Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-03-10
CONSTITUTION OF NEVADA.

The amendment of the old Constitution con.
sists in substituting the words reRl, personal and
possesSory, excepting mines and mining claims,
the proceeds of which alone shall be taxed" in
place of the words "both real and personal, in.
Guiding mines and mining property" This was
regarded az the most important change made by
the Convention.
Article Xl of the old Constitution, entitled sal.
aries, was amended so as to fix the salaries OF
State officers, etc. only for the first term, and then
stricken out and transferred to the scheunle.
ARTICLE Xf-EDUCATIoN.
Provides for the election, once in two years, OF
n 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
trct 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 dstrlbu.
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 A State University il to be established. EN-
bracing agricultural, mechanical and mining de-
partments All teachers and professors are re-
qurcd 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
Board of Regents of the University and public
schools for thc first four years. the Legislature 10
elect their successors. Said Board IL required to
organize the Mining Department ofthe University
rs speedily and efficiently as possible. All secta-
rian instruction in the schools or University il
prohibited.
fCb;. amanda tina cnrrasnnpdipp rticIa nf TIM
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 100000
acres granted for internal improvements, and in
some less important particulars.
ARTICLE XII-MILITIA.
Requires the Legislature to provide for organ.
izng and disciplining the militu and the effective
encouragement of volunteer corps, etc.; also gives
the Governor power TO call out the militia in
emergencies The Article il identical with the
one in the old Constitution.
ARTICLE XlII-PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Requires the State to foster benevolent institu.
lions and the counties to provide for the aged in
firm or iudigent. The language of the Article IL
the same rs in the old Constitution.
ARTICLE XIv-BoUSDARY.
Establishes the State boundary as in the Ena.
bling Act aud provides for extending such boun
Diary one degree further east, whenever Congress
shall assent, and us far west AZ California may
linquish. There il no change in this from the old
Constitution.
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 prescribes al 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, ind wlnot be, engaged in duel
Section prohibits any person not only from
holding office. but (which il additional to the old
Constitution IRON voting, who has been in any
way concerned in duel.
Section l. No perpetuites shall be- allowed eI.
cept for eleCmosynary purposes.
Section 5 fixes the general election on the Tues.
day next after the first Monday of November:
Section e. The aggregate number ofmembers of
the Legislature shall never exceed Is.
Section requires county officers TO hold their
Offices AT the county seats.
Section & 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 up.
pointment Of officers and the tenure Of officers
created by the Legislature, which must never ex.
coed four years.
ISection IL of the old Constitution, providing for
a state Printer, was stricken ont
Section ~ requires the Governor, Secretary Of
Statp treasurer COHtrOIIcF ana IIcTk OF inc Oil.
preme Court 10 keep their Offices al the Capital.
Section - provides for State census, in the
discretion Of the Legislature, in 1865, 1867 1915
and every ten years thereafter, 10 serve together
with the United States census, basis of repre-
sentation.
Sec IA establishes eplurality rulein elections,
ARTICLE XyI-AMENDMESTs
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
rention to revise the Constitution. This Article
was in substance. the same in the old Constitution
ARTICLE 'XvH-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-
peacd or altered by the State Legislature; for the
transfer of fines and f0rfejtures, recognizances,
etc. and all legal proceedings
Section fixes the salaries-for the first term Of
office-Governor, $4,000; Secretary OfState, Con-
trOller and Treasurer, each, 5000; Surveyor
General, $1,000; Attorney General, $500; Su.
perintendcnt Of Public Instruction, $1,000; each
Judge of the Supreme Court, $1,000; members Of
the Legislature, s. per day and 10 cents per nile
each way.
Section establishes the following apportion.
ment Of the Legislature until otherwise provided
by law Storey county, Senators, IL Assembly
men Douglas county, Senator, . Assemblymen;
Esmeralda county, Senators, 4Assemblymen
Humboldt county, . Senators 3 Assemblymen
Lander county, 9 Senators, 1 Assemblymen; Lyon
county, l Senator, 3 ASsembyInen; Lyon and
Churchill counties, l Senator jointly; Churchill
county, Asscmblyman; Nye county, Senator
Assemblyman; ormS6y county, Senators 3
Asscmblymen; 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
tertere with the additional S3oOOoO authorized by
Article IL:
section provides th"t the hrst state ofnc"rs
snail hold tlil the Inesdhy AFTER the hrst Monday
IN january leo'.
Section y PROVIDES tnat the SENATORS nrStelected
shall draw Tor long anu snort terms, onehali gong
out the day after the general election in ls66 and
the other half two years later
Sections 10 and IL provide for carrying ont the
same rule respecting Assemblymen
Section l2nakes the first session ofthe Legisla-
ture commence on the second Monday of Decem-
Der next the second on the first Monday, of Jan.
lS66: succeeding HpSSlOnS TO be lelu Dlpnnl-