Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-17
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CONSTITUTION OF NEVADA.

nIeSe If ~ words iboth real and personal, IN
Guiding mines and mining propertyiiI - Srt.
regarded as the most important change ma Sp' y
the Convention. l.JL l.nas," ,,,,.5 al.
'aries was amended SO as 10 FIX the saA A1 -
State officers ETC., only for the hrStteim, ana tneD
stricken out and transferred to the scneun'1'
" Z; 4-.45ARTIcLE xI--EDUcATIoM sHJ
% provitles for the election once In two Year, o. %
Superintendent of Public instruction, anu -,
fhe Establishment of uniform system oLC9mln lt
Schools, to be maintained at least 81 M.
wear in every School District ANY sen no. IN. -
trict falling to maintain such Aenooi W
NJ Sir months or permitting sectariRn suncIn
tbereir NAV be deprived Of its proportion o. VIZ
School Fund The Legislature may pess sueI
iayys as will tend TO secure general eVenu.n1,
children on the schools The lands donHwdfl W 81
Congress for educational ~ ~. ;.sS. sreDr
sources Of income available for the purpose, ars
soirmnly set apart and pledged to fhe Senoo'
Fund the interest only OF which IL 10 DC o,St,s
ted pro rata, according to the number o. ennns h
between six and eighteen years OF nSs ~ ~
county Floating school land warrants u ne 20 ue Z
sold a state University IL to be established. EN-
bracno agricultural, mechanical and mining de-
nartments All teachers and professors are re-
nuired TO take an oath Of ONCE. a hsii miI Oh
the dollar special tax isto be Levied apnusiIy "
the support Of the University and common
schools. The Governor, Secretary Of State ana
Snnerintepdent of Public Instruction constitute
Board of Regents of the UntverNty ana PuD,'l
schools for the first four years, the Legislature ~
elect their successors. raid board - tequIIeu W
organize the Mining Department ofthe Unifersiis
as speedy and efficiently rs possible An sec'h'I
rai instruction in the schools or uniYersty "
This amends the corresponding Article OF the >
old Constitution by striking out 20 much a. mads
The attendance of children on the schools conpul
sory, by askingfo the consent Of Congress TO the
annTopriati6n TO school purposes OF the oUO,UU
acres granted for internal improvements ana In
some less important particulars. .--...gy
1-s4h' ARTICLE &II-MILfTIA
REQUIRES the Legislature to provide Tor organ
izing and discpning the militia and the effective
encouragement Of volunteer corps, etc. also g1'es
the Governor power to call out the militia LII
emergencies The Article IL identical with the
one in the old Constitution.
ARTICLE xlII-PuBL1c INSTITUTIONS A..
REQUIRES the State to foster benevolent Institn
lions and the counties TO provide for che aged IN
firm or INDECENT The language Of the Article IL
the same as in the old Constitution. b ss..v 20
ARTICLE XIy-BoUsDARY. gr,r1,. ..I..
Establishes the State boundary as in the Ina
bling Act and provides for extending such b0un
Diary one degree further east, whenever GonRre"
shall assent and a. far west as California may re-
linquish. There Ia no change in this from thr Old
Constitution. ,,..-.
ARTICLE Xy-YIscELLANEoUs PROVISIONS.
Section / fixes the seat of Government ut Car
son City, and prohibits appropriations for Cspil"l
buildings for the next three years instead OF six rs
years, as In last years Constitution .Ity $50
Section prescribes an oath Of office, including
an oath Of allegiance to the United States, and Ah
oath that the party has not, since the adoption o.
the Constitution and willnot be, engaged 10 aduel
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. .f-..,.-- # w, ,,,a..
Section 4. No perpetuities shall be allowed ex
ceptfor eleemosynary purposes. "lI ~. - ,.''
Section fixes the general election on the Tues
day next after the first Monday Of November, sfr
Section 8. The aggregate number ofmembers OF
the Legislature shall never exceed Is 'i't'. E'.
Section requires county officers to hold their
offices at the county seats.
Section provides for the publication Of statute
laws and Supreme Court decisions ,.g ,.,,i.,....
Section authorizes the Legislature 10 Increase
or diminish salaries OF public oficerL lugr !.Glf
Sections 10 and II relate TO the election or sp.
pointment of officers and the tenure Of officers
created by the Legislature; which ninst neversI
coed four years ggg.. o. ahglE a8y rsir.
Section l2 Of the old Constitution, providing for
State Printer, was stricken out '.7G'' .-' %
Section 10 requires the Governor, Secretary Of
State, Treasurer, Controller and Clerk of the gu
preme Court to keep their Offices at the Capital.
Section 10 provides for State census, IN the
discretion Of the Legislature, lin 1865, 1857, 1875
and every ten years thereafter 10 serve, together
with the United States census, as basis Of repre-
sentation.
Sec "A establishes the plurality rulein elections
o.. ARTICLE xyI-ANESDNESTs. rauy
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 ofcslling Con
vention to revise the Constitution. This Article
was, In substance, the same In the old Constitution
| g. ARTICLE SCHEDULE. -,
Sections l, 9, 8 and provide for the transfer OF
rights; aetionA. prosecutions Judgments, CLAIMS.
etc. from tho Territorial to the State GoysrnmtnI;,
for the continuance of Territorial laws until re-,
peaed or altered by the State Legislature; for the
transfer of fines and forfeitnres, reeoensanees,
etc. and all legal proceedings. -..r ms M Lrul,
Section 5 fixes the salaries-for the first term OF
ofice-Governor, $4,000 Secretary ofStste. Con.
| troller and Treasurer, each, $500; Surveyor
General, 81 900; Attorney General, o., 500; Su.
perintendrnt of Public Instruction, $4,000; each
Judge of the Supreme Court, $1,000; members OF
the Legislature, s. per day and 40 centa per nile
each way. r--ggr z!U d i!sIg ssS1fl
Section establishes the following apportion..
meut Of the Legislature until Otherwise provided
by law Storey county, 4SenRtort l2As.embly.f
men; Douglas county, L Senator, 2 Assemblymen:
Esmeralda county, 2 Senators, 4ASsemblymen =,
Humboldt county, Senator'S 3 Assemblymen
Lander county, Senators, 4 AEsemblymen; Lyon
county, L Senator, 3 ABsembymen iLyou and
Churchill counties Senator jointly; Churchli.
county, Assemblyman Nye county, / Senator
! Asse mblymsn; ormsby county, = Seputors3
Asscinblymen; Washoe and Roop counties, 9 Sen.
Rtors, 3 Assemblymen. FDtlJG OH rgt sfF5F-T.C
Section transfers all debts of the Territory to.
the State; provided said Indebtedness shall moi In
terfere with the additional $500 700 authorizedby
Article Xxi f.aa-yr.,a am, .'-sg -
Section 8 provides that the, first State officer,
shall hold I'll the Tuesday after the frst Monday
In January 1852 r. 1yi bnG ilD,I .s1FIg'il
Section provides that the Senators first elected
shall draw for long and short terms one hall RoinR
out the day after tho general election In 1866 and
the other half two years later CE7''''
Sections 10 and Ii provide for carving out thu
same rule respecting Assemblymen. ,iyrH .rarI...
Section IL makes the first session OF the LeRisla.
ture commence on the second Monday OF Decenl.
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 u continues all Territorial and county
officers under the State Organization till January
1851 and the Probate Judges till thu Diutrict
Judges are elected, with a proyiIo for q special
ELECTION IN Lander county next November: 80
election and qualification Of State officers I,fii 81
Section Is fixes the terms Of the Supreme and
District Courts IT0E}F 1900 FFSTTSTT
Section l6 and II fix the salaries Of the Dis,ric,
ssd 49, s until altered red By law Frs. DtrIct
Eth $500; Sixth, $500; g. Seventh, 5000
Eighth, $500; Ninth, e5,OOO
Section lerequlres State officers tirst electedts
enter on their duties on the first Monday Of De.
cemoer next, and continue TIL Jsuuafy, 1851.
section ~ Makers similar proyliionl for the
supreme and District Judges ,r,;f~s.s,y gr--r
Section 70 relates to the Commissioning and
qualifying ofthe first Stats officers and District
Judges, and requires the State Controller and
Treasurer 70 give bonds 10 eooiooo eaeh.I
Section q requires counties, toTxnH etc to uro.
vide for supporting their own onieera. -,
Section y provides for 6llinR YacancIsn &c