend Art. 15 of Sec. 1 of the State Constitution."

Pursuant to previous notice, Mr. McKeeby introduced a bill entitled "An Act to provide for the election of Presidential electors, Members of Congress, and State and County Officers, and to preserve the purity of elections," which was read the first time; whereupon the rules were suspended, and the bill read the second time, and referred to the Standing Committee on Elections.

Pursuant to previous notice, Mr. Brown introduced a bill entitled "An Act for the relief of Hiram Welsh," which was read the first time; whereupon the rules were suspended, and the bill read a second time, and, on motion of Mr. Parker, was referred to the Humboldt delegation. Pursuant to previous notice, Mr. Haskell introduced a bill entitled "An Act to regulate the fees of office," which was read the first time; whereupon the rules were suspended, and the bill read a second time, and referred to the Standing Committee on Judiciary.

Pursuant to previous notice, Mr. Mayhugh introduced a bill entitled "An Act to provide for the survey of the boundary line between the State of California and this State," which was read the first time; whereupon the rules were suspended, and the bill read a second time, and referred to select committee, comprising the Esmeralda delegation. Pursuant to previous notice, Mr. Denson introduced a bill entitled "An Act in relation to the Boards of County Commissioners in the several counties in this State, defining their powers and duties, and other matters in relation thereto," which was read the first time; whereupon the rules were suspended, and the bill read a second time, and referred to the Standing Committee on Judiciary.

By unanimous consent, Mr. Haskell introduced a bill entitled "An Act to amend an Act to provide for assessing and collecting County and Territorial Revenue," approved December 20th, 1862, which was read the first time; whereupon the rules were suspended, and the bill read a second time, and referred to the Standing Committee on Ways and Means.

Mr. Cutter moved to take up the bill, which was laid upon the table, entitled "An Act fixing the number of the officers of the employees of the Senate and Assembly, to define their duties, and to establish their pay," which was agreed to.

The bill was taken up, and upon the motion of Mr. Parker, the rules were suspended, and the bill taken up for its second reading; but Mr. Bond then moved to reconsider the vote on Mr. Parker's motion, which was carried, and the House then, on motion of Mr. Bond, went into Committee of the Whole to consider the bill first referred to.

Mr. Brown in the chair.

Mr. Brown reported that the Committee of the Whole had had under consideration the House bill entitled "An Act fixing the number of officers and employees of the Senate and Assembly, to define their duties,

and to establish their pay," had gone through therewith, had made some amendments thereto, and had directed their chairman to report the bill to the House, and recommend its passage.

The report was agreed to; whereupon Mr. Wm. M. Gillespie, Chief Clerk of the House, offered his resignation in the following communication:

Having ascertained it to be the final disposition of your honorable body that the clerk of the Assembly shall be paid from five to eight dollars per diem less than was paid my predecessor in the last House of Representatives in the Territorial Legislative Assembly-appreciating your desire to prove to your respective constituencies your economical disposition as Legislators-I fully feel myself unable to fill the office of Clerk of the Assembly at a per diem any less than that heretofore established by precedent. Accordingly, I respectfully resign my position as Clerk of the Assembly of the State of Nevada.

Respectfully,

W. M. GILLESPIE.

On motion of Mr. Smith, it was accepted by the House, and a motion was made by Mr. Walter that we proceed to the election of another clerk to-morrow morning, which was agreed to.

Mr. Smith then moved that the House do now adjourn. Accordingly, at two o'clock P. M., the House adjourned till eleven o'clock a. M. tomorrow, pursuant to rule.

TENTH DAY.

WEDNESDAY, December 21st, 1864..

The House met, pursuant to adjournment, at eleven o'clock a. M.
The Speaker in the chair.

On calling the roll, the following members were present:

Messrs. Bearss, Beck, Brown, Bolan, Bien, Bishop, Bond, Cary, Cutter, Denson, Dun, Epstein, Greeley, Hinckley, Hawkins, Haskell, Lee, Myrick, Mayhugh, McKeeby, Nichols, Parker, Patten, Rosenblatt, Rigby, Small, Shackelford, Smith, Toombs, Walter, Wellington, Young, and Mr. Speaker.

Absent-Messrs. St. Clair, Sine and Leavitt.

Prayer by Rev. Mr. White.

The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.

Mr. Young moved that we now proceed to the election of a Chief Clerk, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Wm. M. Gillespie.

Mr. Brown nominated Col. U. E. Allen for the position of Chief Clerk. Mr. Bond moved that Col. U. E. Allen be unanimously declared elected Chief Clerk of the Assembly, which was agreed to.

The Chief Clerk, Col. U. E. Allen, and Assistant Clerk John H