Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-28
CONSTITUTION OF NEVADA.

tiOn OF taxes TOT STATE county anu township Put'
poses; providing for opening and conducting
| elections OF state, county or township "Iieeis,
and designating the places of voting; providing
for the sale OF real estate belonging to minors or
other persons laboring under legal disaoilitieS'
| uniform system of county and township govern,
Inent is required to be established. Lotteries ana
the sale of lottery tickets are prohibited. Extra
compensation to officers and employees Of the
Legislature is forbidden The first regular ses'
| sion is limited to ninety days, subsequent SEES
| sions OF sixty days; and special sesSions' con
vened by the Governor, TO twenty days a
homestead 4" as provided by law" Is required 10
be exempted from forced sale, except in certain
| enumerated cases. Provision il made tor secnr-
| ing the separate property of wife. Inc county
officers to be elected are specified, the LeGisla'
| ture 10 prescribe their duties and compensation.
Tho compensation oflegislators cannot be chang,
| ed during their terms each member Is allowed
not exceeding $50 per session for stationery,
newspapers, postage, ETC.; 50 day addiilonal Is
| allowed the presiding officers of each branch.
| Elections of United States Senators are TO be
made In Joint Convention by the Legislature
| next preceding the expiration Of the Senatorial
| term, or Immediately after the happening OF
| vacancy; in case offailure of the two Houses to
meet in Joint Convention within twenty days for
| this purpose, the Governor may call such Con-
vention or proclamation. TwO-thrds oil all the
members elected to each branch are necessary to
pass any bill over the Governors veto. The
Governor is allowed five days during the session,
| or ten days thereafter, within which to veto
| BILL and in the latter case the bill must be laid
| before the next session of the Legislature.
The changes i'll this Article from the old Con-
stitution are numerous Among them are: al
| lowing the Senate to hold secret executive ses-
slonS; permitting special legislation respecting
| fees and salaries, and the interest Oh money
emitting the specification of the amount or value
of the homestead exemption, and leaving that to
be provided for by law; emitting the section for
| bidding the passage of any law authorizing mar
| ried women to act as sole traders emitting the
! limitation of the salaries of county officers and
the per diem of the members ofthe legislature etc.
| ARTICLE Y-EXECUTIvE DEPARTMENT.
Vests the executive power in Governor, to be
elected for four years, who must be a qualified
| elec;or, twenty-five years of age and, except at
the first election, for two years preceding his cleo
tion resident of the state Provides for canvass
ing election returns for Governor and other state
| officers The Governor il Commander inChief OF
the military forces of the State except when
called into the service of the United States. He is
| to transact all executive business see that the
laws are faithfully executed and 10 ill vacancies
| in Office by appointment where not otherwise
| provided for He may convene special sessions
! of the Legislature but at such sessions no lcgis.
lative business may be transacted, except such
| as the Governor may call attention to. He has
| power in case of disagreement between the two
Houses HH u VI hNiJuUIUulenl,
| the Legislature TO such time as he may think
| proper, but not beyond the time for the meet.
! ing of the next Legislature. He may suspend
| fines and forfetures and grant reprieves not ex.
ceeding sixty days The Governor, Justices of
| the supreme Court and Attorney General are
| constituted Court Of Pardons, except in cases
/ of treason and impeachments. A Lieutenant
| Governor is TO be elected at the same time and
| for the same term as the Governor. The usual
powers and duties of such officer are prescribed
A Secretary of State, Treasurer, Controller, sur
vcyor General and Attorney. General are also
provided for and their powers and duties pre-
scribed. The Governor, Secretary OF state and
Attorney General are constituted Board of
State Prison Directors, and also a BoPrd OF Ex-
aminers, TO audit all claims against the State,
except salaries or compensation fixed by law, be-
fore such claims can be passed upon by the Lee
gislature.
The only change of Importance from the old
Constitution in tIr's Article is providing for the
election of Surveyor General
ARTICLE vI-JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
Vests the judicial power of the State in u Su
premc Court, consisting of Chief Justice and
two Associate Justices with power in the Lcgis-
luture to add two associates nine District Courts
lat presenD and Justices of the Peace. The
Legislature may also establish Municipal Courts
in incorporated cities and towns. The Justices Of
the Supreme Court are to be elected at general
elections Tor six years each, but those first elected
are to draw for long and short terms, so that one
will go out of office every two years. The Su.
prcule Court has appellate jurisdiction in all
cases in equity, and in oil eases at law involving
real estate or mining claims, tho legality Of taxes,
assessments, fines, ETC., where the amount in con-
troYersy exceeds three hundred dollars; also on
questions of law alone, in criminal cases amount
ing 10 felony. The State is divided into nine Ju.
dicial Districts; Storey county constituting the
First, Ormsby the second, Lyon the Third,
Washoe the Fourth, Nye and Churchill the Fifth,
Humboldt the Sixth, Lander the Seventh, Doug.
las the Eighth, Esmeralda the Ninth. Roop is
attached to the washoe district. The Legislature
may alter or change the districts hereafter, or
! increase or diminish the number of districts or
| Judges The First, or Storey District has three
| District Judges with n co-eXtensive and concur.
rent jurisdiction. The District Judges are ia be
elected for four years, and are TO be paid out of
the treasures Of the counties comprising their re.
spectye Districts. The District Courts have
original Jurisdiction in all cases wherein the su-
| preme Court has appellate jurisdiction; also, re-
ating TO estates of deceased persons, and persons
and estates of minors and insane persons, and OF
the action of forcible entry and unlawful detaner,
and of all criminal cases not otherwise provided
| BY law They have final appellate jurisdiction
in all cases arising in Justices Courts and other
| inferior tribunals. The Legislature determines
the number of Justices of the Peace in each city
and township, and fixes their duties and cOmpen.
sation Justices Courts have Jurisdiction only
i Nf0 mi
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$4,000, ,S MAJ, ~ con@rraJ nv, law
criminal 5 ma in.,,n ,o,. c9rtr rnnn t6an, ri.
anu SH' .",. ,S ,bo nS,r;pt ro,,r,s 4, tLo
ult s ronvueIe . " liens not sxcoedinr
saNH enJ Of oc,ionS for the nosSession of lands
s9GO ana OF acIons ra sne p oSseon VI isT hs
anu aeneinens n,a,rir, Cops e,d "ncS o,bnr
SUPREME ,Sa In;sIo,rro nav datorMins ore
Sr. % paoo-J Their Iudrns are no, allowed
" 1870 60 and nernnisites for their own nse
Judges are ineligible to other than Judicial Offices
| dnriny their terms Provision is made for docket
fees, to be applied toward the payment of the
salaries of Judges. No leave of absence can be
granted to any judicial officer, and the absence
Of such officer from the State for ninety days va
Tbis Article ;s radically different from the cor
responding Article of the old Constitution, where.
in The judicial system was copied substantially
from that of California.
ARTICLE WI IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVAL
"'''IA FROM OFFICE.
fIoSiues ~. ~, t,ha Thi,f Irs,oo 90 roS;Ja
at'ss ey .Ie Of Goysrnor or famtsupnt Cover
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