Requesting the United ernment to donate land for reservation for Washoe Indians. No. XIII.-Assembly Memorial and Joint Resolution Relative to Reservation for Washoe Indians. [Passed February 23, 1881.] To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled: Your memorialists, the Legislature of the State of States Gov- Nevada, respectfully represent to your Honorable Body: That, in the western portion of the State of Nevada, and especially in the counties of Douglas, Ormsby and Washoe, in said State, there are a numerous tribe of Indians known as the Washoe Indians, for which no reservation has been set apart by the Government of the United States; that experience has demonstrated that the white population and the Indian tribes are alike benefited by the policy of the General Government in excluding Indians from mingling with the whites; therefore your memorialists pray that a suitable tract of public land be set apart for the exclusive occupancy of said tribe under customary regulations; and be it Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor, be respectfully requested to transmit a copy of this memorial to each of our Senators and to our Representative in Congress. SENATE RESOLUTIONS. No. I.-Senate Joint Resolution Relative to Mexican War Veterans. [Passed February 1, 1881.] Relative to pensions for Mexican 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 veterans. 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 foreign and pestilential climate are now rapidly diminishing in numbers and are all growing old, many of them decrepit, impecunious and helpless; therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators in Congress from the State of Nevada, and also our Representative in Congress, be requested to urge the speedy enactment of an Act by Congress providing for the granting of pensions to the surviving soldiers and sailors 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 the joint resolution. war No. II.-Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to Meeting of [Passed February 1, 1881.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada, be amended as follows: Changing time of meeting of Legislature. Amond Section 2 of Article IV. of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows: Section Two. 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. Warden's Report to be printed. No. III.-Senate. Concurrent Resolution Relative to Printing [Passed January 24, 1881.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That one thousand copies of the Report of the Warden of the State Prison be printed for general distribution. Report of No. IV.-Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to Printing [Passed January 24, 1881.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That five State hundred copies of the Report of the Board of Directors of Orphans' the State Orphans' Home, for 1879 and 1880, be ordered Home to be printed. printed. Adjutant- Report to be printed. No. V.-Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to Printing [Passed January 26, 1881.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That five hundred copies of the Biennial Report of the AdjutantGeneral, for the years 1879 and 1880, be printed for the Adjutant-General to distribute. No. VI.-Senate Concurrent Resolution Relating to the Printing of the Report of the Surveyor-General and State Land Register. [Passed January 19, 1881.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That there be printed one thousand copies of the Report of the SurveyorGeneral and State Land Register for the years 1879 and 1880. Report of General to be printed. Surveyor No. VII.-Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to Printing [Passed January 28, 1881.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That five hundred copies of the Biennial Report of the Secretary of State for 1879 and 1880 be ordered printed. No. VIII.-Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to Printing [Passed January 19, 1881.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That one thousand copies of the Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the years 1879 and 1880 be ordered printed. No. IX.-Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to Printing [Passed January 27, 1881.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That five hundred copies of the Report of the Fish Commissioner be printed for the use of the Legislature. Fish ComReport of to missioner, be printed. Warden requested to No. X.-Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to Warden of the State Prison; Information Requested. [Passed February 2, 1881.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Warden of the State Prison be requested to furnish to this and furnish body answers to the following questions: answer questions, same to the Legislature. First-How many persons are employed at the prison as officers, clerks, overseers, guards, or in any capacity connected with the government of the State Prison? Second-What compensation per day, week or month is paid such employed persons? Third-What number of continuous hours guards are required each day or night to perform such guard duty? Preamble. Committee to be appointed with power No. XI.-Senate Joint Resolution Relative to Apportionment of Senators and Assemblymen. [Passed January 26, 1881.] WHEREAS, The Constitution of the State of Nevada limits the aggregate of representation in the two Houses of the Legislature to seventy-five members; and, WHEREAS, The two Houses already consist of seventyfive members, and great changes have taken place in the relation of certain counties to the last apportionment of representation; therefore, Resolved, by the Senate and Assembly conjointly, That a joint committee of seven-three from the Senate and four from the to report a Assembly-be appointed by the presiding officers of the bill comput- two Houses respectively, whose duty it shall be to make a ing repre sentation. careful computation of representation on the basis of the population of the various counties of this State as returned by the United States census for the year 1880, as their guide, as provided in the Constitution, with power to report by bill or otherwise. |