Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-27


| Guiding mines and mining property" Tnn Wa
4 regarded as the most important chanse msos "
| the Convention.
Article XII OF the old Constitution, entitled sal;
aries WIS amended SO as to hx the saiaIie g %
state officers etc. only for the first term ana tneh
S,ricken ont and transferred TO the schednle " .
ARTICLE XI-EDucATIoN. -.
p,ovides for the election, once In two year, 81
Sunerintendent of Public Instruction, and LOT
the establishment of uniform system OF common
schools 10 be maintained at least si1 montnI esc
ysar IN every School District. Any sehooi LIE
;rict falling to maintain such school for the space
of xis months, or permitting sectarian instruction
tbrrein NAV be deprived OF its proportion OF me
school Fund. The Legislature may pass sncn
laws as will tend TO secure general attendance %
children Oh the schools. The LANDS honaIen os
Congress for educational purposes, and all othef
Sonrcrs of income available for the purpose, are
solrmnly set apart and pledged TO the sehooi
EnJ tho jntersst only of which II TO be distrtbu'
ted pro rata according to the number OF ehiidreh
between six and eighteen years ot age III eHeh
county, Floating school land warrants are 10 Oe
sold A State University IL TO be sstsoSneu en-.
bracing agricultural, mechanical and mining oe-
partments. All teachers and professors are re-
nuirpd 10 take an oath Of Office. A half mill on
the dollar special tax Is TO be levied annually TOT
the support of the University and common
schools The Governor, Secretary Of stare hhu
Superintendent Of Public Instruction constitute
/
schoUs for the first four years. the Legislature 10
elect their successors said Board Is required 10
organize the Mining Department Of the univerHty
az speedily and efficiently as possible: All secta'
riau instruction IN the schools or UniyerSity u
prohibited.
This amends the corresponding Article Of the
old Constitution by striking out 80 much az made
the attendance Of children on the schools compul'
sorry BY asking for the consent Of Congrsss 10 thr
appropriation TO school purposes OF the 3OO.VU
acres granted for internal Improvement and In
some less important particulars
ARTICLE XII-MILIT1A. ...
REQUIRES the Legislature TO provide for organ
izing and dscipning the militia and the effective
announcement of volunteer corps ETC.; also gives
the Guvrrnsr power 10 call out the militia In
emergencies. The Article II identical with the
one in the old Constitution.
ARTICLE xlII-PuBLlc INSTITUTIONS
Requires the State to foster benevolent institn'
tIons and the counties 10 provide for the aged, In
firm or INDECENT. The language Of the Article Il
the same an In the old Constitution.
ARTICLE XIv-BouSDARY.
Establishes the State boundary as In the Ena.
bling Act and provides for extending such boun'
Diary one degree further east. whenever Congress
shall assent nnd as far west California may re.
llnquish. There il no change In this fr ON the old
Constitution.
ARTICLE Xy-MIscELLASEoUs PROVISIONS.
Section fixes the seat of Government at Car
son City and prohibits appropriations for Capitol
buildings for the next three years, Instead Of six
years, III in Inst years Constitution.
Section prescribes an oath Of Office, including
an oath OF allegiance 10 Ine unled slassH atu az
oath mat tue party mas moi, SINCE Tue s9opuUn o.
the Constitution, and willnot be- engaged In a duel.
Section prohibits any person not only FROM
holding office, but (which ID additional to the oil
constitutional from voting, who has been In any
way concerned IN duel.
Section 4. No perpetuities shall be allowed eS'
rent for plppmoHynary
Section fixes the general election on the Tues
day next after the hrst Monday OF November.
Section 3. The aggregate number OF members u
the Legislature shall never exceed 70.
Section 7 requires county officers TO hold their
offices nt the county seats.
Section provides for the publication Of statute
laws and Supreme Court decisions. .. o..
Sections authorizes the Legislature TO Incrpsss
or diminish salaries of public officer
Sections 10 and II relate to the election or ap.
pointment Of officers and the tenure of officers
created by the Legislature, which must never ex.
coed four years
Section f2 OF the old Constitution providing for
State Printer, was stricken out ..... d..
SectiGn u requires the Governor. Secretary "
State, Treasurer Controller and Clerk Of the Sn.
preme Court to keep their Offices at the Capital
Section Is provides for State census, in the
discretion Of the Legislature, In 1865, 1867 ls75
and every ten years thereafter, 10 serve together
with the United States census, az basis of rsprr.
Sec. IA establishes the plurality rulein elections.
ARTICLE XyI-AAESDMESTs.
Provides for amendment Of the Constitution by
twO.thirds 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 10 revise the Constitution. This Article
Wa, In substance, the same In the old Constitution
ARTICLE XvI-scHEDULE. ..
Sections l., = . and provide for the transfer Of
rights, actions; proseeutions Judgments, claims,
etc, from the territorial 10 the State Governments
Tor the continuance OF Territorial laws until :"
peaea or altered oy t2e state Legislature for the
transfer OF nnes ana i0rielturer. recognizmces.
etc, ana al isghi pLoeeeaings.
See'1u n1es Iec @ iiss-lor Ine nIst TERN Oh
,rnIIsr ana Trss'nrss .scS 50 soO. 't s.. Soo.
roner Sn y, vt eaeI, So,oV surveyor
GENERAL, SL.o1; hI!orney oenerai, s2, 80 en'
ny t [uoIle ins' e" @ SsVOO eAch
yuuSe =! INC 9uPfeint N9uI', S,'VOvt members m
Tue LEGISLATURE 60 per dny ana ~ cents per mile
eaSh way.
Secuon estaoiithes the following apportion-
hent Oh 1ne Legislature unII otnerWlSe provided
oy law storey county Senators, ~ Assembly
men Douglas county SENATOR Assembly men:
Esmeralda county, Senators, 4 Assembly men:
Humboldt county, Senators Assemblymen;
Lander county, Senators, Assemblymeni Lyon
county, senator Assemolymen; Lyon and
Churchiil counties, senator jointly; Churchill
county, lAssemolyman NSe county, Senator,
n'oS t,o-J AuS. CILHnoy Sounty' = neohIols '@
Assemoiymen W ashoe and koop countisNI Sen.
utorS' Assemolymen. ....
Section transfers al DEBTS OF the TerritorytS
the state PROVIDED SAID Indebtedness shall not IL
terfere with the additional SJoOOOO authorized BY
Article TX. ..r ILL.,. -.
Section 8 provides that the first State officer
shall hold I'LL the Tuesday after the frSt Monday
In January 1907. .- ... ..-...
Section 9 provides that the Senators first elected
shall draw for long and short ierms one. half going
out the day after the general election in 1866, and
the other half two years later.
Sections 10 and IL provide for carrying out the
same rule respecting Asscmbymen.
Section l2 makes the first session Of LegiSls-
ture commence on the second Monday Of Decum.
Der next the second on the first Monday Of Jan.
usry, 1866 succeeding srssions TO be held biennI
ally commencing on the first Monday of January
Section Is continues oil Territorial and counfv
officers under the State organization till January.
1901, aud tns 9 mr. 'auses .hl Ine DlsIicS
election in Lander county next November
Section IA Continues the Territorial of,o.r. an,
election and qualification Of State officers.
Section Is fixes the terms Of the Supreme and