Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-09
CONSTITUTION OF NEVADA.


the proceeds Of which alone shall be taxed % IN
place of the words "both real and personal n.
cludins mines and mining property" This was
the Convention. y
Article II of the old Constitution, entitled sal.
aries, was amended 80 as to FIX the salaries of
State officers, etc. only for the first term and than
stricken out and Transferred to the schedule,
ARTICLE xf-EDUcATIoS.
Provides for the election, once in two yeara of
q 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 tiling to maintain such school for the space
OF SIX months, or permitting sectaran instruction
therein, may be deprived Of Its proportion of the
School Fund. The Legislature may pass such
laws ~ 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
soleinnly set apart and pledged to the School
Fund, the interest only Of which is to be distrbu
ted pro rata, according to the number Of children
between six and eighteen years Of age in each
county. Floating school land warrants are IN hs
sold State University Is to be established. EN-.
braeing agricultural, mechanical and mining de-
partmenta AL teachers and professors are re.
quired TO take an oath Of Office. A'half mill on
the dollar special tax Ii 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 ~ required 10
organize the Mining Department OF the University
as speedily and efficiently as possible. All sects.
rian instruction In the schools or University ia
prohibited .... - =
This amends the corresponding Article of the
old Constitution by striking out 40 mueh as made
the attendance of children on the schools compul.
sorry by asking for the consent Of Congress to the
appropriation 70 school purposes of the 500 900
acres granted for internal improvements, and in
some less important particulars.
ARTICLE xII-MILITIA
Requires the Legislature to provide for organ.
king and disciplnng 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. .r-a.. gEr
ARTICLE xIH-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 il
the same as in the old Constitution.
ARTICLE EXTRAORDINARY. ra-."
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 far west as California NAV re.
linquish There Is no change in this from the old
Constitution. Fra
ARTICLE Xv-MISCELLANEoUs PROVISIONS
Section fixes the seat of Government at Car.
SON City, and prohibits appropriations for Capitol
buildings for the mex three years, instead of six
years, as In last years Constitution.
Section 2 preseribes 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 a duel
Section 8 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 e1.
cept for eleemosynary purposeA ....4.
Section fixes the general election on the Tues.
day next after the first Monday of November.
Section 8. The aggregate number of members Of
the Legislature shall never exceed rs.
Section requires county officers TO hold their
offices at the county seatS t.
Section 8 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.
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
aState Printer, was stricken out
Section IL requires the Governor, Secretary OF
State, Treasurer, Controller and Clerk of the Su.
preme Court to keep their Offices at the Capital.
Section l3 provides for State census, in the
discretion of the Legislature, in 1866, 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 rule in elections.
ARTICLE XvI-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 two.thirds 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 Xvn-sCHEDULE.
Sections l, ., 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 or altered by the State Legislature; for the
transfer of fines and forfeitures, recognizances,
etc, and all legal proceedings. 90 .r-..
Section S fixes the salaries-for the first term OF
ofice-Governor, "a, 900; Secretary of State, Con.
troller and Treasurer, each, $500; Surveyor
General, $1,000; Attorney General, s., 500; Su.
perintendent Of Public Instruction, g., 900; each
Judge Of the Supreme Court, $1,000; members OF
the Legislature, ca per day and 40 cents per mile
each way.
Section establishes the following apportion.
ment Of the Legislature until otherwise provided
by law: Storey county, 4Senators, 10 Assembly
men Douglas county, Senator, AsSemblymen;
Esmeralda county, 2 Senator'S 4Assemblymen
Humboldt county, Q Senators. 3 Assemblymen
Lander county, Senator'S, 4 Assemblymen; Lyon
county, senator, 8 Assemblymen; Lyon and
Churchill counties, Senator jointly; Churchill
county, lAssemblyman; Nye county, Senator
Assemblymsn; Ormsby county, 2 Senators 3
Assemblymen; Washoe and Roop countless 2 Sen
stora, 3 Assemblymen-
Section Z transfers all debts of the Territory to
the State provided said Indebtedness shall not in.
terfere with the additional 5000 authorized by
Article TX.
Section 8 provides that the first State officers
shall hold till the Tuesday after the first Monday
In January 1867.
Section provides that the Senators frstelected
shall draw for long and short terms, onehaf going
out the day after the general election in 1866, 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 OF the LeGisla'
ture commence ON the second Monday Of Decem-
Der next the second on the first Monday of jan
uary 1866; succeeding sessions 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 special
election in Lander county next November.
Section IA continues the Territorial officers till
election and qualification Of State officers. aE
Section Is hxes the terms Of the Supreme and
District Courts.
Section l6 and IT tx the salaries of the District
Judges, until altered by law. First District,
5000; Second, $4,000; Third and Fourth, 5000;
Fifth, $500; Sixth, $4,000; Seventh, $1,000 /;
Eighth, $500; Ninth, e5,0O0.
Section 1S requires State officers first elected 10
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 90 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 81 requires counties, towns, ETC.. to pro-
vide for supporting their own officers.
Section y provides for filing vacancies
Section % transfers cases pending in the Ter.
htorial Probate Courts 10 the District Courts
Section "a limits taxation for the first three
years to one per cent, and one-fourth of one per
cent. for Territorial indebtedness. -,
Section Is attaches Roop to Washoe county,
for Judicial, Legislative, revenue and county pur-
poses.
Section 26 makes provision for publishing 600