Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-01-13
CONSTITUTION OF NEVADA.

n ANaA
sstsi In substituting the words "real, personal anu
possessory, excepting mines and mining claims,
the proceeds of which alone shall be taxed III
place Of the words "both real and personal m
GLIDING mines and mining properly This was
regarded as the most important change made Dy
the Convention. -Atla -ss."
Article XI of the old Constitution, entitled sal.
aries, was amended SO as to fix the salaries Oh
State officers, ETC., only for the first term ana then
stricken out and transferred to the senedule.
10 ..a ARTICLE XI-EDUcATIof.
Provides for the election, once in two years, OF
q Superintendent Of Public Instruction, ana LOT
the establishment Of a uniform system OF common
Schools to be maintained at least six months each
year In every School District. Any school Dis
trict failing to maintain such school for the space
Of six months or permitting sectarian instruction
therein, may be deprived Of Its proportion OF the
School Fund. The Legislature may pass such
laws MS will tend to secure general attendance OF
children on the schools. The lands donated by
Congress for educational purposes, and oil other
sources of income available for the purpose, are
solr1nnly set apart and pledged TO the School
Fund the interest only Of which Is to be dlstribu-
ted pro rata, according to the number Of children
between six and eighteen years of lin each
county. Floating school land warrant. are TO be
sold A State University Is to be established. EN-
bracing agricultural, mechanical and mining de-
partments. 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 for
tne support of the University and common
schools. The Governor Secretary Of State and
superintendent of Public Instruction constitutes
BOARD OF Regents Of the University and public
schools for the first four years, the Legislature to
elect their successors Said Board ~ required 10
organize the Mining Department off the University
as speedily and efficiently Us possible. All secta.
rian instruction in the schools or University IL
prohibited.
This amends the corresponding Article Of the
old Constitution by striking out 30 much an 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 50O.00O
acres granted Tor internal improve ments, and IN
| some less important particulars.
ARTICLE XII-MILITIA.
Requires the Legislature to provide for organ.
izng and dlsciplinng the militia and the effective
encouragement Of volunteer corps, ETC.. also gives
the Governor power TO call out the militia In
emergencies. The Article is identical with tn"
one in the old Constitution.
ARTICLE XlII-PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
Requires the State TO foster benevolent insti:u
tions and the counties TO provide for the aged in
firm or INDECENT. The language of the Article r.
the same as In the old Constitution.
ARTICLE Mv-BoUSDARY.
Establishes the State boundary ~ in the Emu
bling Act and provides for extending such boun
Diary one degree further east, whenever Congrrss
shall assent, and far west az California may re-.
llnquish. There is no change in this fro The old
Constitution.
ARTICLE xv-AIsCELLASEoUs PROVISIONS.
Section fixes the seat of Government TT Car
son City. and prohibits appropriations for Capitol
buildings for the mex three years, instead OF sis
years, az In last years Constitution.
Section prescribes an oath Of office, including
an oath of allegiance 10 the United States and AZ
oath that the party has not since the adoption Of
the Constitution, andwillnot be, engaged In 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.
Section 4. No perpetuities shall be allowed ex.
cept for eeemosypary purposes.
Section fixes the general election on the Tues
day next after the first Monday Of November.
Section g. The aggregate number ofmemberS OF
| the Legislature shall never exceed rs
Section requires county officers to hold their
Offices at the county seats.
Section g 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 IL 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 10 ofthe old Constitution providing for
| a state Printer, was stricken out.
Secti'n IL requires the Governor, Secretary Of
State, Treasurer, Controller and Clerk of the Su
| preme Court TO keep their Offices NJ the Capital
Section - provides for State census, In the
discretion of the Legislature, in 1855 1867, 1875
and every ten years thereafter, 10 serve together
with the United States census as basis of repre-.
| sentation.
Sec. IA establishes the plurality rulein elections.
... ARTICLE XyI-AMRSDNESTs
Provides for amendment of the Constitution By
| twothirds votes of two successive Legislatures.
and subsequent ratification by the people. Also.
that the Legislature by a 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 XyII-scHEDULE.
Sections /, 9, 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-
peaed or altered by the State legislature for the
transfer of fines and forfeitures, recOgnizancrs,
! etc, and all legal proceedings .
Section fixes the salaries-for the first term Of
ofIice-Governor "a ,00Oi Secretary Of State, Con
! Eoller and Treasurer, each, $500; Surveyor
| General, $1,000; Attorney General, $1,000; Su.
| perntendeut of Public instruction, $1,000: each
Judge of the Supreme Court, $1,000 members Of
the Legislature, So per dOy and 40 cents per mile
each way ....1
Section 6 establishes the following apportion.
| mcnt of the Legislature until otherwise provided
| by law: Storey county, Senators, IL Assembly
men Douglas county, Senator, . Assemblymrn;
]
Humboldt county, Q Senators. 3 Assemblymen
Lander county, Senators, Assemblymeni Lyon
| county. l senator, Assemblymen; Lyon and
Churchill counties, ! Senator jointly; Churchill
county, I Assemblyman; Nye county, Senator
| Assembyman; Ormsby county, = Senators ,
| Assemblymcn; WashOe and Roop Counties ? Sen
ators 3 Assemblymen.
| Section transfers all debts of the Territory TO
the State provided said indebtedness shall not ill.,
terfere with the additional $500 200 authorized by
| Article IL.
Section & provides that the frs, State officers
shall hold till the Tuesday after the first Monday
| in January 1867.
Section provides that the Senators firstelected
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 10 and II provide for carrying out the
| same rule respecting Assemblymen
Section IL makes the first session ofthe Legsla'
ture commence on the second Monday Of Deceln'
Der next; the second on the first Monday Of Jan
uary, 1866 succeeding Srssions to be held bienni'
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 IA continues the Territorial officers till
election and qualification Estate officers.
Section Is fixes the terms Of the Supreme and
| District Courts. a ....H'.
Section l6 and II fix the salaries of the District
| Judges. until altered by law. First District
Sc, OOO; Second, $4,000 Third and Fourth, $1,000;
Fifth, S3,6OO; Sixth, $4,000; Seventh, $4,000
Eighth, $3.50; Ninth, s5,0O0 ..'....
Section ls requires State officers first elecedto
enter on their duties on the first Monday of De.
cember next and continue till January, 1867.
Section l9 makes similar provision for the
Supreme arh District Judges a.E.e.~
Section % relates to the commissioning and
qualifying ofthe first State officers and District
| 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
| ritoral Probate Courts to the District Courts.
| Section "a limits taxation for the first three
| years 10 one per cent, and one.fourth Of one per
cent. for Territorial Indebtedness EHf.
Section 25 attaches Roop to Washoe county.
for judicial, Legislative, revenue and county pur-
| poses. .... nil. -