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


| lion oftaxes for State county and township pur,
poses providing for opening and conducting
| elections of State county or township ofhcers'
| and designating the places OF Votngi PIoNlun6
for the sale of real estate belonging 10 minors
other persons laboring under legal disa0lhties-
uniform system of county and township sOsT nrd
ment is required to be established. LotteFIes nnu
the sale Of lottery tickets are prohibited Extra
compensation 10 officers and employees OF the
Legislature is forbidden The hrst regular Ses-
sion Is limited to ninety days, Subsequent SEES
| siOns Of sixty days; and special sess'9ns, eoit
vened by the Governor, to twenty udSs' ~
| homestead as provided by law, Is required 10
be exempted from forced sale, except in certain
enumerated cases. Provision is male LOT secur-
ing the separate property ola wife. The county
officers TO be elected are specified, the Leglsla-
ture 10 prescribe their duties ana eohpensHsloh'
The compensation oflegslatorr cannot Dc Gh"ng
ed during their terms each member Is ailo"eu
not exceeding 500 per session Tor stntioneTy,
newspapers postage, ETC.; 81 Il day haulllonal IL
allowed the presiding officers of each Oranch.
Elections of United States Senators are 10 Dc
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 10
meet in Joint Convention within twenty days for
this purpose, the Governor may call such Con
ventiOn or proclamation. TwO.thirds OF all the
members elected to each branch are necessary 10
pass any bill over the Governors veto. Inc
Governor is allowed five days during the session,
or ten days thereafter, within which 10 veto
bill; and i'll the latter case the bill must be lild
before the next session of the Legislature
The changes in this Article from the old Con
stitution are numerous Among them are: al
lowing the Senate to hold secret executive SEES
sions; permitting special legislation respecting
fees and salaries and the interest on money
emitting the specification of the amount or value
Of the homestead exemption, and leaving that TO
be provided for Ky law emitting the section Tor
bidding the passage of any law authorizing mar
ried women to act AS sole Traders; emitting the
limitation of the salaries of county othcers' ana
the per diem OF the members of the Leglsatureetc'
ARTICLE v-ENEcUTIvE DEPARTMENT.
Vests the executive power i'll Governor, 10 DC
elected for four years, who must be a quahneu
elector, twenty-five years Of age and, except VI
the first election for two Years preceding lis cleo
ton, resident of the STATE Provides for canvass
ing election returns for Governor and other state
officers The Governor is COMMANDMENTS Chief OF
the military forces of the State, except when
called into the service of the United States. lie
to transact all excel tive business, see that the
laws are faithfully executed and fill vacancies
in Office by appointment where not otherwise
provided for. He may convene special sessions
of the Legislature, but at such sessions no legis-
lative business may be transacted, except such
as the Governor may call attention to. He has
Houses as TO the time of adjournment, to adjourn
the Legislature to such time rs 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 eN.
ceeding sixty days The Governor, Justices of
| the supreme Court and Attorney General are
constituted a Court of Parions, except in cases
OF treason and impeachmeuts. 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
veyor 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 II Board OF
State Prison Directors, and also a BoPrd of Elk.
aniners, TO audit all claims against the State,
except salaries compensation fixed by law, be-
fore such claims can be passed upon by the Le-
gislature.
The only change of Importance from the old
Constitution in tvs Article il providing for the
election of u Surveyor General
ARTICLE vI-juDICIAL DEPARTMENT
Vests the judicial power of the State in a Su-
prrme Court, consisting of Chief Justice and
two Associate Justices (with power in the Legis-
lature to add two assocaes), nine District Courts
(at present. and Justices of the Peace. The
Legislature may also establish Municipal Courts
in Incorporated cities and towns. The Justices of
the Supreme Court are 10 be elected NJ general
elections TOR six years each, but those first elected
are to draw for long and short terms, so that one
will so out Of Office every two years. The ~.
preme Court has appellate jurisdiction in all
cases in equity, and in all cases mt law involving
real estate mining claims, the legality of taxes,
assessments. fines etc, where the amount in con-
troverSy exceeds three hundred dollars also on
questions Of law alone. IN criminal eases amonnt-
ing to 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 diminish the number of districts or
Judges. The First, or storey District, has three
District Judges with coeXtensive and concur
rent jurisdiction. The District Judges are TO be
elected for four years, and are TO be paid out of
the treasures of the counties comprising their re-
spective Districts The District Courts have
original jurisdiction in all cases wherein the SUI
preme Court has appellate jurisdiction also, re-
laiing estates of deceased persons, and persons
and estates of minors and insane persons, and of
the action of forcible entry and unlawful dctaner,
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 nave jurisdiction only
of cases not coming within the Jurisdiction of the
District Courts, provided they may have such
criminal jurisdiction as may be conferred by law,
and the Legislature may confer upon them juris
diction concurrent with the District Courts in the
enforcement Of mechanics liens, not exceeding
$500 and of actions for the possession of lands
aud tenemeu,s in certain specified cases. The
Supreme Court, District Courts, and such other
Courts as the Legislature may determine, are
Courts of Record. Their Judges are not allowed
to receive fees and perqulsltes Tor their own use
Judges are ineligible to other than Judicial offices
during their terms Provision on Is made Tor docket
ices 20 DC dpR Ps Iaoya e 81 abusnre %, he
granted 20 any Jna .h S Sser' ana .ne absence
S c5 ssf his s oes from INC '' lot nns' Gays va
This Article Is radically different from the cor
responding Article Of the old Constitution wheTe
IN the JUDICIAL system was cope" S""S'ail'"'lS
ARTICLE VII IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVAL
Provides for mP peach Hst BY the Assembly and
trials by the senate, lhe CuleI Justice 10 pressure