the matters contained in the preamble hereof and report its findings and recommendations to the next session of the legislature.

No. 10-Assembly Joint and Concurrent Resolution.

[Approved March 12, 1915]

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WHEREAS, Good roads are essential to the progress of our state Concerning and the greatest transcontinental highway ever proposed has state highbeen located and marked across the State of Nevada, connect- connect Caliing our broad state with our neighbors on the east and our Nevada; great sister State of California on the west, making the said A, B, 25 of highway a lasting memorial to the greatest American of recent legislature times; and

WHEREAS, The improvement of our highways will both directly and indirectly benefit our state and facilitate transportation, as well as contribute to the pleasure and recreation of our citizens and meet the great and imperative demand of the people for better highways; and

WHEREAS, A bill has been introduced in the legislature of California known as assembly bill No. 25, making appropriation for the location, survey, and construction of a highway to connect the State of California with Nevada; and

WHEREAS, The citizens of the town of Verdi and of Washoe County and the county commissioners of Washoe County have undertaken to connect with said highway, so to be constructed by the State of California, and to erect the necessary highway bridge across the Truckee river and lay out and improve the same in and across Washoe County and make the same a branch of the Lincoln highway: now, therefore, be it

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Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of Nevada California concurring, That we congratulate our great sister state of Cali- congratu fornia upon the magnificent system of highways which she has constructed and is constantly adding to, and we commend the public spirit of the citizens and officials of Washoe County in connecting with such highway; and be it further

Resolved, That we express the hope that said assembly bill No. 25 will become a law and that thereby, with the aid of our own public-spirited citizens, another enduring link connecting California and Nevada may be forged, making easier that freedom of travel and interchange which is essential to modern life; and be it further

Resolved, That the governor of the State of Nevada is requested to transmit to the governor of the State of California a copy of this resolution with the request that it be presented to the legislature of California.

Regarding better mail service for town of Eureka

No. 11-Senate Joint and Concurrent Resolution, memorializing the postmaster-general of the United States.

[Approved March 15, 1915]

WHEREAS, The people of the town of Eureka, the countyseat of the county of Eureka, State of Nevada, have petitioned the legislature of the State of Nevada to intercede with the United States government in the interests of better mail service to the said town of Eureka; and

WHEREAS, It appears from said petition, and from other evidence adduced, that the United States postoffice department is now providing said town with a triweekly star-route mail service from Palisade, Nevada, in thirty-three hours, at a cost of $5,970 per annum; and

WHEREAS, An offer has been made by the Eureka-Nevada railway to carry the said mails triweekly from Palisade to Eureka in eight hours for the sum of $4,650 per annum,

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in addition thereto to carry the mail from Palisade to Blackburn, Nevada, free of charge, for which latter service the government is now paying to the said railway $800 per annum; and

WHEREAS, It is believed that the president of the United States has the inherent power under the decision of the supreme court of the United States in the case of Cunningham v. Neagle, 135 U. S., page 1, to provide by executive order for an acceptance of the aforesaid offer of the railway: now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the said proposed contract with the Eureka-Nevada railway meets with the hearty approval of the senate and the assembly of Nevada, and that we hereby respectfully request the postmaster-general of the United States to use his good offices in an endeavor to secure said executive order, or such other appropriate action authorizing the consummation of such a contract, thereby saving to the government the sum of $2,120 per annum and, in addition thereto, relieving the citizens of said town of Eureka from the inconvenience and hardship of the present 33-hour service.

Resolved further, That his excellency, the governor, be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolution to the postmaster-general of the United States.

No. 12-Assembly Joint and Concurrent Resolution, to provide for the participation of the State of Nevada in the formal opening of the Dalles-Celilo canal of the Columbia river, Oregon, May 5, 1915.

[Approved March 18, 1915]

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WHEREAS, We recognize and appreciate the interest of the Opening of general government of the United States in the improvement canal of the of the Columbia river and its navigable tributaries; and

WHEREAS, We particularly commend the expenditure by the Congress of the United States of the vast sum of four million eight hundred and forty thousand dollars in the construction of the Dalles-Celilo canal of the Columbia river, the completion of which will mark the opening of this river and its upper tributaries to uninterrupted navigation for a distance of approximately five hundred miles into the interior of the Columbia basin, having an area of two hundred fifty thousand square miles; and

WHEREAS, There will be a ceremony in connection with the opening of said canal on Wednesday, May 5, 1915, at Big Eddy, Oregon: therefore be it

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Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That, in rec- Nevada to be ognition of the opening of the great river of the west and its at opening tributaries to navigation, and the benefits to be derived by the sisterhood of states of the Columbia basin from the operation of the Dalles-Celilo canal-a portion of the State of Nevada being embraced in said basin-we do hereby declare for the formal participation of the State of Nevada in said opening ceremonies; and be it further

Resolved, That a committee of the legislature of the State of Nevada, consisting of two members of the senate and two members of the assembly, be and is hereby appointed, in connection with the governor and such other state officers as he may designate, to officially represent the State of Nevada at the official opening of the Dalles-Celilo canal at Big Eddy, Oregon, and at the associated celebration to be held in connection therewith at various points in the Columbia basin during the week of May 3 to 5, 1915; and be it further

Resolved, That this resolution shall be effective from and after its approval by the governor, and that notice of the participation of this state be sent to the general committee of the DallesCelilo canal celebration, 69 Fifth street, Portland, Oregon, and to the Columbia-Celilo-Panama waterways celebration committee, Lewiston, Idaho.

Praying general government for relief,

land, etc., for homeless nonreservation Indians in Nevada

building at University of Nevada

No. 13-Senate Joint and Concurrent Resolution, asking the Congress of the United States to provide homes for homeless nonreservation Indians in the State of Nevada.

[Approved March 24, 1915]

WHEREAS, The "Washoes" and many members of other tribes of Indians in this state are homeless and nonreservation Indians; and

WHEREAS, Trachoma, tuberculosis, and other contagious and infectious diseases are common among them, caused largely by bad sanitation, malnutrition, and general lack of proper living, thereby endangering the health of white people with whom they come in contact daily: therefore be it

Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Congress of the United States be and is hereby requested to appropriate the sum of one hundred thousand dollars for the purchase of small parcels of land, water rights, garden tools, and to erect dwellings in this state for said Indians; and be it further

Resolved, That the secretary of state be and he is hereby directed to transmit to each of our representatives in the Congress of the United States, and to the secretary of the interior, a copy of these resolutions.

No. 14-Senate Joint and Concurrent Resolution, relative to the erection of an agricultural building at the University of Nevada at Reno, Nevada.

[Approved March 24, 1915]

Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That

WHEREAS, There was introduced at the present session of Agricultural the legislature, by the ways and means committee of the senate, on March 8, 1915, a bill providing for the erection of an agricultural building at the University of Nevada, at Reno, Nevada, and making an appropriation therefor, which was not put on passage by reason of the scarcity of moneys in the general fund, and the inadvisability of making such an appropriation at this session of the legislature; and

WHEREAS, Said bill authorized and directed the board of regents of the University of Nevada to construct a suitable building upon the university land at Reno, to be known as an agricultural building, and to be used for purposes of instruction and research in agricultural and kindred subjects; and

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this body that the purposes of said bill were laudable and meritorious, and an efficient aid to the education of our people; and

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this body that an appropriation for such purpose cannot be made at this time, for the reasons aforesaid, but that the construction of such a building should be commenced with all possible expedition; and

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this body that the board of

regents of the University of Nevada and the educational purposes of the state ought not to be handicapped in an essential branch of education for the next two years; and

WHEREAS, It has been brought to the attention of this body that the board of regents of the University of Nevada may be able to save some money out of the appropriations to be made by this legislature for the University of Nevada, with which to begin the construction of such a building:

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NOW, THEREFORE, It is the sense of this body, and in con- Next legisla sonance with the public welfare, that the board of regents of make approthe University of Nevada have the approval of this body in priation using any moneys which they may be able to save from the appropriations to be made by this legislature toward the commencement of the construction of a suitable building upon university land at Reno, to be known as an agricultural building, and to be used for purposes of instruction and research in agricultural and kindred subjects. And it is hereby recommended to the next session of the legislature that sufficient moneys be appropriated to finish the construction of said building, if the state indebtedness within the warrant of the constitution shall not preclude it, and if the wisdom of that body shall dictate it.

No. 15-Senate Joint and Concurrent Resolution, relative to requesting the Congress of the United States to investigate the causes of unemployment, and to adopt remedial measures therefor.

[Approved March 24, 1915]

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WHEREAS, Unemployment is an evergrowing problem of Congress national magnitude, and the several states cannot, separately investigate and alone, adequately solve the questions incident to the causes of unequal distribution of labor; and

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WHEREAS, The temperate climatic conditions of the State remedial of Nevada are such as to induce many people from all parts of America to come here during the winter months; and

WHEREAS, Many of those who come are in search of employment and erroneously believe it is easy to secure work, thereby making the Nevada employment problem, like that of our sister state of California, particularly acute: now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the senate and assembly of the State of Nevada hereby jointly request the Congress of the United States to investigate the causes of unemployment and adopt such remedial measures as may be necessary and proper; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this resolution be forthwith transinitted by the secretary of the senate to the president of the senate, and to the speaker of the house of representatives of the United States, and to each of our senators and representaive in Congress.