Political Quotes

“today I rise with my good friend Senator Ensign to introduce the Nevada Mining Townsite Conveyance Act of 2010. The residents of the towns Ione and Gold Point in Nevada have asked for our help in settling longstanding trespass issues that have seriously affected these communities for decades. This bill would convey 682 acres managed by the Bureau of Land Management's, BLM, Tonopah Field Office to clear up decades old confusion over property ownership in these two historic mining towns. Ione and Gold Point were founded in central Nevada during the last half of the nineteenth century. Like other early towns in Nevada, they endured the boom and bust cycle so common to mining camps. A very long time ago both of these towns were surveyed and approved for townships, but through some misfortune the proof of patent was never recorded by the U.S. Government Land Office and title for the land was never transferred. Nevertheless, these towns have been continuously occupied for over 100 years. Many residents in Ione and Gold Point live on the same land that their families settled on decades earlier. These citizens have paid their property taxes and made improvements to their properties. They have rehabilitated historic structures and built new ones. Regrettably, the historical documents by which these citizens claim possession do not satisfy modern requirements for demonstrating lawful ownership of their properties.”