Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-13
CONSTITUTION OF NEVADA.

nioce of the words 'both real and personal, in
cludinR mines and mining property This was
regarded as the most important change made by
the Convention.
aries. was amended so as to fix the salaries of
State officers etc., only for the first term, and then
stricken ont and transferred to the schedule.
ARTICLE xI-EDUcATIoS.
Provides for the election, once In two years, OF
a SUPERINTENDENT of Public Instruction, and for
| the establishment of uniform system OF common
Schools TO be maintained at least six months eSch
year in every School District. Any school Dis
trict failing to maintain such school for the space
Of six months, or permitting sectarian instruction
therein, may be deprived Of its proportion Of the
School Fund The Legislature may pass sncn
laws as will tend TO secure general attendance OF
children on the schools The lands donated by
Congress for educational purposes, and all other
sources of income available for the purpose, are
solemnly set apart and pledged to the School
Fund, the interest only Of which IL to be dstr1bn
ted pro rata according to the number Of children
between six and eighteen years of age In each
county. Floating school land warrants are 10 be
sold A State University Is to be established. en-
bracing agricultural, mechanical and mining de-
partments. All teachers and professors are r.
qured to take an oath Of Office. A half mill OH
the dollar special tax IN to be levied annually for
| the support Of the University and common
schools. The Governor Secretary of State and
I
Board of Regents Of the University and public
schools for the first four years, the Legislature to
elect their successors. said Board is required to
organize the Mining Department Ofthe University
as speedily and efficiently possible. All secti''
rian instruction in the schools or University il
prohibited.
This amends the corresponding Article Of the
| old Constitution by striking out much az made
the attendance Of children on the schools compul'
sorry, by asking for the consent Of Congress TO the
| IF
acres granted Tor internal improvements, and in
some less important particulars.
ARTICLE XII-MILITIA.
| Requires the Legislature to provide for orguu
| Zing and disciplining the militia and the effective
encouragement of volunteer corps etc; also gives
the Governor power 10 call out the militia III
emergencies. The Article is identical with the
one In the old Constitution.
ARTICLE XIH-pUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
REQUIRES the State 10 foster benevolent Institn.
tons and the counties to provide for the aged in
firm or INDECENT. The language Of the Article il
the same as in the old Constitution.
ARTICLE SIy-BoUSDARY.
Establishes the State boundary az In the Ena'
| bling Act and provides for extending such bOun'
| Diary one degree further east, whenever COngrrsS
shall assent. and ns far west ~ California may re-
| lnqush. There is no change in this from the "l''
| Constitution.
ARTICLE Xv-MIscELLASEoUs PRovIsIoSs.
Section fixes the seat of Government 1T Car
son City, and prohibits appropriations for Capitol
buildings for the next three years, insteBd OF sis
| years, as in last years Constitution.
| Section prescribes an oath of Office, including
an oath Of allegiance TO the United States, and III
oath that the party has not, since the adoption OF
the Constitution, and willnot be, engaged In duel
Section prohibits any person not only from
holding office, but which is additional to the old
constitutional from voting, who has been In any
way concerned in duel.
Section 4. No perpetuities shall be allowed eS.
cept for eleemOsynary purposes.
Section fixes the general election on the Tues'
day next after the first Monday of November.
Section 6. The aggregate number ofmemberS OF
the Legislature shall never exceed IS.
Section requires county officers to hold their
offices at the county seats
Section provides for the publication OF statute
laws and Supreme Court decisions
Section 9 authorizes the Legislature to increase
or diminish salaries of public officers.
Sections III aud II relate to the election or ap
pointment of officers and the tenure Of officer
created by the Legislature, which must never ex'
coed four years.
[Scction I2 Of the old Constitution, providing for
a state Printer, was stricken out
SECTION Il requires the Governor, Secretary OF
State Treasurer, Controller and Clerk of the Su
preme Court to keep their Offices at the Capital.
Section 10 provides for State census, In the
discretion of the Legislature, in 1865, 1867, 1915
and every ten years thereafter, 10 serve, together
with the United States census, al basis OF repre-
sentation.
Sec IA establishes the plurality rulei elections.
ARTICLE XYI-AMESDMESTS.
Provides for amendment Of the Constitution by
twOthirdS votes Of two successive Legislatures,
and subsequent ratification by the people. Also.
that the Legislature, by two-thirds vote, may
submit to the people the question OF calling Con
vent0n 10 revise the Constitution. This Article
i'm the in the old Ion attn ton
ARTICLE Xvu-sCHEDULE.
Sections !, ., 3 and provide for the transfer Of
rights actions. prosecutions. judgments. claims,
etc, from the Territorial TO the State Government;
for the continuance Of Territorial laws until re-
pealed altered by the State Legislature for the
transfer of fines and forfeitures, recognizances.
etc, and all legal proceedings.
Section fixes the salaries-for the first term Of
ofice-Governor, 81, o0O Secretary ofState. Con
troller and Treasurer each, $500: Surveyor
General, $1,000 Attorney General, $500; Su-
periutendent of Public Instruction, $4,000; each
Judge of the Supreme Court, 81, 1000; members OF
the Legislature, 50 per day aud 40 cents per mile
each way
Section establishes the following apporton.
ment of the Legislature until otherwise provided
by law: Storey county, Senators, IL Assembly
men Douglas county, Senator, . Assemblymen:
Esmeralda county, Senators, 4Assemblymen :;
Humboldt county, Senators. 3 Asemblymen !;
Lander county, . Senator'S, Assemblymen; Lyon
county, Senator, Assemblymen; Lyon and
Churchill counties, l Senator jointly; Churchill
county, ] Assemblyman; Nye county, Senator
l 4Asse mblyman; Ormsby county, : Senators 3
, Asscmblymen; Washoe and Roop couniieS Q Sen.
HtorS, 3 Assemblymen.
Section transfers all debts of the Territory to
the State provided said Indebtedness shall not in
terfere with the additional 100000 authorized by
Article TX.
,, Section provides thut the first State officers
shall hold till the Tuesday after the first Monday
, in January 1867.
Section provides that the Senators first elected
shall draw for long and short terms, half going
out the day after the general election in 1866, and
the other half two years later.
Sections 10 and II provide for carrying out the
same rule respecting Assembymen.
Section l2 makes the first session Of the Legisla.
ture commence on the second Monday Of Decem-
Der next the second on the first Monday Of Jan
uary, 1866 succeeding sessions to be held bienni-
ally, commencing on the first Monday of January
Section Is continues all Territorial and county
officers under the State organization till January,
1867, and the Probate Judges till the District
Judges are elected, with a proviso for a special
election in Lander county next November
Section IA continues the Territorial officers till
election and qualification of State officers
Section Is fixes the terms of the Supreme aud
District Courts.
Section is and II f1 the salaries Of the District
Judges, until altered by law First District,
s6.OOO; Second, $4,000; Third and Fourth, t5,OOO;
Eighth, $500; Ninth, s5OOO
Section 10 requires State officers first elected to
enter on their duties on the first Monday of De
cember next and continue till January 1867.
Section 10 makes n similar provision for the
Supreme and District Judges.
Section 20 relates to the commissioning and
qualifying ofthe first State officers and District
Judges, and requires the State Controller and
Treasurer to give bonds in $4,000 each.
Section 81 requires counties, towns, etc. to pro.
vide for supporting their own officers.
Section ~ provides for filling yAcaneirA
Section % transfers cases pending In the Ter.
ritorial- Probate Courts to the District Courts.
Section q limits taxation for the first three
years to one per cent, and one.fourth Of ons per
cent for Territorial indebtedness
Section 25 attaches Roop 10 Washoe county,
for judicial, legislative revenue aud county pur.
poses. .r..
Section 26 makes provision for publishing GU
copies Of the debates and proceedings Of this
Convention, and for the compensation Of the
Official Reporter Of the same.