Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-01-07
CONSTITUTION OF NEVADA.

the Convention.
Article XII of the old Constitution, entitled sal:
aries, was amended so as TO FIX the salaIieS o.
State officers, etc. only for the first term anu theh
stricken out and transferred to the schedule.
ARTICLE xI-EDUcATIoN.
Provides for the election, once In two years Oh
q Superintendent Of Public Instruction. ana Ior
the establishment Of n UNIFORM system OF Common
-chools TO be maintained Mt least six months each
year in every School District. Any school DIS
trct falling to maintain such school for the space
Of six months or permitting sectarisn instruction
therein, may be deprived Of its proportion OF tne
School Fund. The Legislature may pass sueh
laws az will tend to secure general attendance OF
children Oh the schools. The lands donated oy
Congress for educational purposes, and all otner
sources of income available for the purpose. are
Solenply 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 TO bs
sold A 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 IL TO be levied annually LOT
the support of the University and common
schools. The Governor, Secretary Of State and
superintendent of Public Instruction constitutes
board OF Regents Of the University and public
schools for the first four years. the Legislature 10
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organize the Mining Department ofihe University
as speedily and efficiently possible. All sectB-
rian instruction in the schools or University Is
prohibited.
This amends the corresponding Article of the
old Constitution by striking out so much IA 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 500 900
acres granted for internal improvements and IN
some less important particulars
ARTICLE X1I-MIL1TIA.
Requires the Legislature to provide for organ.
izing end disciplining the mitia and the effective
encouragement Of volunteer corps, ETC.; also gives
the Governor power to call out the militia IN
emergencies. The Article ia identical with the
one in the old Constitution.
ARTICLE XlII-PUBLlC INSTITUTIONS.
Requires the State TO foster benevolent inSttu.
tons and the counties 10 provide for the aged In
firm or INDECENT. The language of the Article is
the same as in the old Constitution.
....... ARTICLE XIy-BoUSDARY.
Establishes the State boundary az In the Eua.
bling Act and provides for extending such boun.
Diary one degree further east, whenever Congress
shall assent, and as far west as California may re-
linquish. There is no change in this fr ON the old
Constitution. ..-. ..-.
ARTICLE Xv-MTSCELLASEoUS PROVISIONS.
Section fixes the seat of Government at Car
son City and prohibits appropriations for Capitol
buildings for the mex I three years. instead of six
years, us in last years Constitution.
Section prescribes an oath Of office, including
oath Of allegiance TO the United States, and IN
oath that the party has not since the adoption Of
the Constitution, and willnot be, engaged in duel
Section prohibits any person not only from
holding office, but (which Is additional 10 the old
constitutional from voting, who has been in any
way concerned in duel.
Section l. No perpetuities shall be allowed ex.
cept for eleenosynary purposes.
Section FIXES the general election the Tuas
day next after the first Monday of November.
Section 4. The aggregate number ofmembers Of
the Legislature shall never exceed rs.
Section requires county officers TO hold their
Offices at the county seats.
Section 8 provides for the publication Of statute
laws and Supreme Court decisions.
Section authorizes the Legislature to increasr
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.
a state Printer, was stricken out.
Secti'n l2 requires the Governor, Secretary Of
State, Treasurer, Controller and Clerk Of the Su.
preme Court TO keep their Offices st the Capital.
Section Is provides for State census. In the
discretion of the Legislature In 1865, 1867, 1875
and every ten years thereafter, 10 serve, together
with the United States census as basis of rcpr..
sentation t'
Sec. IA establishes theplurality rulein elections.
ARTICLE MEASUREMENTS.
Provides for amendment Of the Constitution By
two-thrds votes of two successive Legislatures,
and subsequent ratification by the people. AlSO,
that the Legislature, by 4 two.thirds vote, may
submit to the people the question Of calling Con
vention to revive the Constitution. This Article
was in substance, the same in the old Constitution
ARTICLE Xvu-sCHEDULE
I . md for b.. tran nj
rights, actions, prosecutions. judgments, claims.
etc, from the Territorial TO the State Government;
for the continuance Of Territorial laws until re-
pealcd or altered by the State legislature for the
transfer of fines and fOrfcitures, recOgniZances,
ETC., and all legal proceedings
Section fixes the salaries-for the first term Of
office-Governor, $4,000; Secretary ofState, Con.
trocr and Treasurer, EACH g, quo; Surveyor
General, $1,000; Attorney General, $500; Su-
perintendent Of Public Instruction, $1,000; each
Judge of the Supreme Court, 81 COO members of
the Legislature, So 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, 4 Senators, IL Assembly.
men Douglas county, Senator, 2 ASsemblymen;
Esmeralda county, ? Senators, 4 Afsembiymen
Humboldt county, Senators. 3 Assemblymen
Lander county, . Senators, Assemblymen; Lyon
county, l cnRtor, 3 Assemblymeni Lyon and
Churchill counties ] Senator jointly; Churchill
county, Assemblyman Nyc county. Senator
Asse mblyman; Ormsby county, Senators 3
Asscmblymen; Washoe and Roop counties, 2 Sen.
ators, 3 Assemblymen.
Section 7 transfers all debts OF the Territory TO
the State; provided said Indebtedness shall not in.
terfere with the additional 100000 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, one half going
out the day after the general election in 1906 and
the other half two years later
Sections 10 and II provide for carrying out the
same rule respecting Assemblymen.
Section u makes the first session of the Legisls'
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 bienni'
ally commencing on the first Monday Of January.
Section Is continues all Territorial and county
officers under the State organization till January
1867, and the Probate Judges till the District
Judges are elected, with proyiso 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 l6 and II tix the salaries of the District
Judges until altered by law. First District,
$1,000; Second, S4.U0Oi Third and Fourth, e5,OOO;
Fifth, S3.buO; Si&tn St,UU; otVeuln, So'VOV
Eighth, $50 0; Ninth, S5.0OU.
Section ls requires State officers first elected to
enter on their duries on the first Monday Of De.
cember next and continue till January, 1867.
Section 10 makes a similar provision for the
Supreme and District Judges.
Section % relates 10 the commissioning and
qualifying Ofthe first State officers and District
Judges, and requires the State Controller and
Treasurer to give bonds in $4,000 each,
Section 81 requires counties, towns, ETC.. to pro
vide for supporting their own officers.
Section - provides for filling vacancies.
Section % transfers cases pending In the Ter
ritorial Probate Courts 10 the District Courts.
Section q 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 a6 makes provision for publishing GOO
copies of the debates and proceedings OF this
Convention, and for the compensation Of the
Official Reporter OF the same.
ELECTION ORDINANCE.
Following the Constitution proper Is an ordi'
nance providing for the submission Of the Consu.
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