Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-27


taken ON the anal passage of every bill or joint
resolution, Amajority Of all the members elect.
ed 10 each houBe is required 10 pass any Dill or
resoIu tIon, Accurate statements Of receipts and
expenditures must be published. with the laws, Of
every regular session All laws must BE- general
and uniform in operation, % far as possible, and
local or special legislation Is expressly forbidden
-Reculafing ths Jurisdiction and duties Of JUS
tces Of the Peace and ,Coustsbles for the pun
ishing Of crimes and nnIsdemeanors; regulating
the practice Of courts Of justicei providing Tor
changing the venue In civil and criminal cases
granting dlvorces changing the names Of per-
sons; vacating roads, town plots, streets, alleys
and public squares; Summoning aud impannel;
ling grand and petit jureS and providing for tner
compensation; regulating county and township
business; regulating the election OF county and
township officers for the assessment and collec.
tion of taxes for State county and township pnT'
poses; providing for opening and conducting
elections Of State, county or!toWnship officers,
and designating the places Of voting; providing
for the sale Of real estate belonging TO minors Or
other persons lsboring under legal dsabilitieS A
uniform system Of county and township govern.
lnent Ia required TO be established. Lotteries and
the sale of lottery tickets are prohibited. Extra
compensation 70 officers and employers Of the
Legislature Is forbidden. The 1rSt regular ser
sion Is limited to ninety days, subsequent ses-
SionG Of sixty days; and special sessions. con
vensd by the Governor, to twenty days. A
be exempted from forced sale, except in certain
enumerated cases. r Provision is made fpr secur.
ing the separate property Of q wife. The county
officers 10 be elected are specihed, the Legisla>
ture 10 prescribe their duties and compensation.
The compensation Of ofleEslators cannot be chang
ed during their terms each member Is allowed
not exceeding 500 per session for stationery,
newspapers, postage, etc. !; " day additional Is
allowed the presiding officers of each branch.
Elections Of United States Senators are to be
made in Joint Convention by the Legislature
next preceding the expiration Of the Senatorial
term, or Immediately after the happening OF
vacancy; in case Offailure of the two Houses to
meet In Joint Convention within twenty days for
this purpose, the Governor may call such Con
vention or proclamation. Two.thirds of all the
members elected to each branch are necessary 10
pass any bill over the Governors veto The
Governor is allowed Eve days during the session,
or ten days thereafter, within which TO veto q
bill and in the latter case the bill must be laid
before the next session of the Legislature. r
The changes In this Article from the old Con-
sttution ara numerous Among them are al.
lowing the Senate TO hold secret executive ses'
lions !; permitting special legislation respecting
fees and salaries, and the interest on money !
omitting the specification Of the amount or value
of the homestead exemption, and leaving that 10
be provided for by law onlItting the seetionfor
bidding the passage Of any law authorizing mar.
ried women to oct as sole traders emitting the
limitation of the salaries of county officers and
the per diem Of the members ofthc Legislature, etc.
ARTICLE v-EXEcUTIvE DEPARTMENT. -
Vests the executive power In Governor, to be
elected for four years, who must be qualified
elector, twenty five years of age, and, except at
the first election for two years preceding his cleo
ton, resident Of the State. Provides for canvass
ing election returns for Governor and other state
officers. The Governor is Commander-in-C Chief OF
the military forces Of the State, except when
s,.to IS hi al Eat IN
to transact all executive business, see that the
laws are faithfully executed and 10 fill vacancies
in office by appointment where npt otherwise
provided for. He may convene special sessions
of the Legislature, but at such sessions no leSis
Iative business may be transacted except such
az the Governor may call attention TO. He has
power, in case Of disagreement between the two
Houses TO the time of adjournment, 70 adjourn
the Legislature to such time as he may think
proper, but not beyond the time for the meet.
ing of the next Legislature. He may suspend
fines aud forfeitures and grant reprieves not ex
ceediug sixty days The Governor, Justices ot
the Supreme Court and Attorney General are
constituted Court of Psrdons, except In cases
OF treason and aimpeachments A Lieutenant
Governor is to be elected at the same time and
for the Samo term as the Governor. The usua
powers and duties of such officer are prescribed
A Secretary Of State, Treasurer, Controller, sur
! veyor General and Attorney General are alsc
provided for and their powerG and duties pre-
scribed. The Governor, Secretary Of state and
| Attorney General arc constituted \ Board O
| State Prison Directors and also o BoPrd of Elk
! amnorS, To audit all claims against the State
except salaries or compensation fixed by law, be
fore such claims can be passed upon by the lie
| gislature.
The only change Of Importance from the olt
Constitution in this Article IL providing for th
election of . Surveyor General
ARTICLE vI-JuDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
| Vests the judicial power OF the State in Su
| preme Court, consisting Of Q Chief Justice AM
| two Associate Justices with power in the Legii
lature to add two associstes), nine District Court
| lat .preSenD and Justices of the Peace. Th
| Legislature may also establish Municipal Court
/ in Incorporated cities and towns The Justices q
| the Supreme Court arc TO be elected at genera
elections tor six years each, but those frst eecte
are to draw for long and short terms, 50 that on
will 60 out Of Office every two years. The Su
preme Court has appellate JdrisdictIon In al
cases in equity, and In all cases at law involving
real estate or mining claims, the legality Of ta1es
assessments fines, etc., where the amount In con
trovsrsy exceeds three hundred dollars; also Of
questions of law alone, in criminal cases amount
ing 10 felony. The State is divided into nine Ju
! dcial Districts Storey county constituting til
First ormsby the Second, Lyon the Third
Washoe the Fourth, Nye and Churchill the Fifth
Humboldt the Sixth, Lander tho Seventh, Doug
! las tho Eighth, Esmeralda the Ninth. Roop Il
1 attached to the W asboe district The Legislature
| may alter or change the districts hereafter, o
| increase or diminish the number of districts o.
Judges. The First, or Storey District, has thre
District Judges with a co-eItensive and concur
rent Jurisdiction. The District Judges are to b.
| elected for four years, and are to be paid out O
the treasures of the counties comprising their re
| apective Districts. Tho District Courts havt
original Jurisdiction in all cases wherein the su
preme Court has appellate jurisdiction also. re
lsting 10 estates Of deceased persons, and pers0n
| and estates nf minors and insane persons, and o
the action Of forcible entry and unlawful detainsr
and Of all criminal cases not otherwise provided
| by law. They have tnai appellate Jurisdiction
In all cases arising in Justicrs' Courts and othe
| inferior tribunals Tho Legislature determines
the number of Justices OF the! Peace In each city
/ and township, and fixes their duties and compsn
| sation. JustieeG Courts have Jurisdiction only
Of caSeE not coming within the Jurisdiction Of tn,
| District Courts, provided they may have suef
criminal Jurisdiction as may be conferred by law
| and the Legislature may confer upon them jurts
dicton concurrent with the Distric. Courts In th'
| endorsements of mechanics liens, not exceeding
5000 md Of setions for tho possession OF land
and tenements in certain specified cases, Ih'
| Supreme Court, District Courts, and such othei
| Courts as the Legislature may determine, art
Courts Of Record Their Judges are not allowed
TO receive fees and perQulSites for their own use
Judges arc Ineligible to other than judicial Officer
| during their terms. Provision Is made for docket
fees, to be applied toward the payment Of the
salaries Of Judges No leave OF absence can b
granted to any judicial officer. aud the sbsenct
of such officer from the State for ninety days va
This Article Is radically different from the cor
responding Article Of ths old Constitution where
In the Judicial system wan copied substantially
from that of California. : HC rHsi3 II ....'r'
I ARTICLE .vH-IAPEhcHAENTs AND REMOVAL
...f FROM OFFICE. -.r-....-rs.,. p
Provides for impeaching by the Assembly. ant
trials by the Senate, the Chief Justice to presd,
at the trial Of q Governor or Lieutenant Cover
NOR, aud twothirds OF the Senators elected 4
! be necessary for conviction. All State and ia
dicial officers. except Justices OF the Peace, ar,
liable to Impeachment for misdenaeanor or NAL
fsasance In Office; but judgment can only sxtenr
TO- removal and disqualification from ;holdinI
oface. The party 10 liable, however, to indict
mont and trial according to law, If. the otfens,
ID indietable. The Judges Of the Supreme ant
/ District Courts are also liable 70 be removed
rom office, sitter q hearing, by vote OF two
thirds OF the members eieeted to each branch o
the Lsgilarufe.J Provision NAV be made By Law
for the removal Of other civil officers. ra. .nissr
Z. This Article 10, substantially the same a. tbA
In the old Constitution, except the provision re
quirlng the Chief Justice to preside ct the tria
OF Governor or Lieutenant Governor.
ARTtcLf fHIu-auSIciPAL Az ID OTHER coRPoR
va. r"-iI ATIONS. .itf9 fr. ~ '
{ Prohibits special legislation in regard to cor
porationk exceptGfor municipal purposes, ou