Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-11-23

,,ooo ~ .be words "both real and personal, In.
Ending mines and mining property" This va
reoarded as the most Important change made py
'ns SrtsIe XII Of the old Constitution entitled sal
arjes was amended so as to fix the salaries OF
state officers, ETC., only for the first term and tneh
stricken out and transferred 10 the scneuue'
ARTICLE xI-EDUCATIoN. Il
Provides for the election, once In two year,, OF
a Superintendent Of Public lnstruclioIr ing -ior
az astahIiShment of uniform system Of Common
Schools 10 be maintained at least six months esch
vsar IN every School District. Any School Dis
tyct failing To maintain such school TOT Inc space
of six months, or permitting seetarlaD
therein may be deprived Of Its proPortIon OF InS
School Fund. The Legislature may Pssl .ue ~
laws as will tend to secure general atiendanee o.
children on the schools. The. lands nonaieo ~
CONGRESS for educational purposes, and all otner
sources of income available for the purpoSe, arc
solemnly set apart and pledged TO me ecnooi
Fund, the interest only OF which - 70 DC ostDe.
ted bro rata, according to the number OF children
between six and eighteen years OF age Id eecn
county, Floating school land warrante nre 20 bo
sold A State University 10 to be estaDnhne1. eal-
braeing agricultural, mechanical and mining oe'
partrnents. All teachers and professorI aio re-
juired 10 take an oath Of Office. half mil on
the dollar special tax IL to be levied annuAiyfor
The support of the University and common
schools The Governor, Secretary OF State and
Superintendent of Public Instruction eenatfdtea
Board of Regents of the University and Puollc
schools for the first four years, the Legislature to
elect their successors Said Board IL required 10
organize the Mining Department ofthe unlyer1ity
as speedily and efficiently as possible All secta'
rian. instruction in the schools or UnIversltyis
prohibited
old Constitution by striking out so much as made
the attendance of children on the schools comput
sory by asking for the consent Of Congress to The
appropriation to school purposes OF the soooo
acres granted for internal improvements and IN
| some less important particulars
ARTICLE xH-MILITIA.
REQUIRES the Legislature to provide for organ.
Izne and dscplIning the militia and the effective
reimbursement of volunteer corps ETC.; also gives
the Governor power to call out the militia IN
emergencies. The Article Is identical with The
one in the old Constitution .-.-.-# s..-f
ARTICLE xlII-PUBLIc INSTITUTIONS.
Requires the State to foster benevolent lnstiu.
tons and the counties 10 provide for the aged, In.
firm or INDECENT. The language Of tho Article In
the same az In the old Constitution. a0ga
ARTICLE My-BoUSDARY. .....
| Establishes the State boundary as In the EnA-
| bling Act and provides for extending such bopn'
| dairy one degree further east, whenever Congress
shall assent and as far west as California may re-
liuQuish There Is no change in this from the old
| Constitution.
ARTICLE Xv-MIsCELLANEoUs PROVISIONS.
Section fixes the seat of Government at Car.
son City. and prohibits appropriations for Capitol
buildings for the next three years, instead Of IiI
| years, as in last years Constitution.
Section prescribes in oath Of Office, including
an oath of allegiance to the United States, and IN
oath that the party has not, since the adoption OF
the Constitution, aDdwillnot be- engaged In q 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. ..... .str a-f 20 ~.
Section 1. No perpetuities shall be allowed OF.
cept for eeemosynary purposes.
Section fixes the general election on the Tues-
day next after the first Monday of November u
Section 6. The aggregate number OF members OF
| the Legislature shall never exceed 70. ..,....
| Section requires county OlfcerS to hold their
| Offices az the county seats. ....r.-.r
Section provides for the publication OF statute
| laws and Supreme Court decisions. sr.
Scction9 authorizes the Legislature to increase
or diminish salaries Of public officers. - -f..
Sections 10 and IL relate TO the election or ap.
pointment of officers and the tenure Of officers
created by the Legislature, which must never en.
| coed four years D.. d.. .- ....-.,--. 80.
GSection l2 of the old Constitution, providing for
| State Printer, was stricken OUT p ,,'-.is..
Section l2 requires the Governor, Secretssy OF
| State Treasurer, Controller and Clerk Of the 6u.
| preme Court to keep their Offices at the Capital
Section - provides for a State census, In the
discretion of the Legislature, in 1865, 1867, 1875
and every ten years thereafter, 10 serve together
with the United States census, as basis Of repre-
| sentatlon. .......- s.-.... ..,+t,,-r. d..
Sec II establishes the plurality rule in 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 aeon
venton TO revise the Constitution. This Article
was, In substance, the same in the old Constitution
ARTICLE xvu-scHEDULE. '.-''r..
Sections !, 2, and 4 provide for the transfer Of
rights, actions, prosecutions. Judgments, claims,
etc, from the Territorial to the Suite Government;
for the continuance Of Territorial laws until re.
pealed or altered by the State Legislature for the
transfer of fines and fOrfeitures, recognizanceS,
etc, and oil legal proceedings
Section 5 fixes the salaries-for the first term OF
ofice-Covernor $4,000; Secretary ofStste, Con.
troller and Treasurer, each, $500; Surveyor
General, 81 600; Attorney General, %, 500 /; Su-
| perintendent Of Public Instruction, e2,0005 each
Judge Of the Supreme Court, 81, 900; members Of
the Legislature, sc per day and 40 cents per mile
each way. .--. '-s-e -''@ = 'f.'h
Section establishes the following apportion.
ment of the Legislature until otherwise provided
by law: Storey county, Senators, IL Assembly.
men Douglas county, Senator, . Assemblymen;
Esmeralda county, Senators, 4Assemblymeni
Humboldt county, 9 Senators. 3 Assemblymen-;
Lander county, 2Senators, 4 Assemblymen; Lyon
county, l Senator, 3 Assemblymen; Lyon and
Churchill counties, Senator Jointly; Churchill
county, Assemblyman; Nye county, Senator
| l Asse mblyman; Ormsby county, 2 Senators ,
Assemblymen Wnshoe and Roop counties, 2Sen
ators, 3Asscmblymen. rsaF Nrfr ysG,
Section : transfers all debts of the Territory to
the State provided said indebtedness shnll not IN
terfere with the additional $500 900 authorized by
Article TX. .. ... ..---....-,
Section 8 provides that the first State oticers
shall hold till the Tuesday after the first Monday
| in January 1867. .. .....s ,,..--.-.5--,.r,rI
Section provides that the Senators first elected
shall draw for long and short terms one half going
out the day after the general election in 1856 and
| the other half two years later.
| Sections 10 and II provide for carrying out the
same rule respecting Assemblymen. g.-5g
Section l2 makes the first session of the Legisls
| ture commence on the second Monday Of Decem-
| Der next the second on the first Mondny 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 It'll january,
1867, and the Probate judges till tho District
| Judges are elected, with proviso for special
election In Lander county next November. EsHJ
Section IA continues the Territorial officers TIL
election and qualification Of State officers. aFE
Section Is fixes the terms Of the Supreme md
| District Courts. .a s. e., Roo .a;ff,rf
Section l6 and II az the salaries Of the Dih,rict
Judges, until altered by law. Firat District
$1,000 Second, $4,000 Third and Fourth, 5000;
Fifth, $500; Sixth, a, 900; Seventh, 1600o;
Eighth, $500; Ninth, s5OOO. kaa iLlGI I
Section 10 requires State officers first elected 70
enter on their duties on the first Monday Of De
cember next, and continue till January, 1857.
Section 10 makes q similar provlslon for the
Supreme and District Judges. - ~ -
Section 90 relates TO the commissioning and
qualifying ofthe first State officers and District
Judges, and requires the State Controiler and
Treasurer to give bonds In o3O, 900 each. .g'rag
Section 81 requires counties, towns etc.. to pro.
vide for supporting their own officers.
Section Y provides for fllns vacancies
Section % transfers cases pending in the Ter.
ritorial Probate Courts to the District CourtsA
Section "a limits taxation for the frSt three
years to one per cent, and one.fourth Of one per
cent for Territorial indebtedness. ~ 4 gag.sel
Section rs attaches Roop to Washoe county,
for Judicial, legislative, revenue aud county puT.
poses. 81 s.f..-.Fs -a fa.s,t.r So t
Section a6 makes provision for publishing 600
copies Of the debates and proceedings of this
Convention, and for the compensation Of the
Official Reporter Of the same. .@a saJ
ELECTION ORDINANCE.