Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-08
CONSTITUTION OF NEVADA,

The amendment of the old Constitution com.
sstsin substituting the words real personal and
possessory, excepting mines and mining claimI
the proceeds or which alone shall be taxed - m
place of the words both real and personal, in
Guiding mines and mining property" This was
regarded as the most important change made by
the Convention.
Article XI of the old Consultation, entitled val.
aries, was amended so a. TO FIX the salaries of
State officers, etc, only for the rstterm, and then
stricken out and transferred to the schedule.
ARTICLE XI-EDUcATIoN.
Provides for the election, once in two years, Of
a Superintendent of Public Instruction, and for
the establishment Of 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 as will tend to secure general attendance of
children on the schools. The lands donated by
Congress for educational purposes, and all other
sources Of income available for the purpose, are
solemnly set apart and pledged TO the School
Fund, the interest only of which Is to be distribu
ted pro rata, according to the number of children
between six and eighteen years of age in each
county. Floating school land warrants are to be
sold. 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
the support Of the University and common
schools. The Governor, Secretary of State and
Superintendent of Public Instruction constitute a
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
speedily and efficiently as possible. All scotia
rian instruction In the schools or University Is
prohibited ttgss 45snt} E1i l-. 'al
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 SOC, 900
acres granted for internal improvements, and In
some less important particulars RI
ARTICLE XII-MILITIA
Requires the Legislature to provide for organ.
king and disciplining 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 the
one in the old Constitution.
ARTICLE MH-PuBLIc INSTITUTIONS.
Requires the State to foster benevolent institu.
tons and the counties to provide for the aged in
firm or INDECENT The Language of the Article is
the same as in the old Constitution.
ARTICLE XIy-BoUNDARY.
Establishes the State boundary as in the Ena.
bling Act and provides for extending such boun.
dairy one degree further east, whenever Congress
shall assent, and far west as California may re.
linquish. There is no change in this from the old
Constitution.
ARTICLE Xv-MIscELLAHEoUs PROVISIONS.
Section hxes the seat Of Government at Car.
buildings for the mex three years, instead Of Six
years, as in last years Constitution,
Section 3 prescribes an oath Of Office, including
an oath Of allegiance to the United States and an
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 eleemosynary purposes.
Section fixes the general election on the Tues.
day next after the first Monday of November.
Section &. The aggregate number ofmembers Of
the Legislature shall never exceeds.
Section7 requires county officers TO hold their
offices at the county seats.
Section 8 provides for the publication Of statute
laws and Supreme Court decisions %. ....
Sections 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 l2 of the old Constitution, providing for
State Printer, was stricken out. ..'s -
Section - requires the Governor, Secretary OF
State, Treasurer, Controller and Clerk of the Su.
preme Court to keep thefr 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-
sentatioR. d..
Sec II establishes plurality rulein elections.
ARTICLE XyI-AMESDMESTS,
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 a two-thirds vote, may
submit to the people the question Of calling Con
vention 10 revise the Constitution. This Article
was In substance, the same in the old Com itrton
ARTICLE Xvn-scHEpULE.
Sections l, Q, 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 altered by the State Legislature for the
transfer of fines and forfeitures, recugnizances,
ETC., and all legal proceedings.
Section fixes the salaries-for the first term OF
ofice-Governor, $4,000; Secretary OF State, Con-
troller and Treasurer, each, $500; Surveyor
General, 81, 900; Attorney General, g., 500; Su-
perintendent Of Public instruction, s., 900; each
Judge of the Supreme Court, $1,000; members OF
the Legislature, % per day and 40 cents per mile
each way. ...r
Section establishes the following apportion.
ment OF the Legislature until otherwise provided
by law: Storey county, 4Senators, - Assembly
men Douglas county, Senator, 9 Assemblymen;
Esmeralda county, 2 Senators, 4Assemblymen
Humboldt county, 2 Senators. 3 Assemblymen
Lander county, 2 Senators, 4Assemblymen; Lyon
county, l Senator, ASsemblymen; Lyon and
Churchill counties, l Senator jointly; Churchill
county, Assemblyman Nye county, Senator
Assemblyman; Ormsby county, 2 Senators
Assemblymen; Washoe and Roop counties, 2 Sen
ators, 3 Assemblymen.
Section transfers all debts of the Territory to
the State provided said indebtedness shall not in
terfere with the additional $500 900 authorized by
Article TX. -..
Section provides that the first State officers
shall hold till the Tuesday after the FIRST Monday
in january 1867. ,....l
Section 9 provides that the Senators firstelected
shall draw for long and short terms one-haf going
out the day after the general election in ls66 and
the other half two years later.
Sections 10 and II provide for carrying out the
same rule respecting Assemblyuaen. - : 2. u
Section 10 makes the first session Of the Legisla.
ture commence on the second Monday of Decem-
Der next; the second on the first Monday Of Jan.
nary, 1866; succeeding sessions to be held benni.
ally commencing on the first Monday Of January.
Section Is continues all Territorial and county
officers under the State organization till January,
1867, and tho Probate Judges till the District
Judges are elected, with q 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 I6 and IT fix the salaries Of the District
Judges, until altered by law. First District,
o. 900; Second, $4,000; Third and Fourth, $1,000;
Fifth, $500; Sixth, $4,000; Seventh, $4,000
Eighth, $500; Ninth. $1,000 Il E
Section l9 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 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 and
Treasurer TO give bonds in $50, 900 each,
Section q requires counties, towns, ETC.. to pro-
vide for importing their own officers
Section q provides for filing vacancies.
Section % transfers cases pending in the Ter.
ritorial Probate Courts to the District Courts.
Section "a limits taxation for the first three
years 70 one per cent, and one-fourthof one per
cent for Territorial indebtedness
Section IS attaches Roop TO WRshoe county,
for Judicial legislative, revenue and county pur.