History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888 . alf Indian blood should bedeemed an Indian. In the civil j)ractice act it wasprovided that all might testify, whether of negro orIndian blood, who liad not one half or more of blackblood in their veins; thus i)lacing the value of prop-erty above that of life or liberty to those who werethree quarters white, an impropriety vshich the gov-ernor pointed out, while he a]>proved tlie crimes acton the ground of neeessitv. the condition of .society inNevada at this tune lecjuiring the restraints of a penal RE\EXUE AND RESTRICTIONS. 161 code. A
History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888 . alf Indian blood should bedeemed an Indian. In the civil j)ractice act it wasprovided that all might testify, whether of negro orIndian blood, who liad not one half or more of blackblood in their veins; thus i)lacing the value of prop-erty above that of life or liberty to those who werethree quarters white, an impropriety vshich the gov-ernor pointed out, while he a]>proved tlie crimes acton the ground of neeessitv. the condition of .society inNevada at this tune lecjuiring the restraints of a penal RE\EXUE AND RESTRICTIONS. 161 code. A tax of forty cents on every $100 of taxableproperty was imposed for territorial purposes, with anadditional tax of sixty cents for county purposes/^A poll-tax of two dollars was also imposed on allmales between the ages of twentj^^one and fifty years,not exempted by law, for county purposes, a neces-sary measure for raising revenue in a country M^herethe land still belonged to the United States, and thepopulatiou was a migratory one/^ The mines with. Teeritoeial Seal. their products remained untaxed, although the designadopted for the territorial seal had reference only tomining as an industry.** A law to secure the observ-ance of the sabbath was passed and approved, which ^Neo. Lawn, 1861, 144. This tax was raised in 1862 to 50 cents on flOOfor territorial, and 80 cents on the same for county expenses. The last terri-t-^rial legislature fixed the tax at 30 cents on SlOO for territorial and not toexceed 80 cents on the same for county revenues. *The poll-tax was increased to .S4 a head in 1862, and might be made toconstitute county hospital funds. The limit of age was subsequently ex-tended to sixty years, and assessors made ex-officio poll-tax collectors. *^ Mountains, with a stream of water coursing down their side and fallingon the overshot wheel of a quartz mill at their base. A miner learning onhis pick and holding a United States flag. Motto: Volens et Potens. De-signed b
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