Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-25
CONSTITUTION OF NEVADA.

|
The amendment of the old Constitution con.
sists in substituting the words 'real personal and
possessory, excepting mines and mining claims,
| the proceeds of which alone shall be taxed, " in
| place of the words both real and personal, in
Guiding mines and mining property. This was
regarded IS the most important change made oy
| the Convention. ,
Article XII of the old Constitution, entitled sal;
aries was amended so as to fix the salaries oil
State officers etc. only for the hTSt term, ana tnen
stricken out and transferred to the schedule'
ARTICLE XI-EDUCATloN'
Provides for the election, once in TWO yeaEsr VI
Superintendent of Public Instruction, ana lor
the establishment of a uniform system of Common
Schools TO be maintained at least six months eacn
year in every School District. Any school Dis
trict failing to maintain such school TOT tue space
OF six months or permitting sectarlsn
therein, may be deprived of Its proportion ol tne
School Fund. The Legislature may pass suen
laws as will tend to secure general attendance OF
children on the schools The lands donated oy
Congress for educational purposes, and all other
sources of income available for the purpose, are
solemnly set apart and pledged to tine oenool
Fund.- the interest only Of which Is to be distrlou-
ted pro rata, according TO the number OF ehidren
between six and eighteen years of age In eaeh
county. Floating school land warrants are 10 De
sold. A State University is to be established en-
bracing agricultural mechanical and mining de-
pRrtments. All teachers and professors are re-
quired TO take an oath Of office. A half mill on
the dollar special tax is to be levied annually Tor
the support of the University and common
schools The Governor, Secretary of State and
Superintendent of Public Instruction constitute
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 ofthe University
as speedily and efficiently Us possible. All secta-
rian instruction in the schools or University Is
prohibited.
This amends the corresponding Article of the
old Constitution by striking out so much as made
the attendance of children on the schools compul-
sorry by asking for the consent of Congress to the
appropriation to school purposes of the 100000
acres granted for internal improvements, and in
some less important particulars.
ARTICLE XII-MILITIA.
Requires the Legislature TO provide for organ
izing and disciplining the militia and the effective
encouragement Of volunteer corps, etc; also gives
tho Governor power to call out the militia in
emergencies The Article il identical with the
one in the old Constitution.
ARTICLE XIII-PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Requires the State 10 foster benevolent institu-
tons and the counties to provide for the aged in
firm or INDECENT. The language of the Article is
the Same Us 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, and as fur west as California may re-
linquish There IL no change in this from the old
Constitution.
ARTICLE Xv-MISCELLANEoUs PROVISIONS.
Section fixes the seat of Government at Car
City, and prohibits appropriations for Capitol
buildings for the mex three years. instead of six
years, as in last years Constitution.
Section prescribes an oath of Office, including
IN oath of allegiance TO the United States, and IN
oath that the party has not since the adoption Of
the Constitution, and willnOt be, engaged in duel
Section 3 prohibits any person not only from
holding Office, but (which is additional to the old
| Constitution from voting who has been in any
| way concerned in duel. ....-
Section 4. No perpetuities shall be allowed ex-
| cept for eleenosynary purposes.
| Section ) fixes the general election on the Tues.
day next after the first Monday of November.
Section q. The aggregate number ofmembers of
| the Legislature shall never exceed rs.
Section requires county officers TO hold their
| offices at the county seats.
Section provides for the publication of statute
| laws and Supreme Court decisions.
Section authorizes the Legislature TO increase
| or diminish salaries of public officers.
| Sections 10 and II relate to the election or ap-
! pontment Of officers and the tenure of officers
| created by the Legislature, which must never ex-
| coed four years.
Section l2 of the old Constitution, providing for
| q state Printer, was stricken out.
| Section l2 requires the Governor, Secretary Of
State, Treasurer, Controller and Clerk of the SUI
| preme Court to keep their Offices at the Capital.
Section l3 provides for State census, in the
discretion of the Legislature, in 1865 1867, 1875
and every ten years thereafter, TO serve together
with the United States census, as basis of repre-
| scntation.
| Sec. IA establishes thep plurality rulein elections.
ARTICLE XvI-AMESDMENTs.
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-thrds 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 XyH-sCHEDULE.
Sections |, >, 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-
pcaled altered by the State Legislature; for the
| transfer or fines and forfeitures, recogniZances,
| etc, and all legal proceedings.
Section 5 fixes the salaries-for the first term of
ofice-Ciovernor, 81 600; Secretary Estate, Con-
| troller and Treasurer, EACH $500; Surveyor
| General, $1,000; Attorney General, $780, Su.
| perintendent of Public Instruction, 50 600; each
Judge of the Supreme Court, S7,0O0 members of
the Legislature, S. per day and 40 cents per mile
| each way.
Section 6 establishes the following apportion-
ment of the Legislature until otherwise provided
| by law: Storey county, Senators, IL Assembly
| men Douglas county, Senator, 9 Assemblymen;
Esmeralda county, . Senators, 4Assemblymeni
Humboldt county, Senators. 3 Assemblymen,
Lander county, Senators, 4 Assemblymen; Lyon
| county, senator, 3 ASsemblymen; Lyon and
Churchill counties l Senator jointly; Churchill
county, AsSemblyman; Nye county, Senator
| | Asscmblyman Ormsby county, Senators
| Asscmblymen WashOe and Roop counties, . SEN
ators, 3 Assemblymen.
Section transfers all debts of the Territory 10
the State provided said Indebtedness shall not in.
tcrferc with the additional S30O,O00 authorized by
| Article lX. g..
Section provides that the first State officers
shall hold till the Tuesday after the first Monday
| in January 1867.
Section Q provides that the Senator's firstelected
shall draw for long and short TERMS one-half going
out the day after the general election in ls66, and
| the other half two years later. . ..
Sections 10 and IL provide for carrying out the
same rule respecting Assembymen.
Section - makes the first session ofthe Legisla
| ture commence on the second Monday of Decem
Der next the second on the first Monday Of Jan.
uarv, 1866 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 special
| election in Lander county next November:
Section IA continues the Territorial officers till
election and qualification of State officers.
Section Is fixes the terms OF the Supreme and
District Courts . --
Section l6 and IT fix the salaries of the District
Judges, until altered by law. First District,
5000; Second, $4,000 Third and Fourth, $4,000;
Fifth, $1,000; Sixth, $1,000; Seventh, $4,000;
Eighth, $1,000; Ninth $4,000. go. 49,
Section ls requires State officers first elected to
enter on their duties on the first Monday Of De-
cember next, and continue till january, 1867.
Section 10 makes q similar provision for the
Supreme and District Judges.
| Section 20 relates TO the commissioning ana
nrJt fasu
Judges, and requires the State Controller and
| Treasurer to give bonds in $4,000 each,
Section 81 requires counties, towns, etc.. to pro-
vide for supporting their own officers
Section 70 provides for filling vacancies
Section % transfers cases pending in the Ter
ritorial probate Courts to the District Courts.
Section "a limits taxation for the first three
wears TO one per cent, and one-fourth of one per
cent for Territorial Indebtedness. ..
Section IS attaches Roop to Washoe county,
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