Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-23
CONSTITUTION OF NEVADA.

The amendment OF tne olu Oonsutuuon Gun
sists in substituting the words real, Personai ana
r. ,rocseds of which alone shall be taxed, in
- ~ the words "both real and personal, in.
cIndiug mines and mining properly. rms was
rsaarded as the most important change made by
the Convention. .....,, o,,,;,,.5 soI
~ Us amended so as to fix the salaries of
state officers etc. only for the first ternl ana th'h
StricI,en ont and transferred TO the schedule.
ARTICLE XI-EDUcATIoN.
1,-o,idss for the election, once in two years, OF
a Superintendent of Public Instruction. ana LOT
the establishment of a uniform system OF common
Schools 10 be maintained ut least Elk montps ca."
wear in every School District. Any sehool DIS.
trct failing TO maintain such scnool lor .ne spacr
of six months, or permitting sectarian instruction
therein, may DO deprived Of its proportion OF Tue
School Fund, The Legislature may pass snch
laws as will tend to secure general attenuhhGeo VI
children on the schools. The lands donaieu Dl
Congress for educational purposes, ana All otner
sources of income available for the pnrpose, ulr
sOlemny set apart and pledged TO the Senoo'
Fund the interest only of which Is to be distrbh'
ted pro rata, according 10 the number Of chlldTrh
between six and eighteen years OF age IN each
county Floating school land warrants are 10 De
sold. A State University il TO be 9staDlhhed' EN-
bracing agricultural, mechanical ana mining dr'
partmenis All teachers and professors are r..
quired 10 take an oath of Office. half mill on
the dollar special tax is TO be levied annually LOT
the support of the University and common
schools. The Governor, Secretary OF state anu
Superintendent of Public Instruction censtitutea
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 the University
as speedily and efficiently as possible. AL secia'
rian instruction in the schools or University IL
prohibited.
This amends the corresponding Article Of the
old Constitution by striking ont so much as made
the attendance of children on the schools compul-
sorry by asking for the consent of Congress 10 the
appropriation to school purposes of the JOO,OD
acres granted for internal improvements, and in
some less important particulars.
ARTICLE XII-NILIT1A
REQUIRES the Legislature to provide for organ
iziug and discipliniDg the militia and the effective
encouragement OF volunteer corps, etc; also gives
the Governor power 10 call ont the militia in
emergencies The Article is identical with the
one in the old Constitution.
ARTICLE XIII-PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Requires the State to foster benevolent insti.u.
tons and the counties provide for the aged, in.
firm or INDECENT. The language of the Article is
the same AZ in the old Constitution.
ARTICLE XIy-BoUNDARY.
Establishes the State boundary ~ in the Ems
bling Act and provides for extending such bonn
Diary one degree further east, whenever Congress
shall assent, and rs far west as California may
nqush There il no change In this fr ON iLr nld
Constitution.
ARTICLE Xv-MISCELLANEoUS PROVISIONS.
Section fixes the escat Of Government ut Ia:
son City. and prohibits appropriations tor Capitol
buildings for the mex three years, instead Of siN
years, rs in last years Constitution.
Section Q prcScribcS an oath of Office, including
an oath Of allegiance to the United States ind nn
oath that the party has not, since the adoption oi
the Constitution, aud wiluOt be, engaged In duel
Section prohibits any person not only from
holding Office, but which Is additional 10 th" old
Constitution from voting, who has been in amy
way concerned IN duel.
Section 4. No pcrpetuites shall be allowed rN'
cept for eleemOsynary purposes.
Section fixes the general election OH the Tues
day next after the first Monday of November.
Section q. The aggregate number of members oi
the Legislature shall never exceed -.
SectionT requires county officers TO hold their
offices mt the county seats.
Section provides for the publication Of statute
laws and Supreme Court decisions.
Section Q authorizes the Legislature 10 incrra>"
or diminish salaries of public officers
Sections 10 and IL relate to the election ap.
pointment Of officers and rhc tenure Of OfficrIs
created by the Legislature, which must nrvrrrS
coed four years
Section II of the old Constitution, providing for
| State Printer, was stricken out.
Section IL requires the Governor Secretary Of
| State Treasurer, Controller and Clerk of the Su
| pTeme Court TO keep their offices at the Capital.
Section Is provides for State census, in the
discretion Of the Legislature, in 1865, lsG7, ls1I
and every ten years thereafter, 10 serve together
with the United States census, ~ a basis Of repre-
scntation.
Sec. IA establishes plurality rule in elections.
| ARTICLE XVI -AMENDMESTS.
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
vention TO revise the Constitution. This Article
was in substance, the same in the old Constitution
ARTICLE XvII-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 or altered by the State Legislature for the
| transfer Of fines and forfetures, recogniZanCcs,
etc, and all legal proceedings.
Section fixes the saares-for the first term Of
| Onice-Goyernor, 81 600; Secretary OfState, Con-
trollcr and Treasurer, each, $4,000; Surveyor
General 81 GOO; Attorney General, $500; Su-
perintendent Of Public Instruction. S200O; each
| Judge of the Supreme Court, 81 600 members Of
the Legislature % per day and 10 cents per mile
| each way.
Section & establishes the following appOrtion.
ment of the Legislature until otherwise provided
| by law Storey county, 4 Senators, IL Assembly
| men Douglas county, Senator, 2AsScmblymcu;
| Esmeralda county, Senators, Asscmbly mrn
Humboldt county, Senators. 3 ASsemblymen
Lander county, = Senators, 1 Assemblymcn; Lyon
| county, Senator, 3 Assenblymcn Lyon and
| Churchill counties, Senator jointly; Churchill
county, Assemblyman; Nye county, Senator
| l Asse mblyman Ormsby county, = Senators 3
| Assemblymen WaShoe and Roop counties, . Sen.
utors 3 Assembymen.
Section Z transfers all debts of the Territory TO
the State provided said Indebtedness shall not In.
terfere with the additional 500, O0O authorized by
| Article TX.
Section & provides that the first State officers
shall hold till the Tuesday after the first Monday
In January 1867.
Section provides that the Senators iirstelected
shall draw for long and short terms, one.haf going
out the day after the general election in 1906 and
the other half two years later.
Sections ~ and IL provide for carrying out the
same rule respecting Assemblymcn.
Section 10 makes the first session of the Legisla
ture commence on the second Monday OF Decem-
| Der next the second on the trst Monday Of Jan.
uary ls66 succeeding sessions TO be held bienn
ally. commencing on the first Monday of january.
Section l3 continues all Territorial and county
officers under the State organization till January,
1867, and the Probate Judges till the District
Judges are elected with provisO for a special
election in Lander county next November.
Section II continues the Territorial officers I'LL
election and qualification of State officers.
Section Is fixes the terms Of the Supreme and
District Courts.
Section l6 and II fix the salaries of the District
Judges until altered by law. First District,
$4,000; Second $1,000; Third and Fourth, S5.0OU:
Fifth, $4,000; Sixth $1,000; Seventh, 5000
Eighth. $500; Ninth. $4,000.
Section ls requires State officers first elected 10
enter on their duties on the first Monday Of De
cember next and continue till january, 1867.
Section 10 makes a 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 AMI
Treasurer TO give bonds in $500 each
Section 81 requires counties, towns etc. TO pro.
vide for supporting their own officers.
Section ~ provides for filling vacancies
Section % transfers cases pending In the Ter
ritorial Probate Courts to the District Courts.
Section 81 limits taxation for the first three
| p.nrs onp nrr rant aud one ,fnurth nf one tpT