The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-02-09
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

To be submitted to the people of tht
State of Nevada, at a Special Flee
ton, to be held in the State of Ne
vada, on the ELEVENTH day o
FEBRUARY, 1889, under an Ac
| approved January 10Th, 1889, "Tt
provide fer holding Special Flee,
ion in the State of Nevada, and a
such Election to submit to the peo
pie OF the State proposed amend.
ments 20 the Constitution thereof
aud matters pertaining thereto"
Notice is hereby given that on Mon
day, the eleventh day of February, A.
u. eighteen hundred and eighty-nine
an election will be held between the
hours of eight O'Clock A. NJ. and six
o'clock p. NJ. of said day, for the adop-
ton or rejection by the qualified vo-
ters Of the State, of the following pro-
posed amendments to the Constitution
thereof to-wit:
Amendment number l -, of Section
number 2, of Article ", of the Con-
stitution, as follows:
No .I-Senate Concurrent Resolution rela-
tie to amending the Constitution Of the
State Of Neuada.
Resolved by the Senate, the Assem-
bly, concurring, That the Constitution
| of the State of Nevada be amended as
| follows:
Amend Section Two of Article ", of
| the Constitution of the state of Nrva-
da so as to read as follows:
Section two. The sessions of tho
| Legislature shall he biennial, and shall
commence on the third Monday of
January next ensuing the election of
members Of the Assembly, unless the
Governor of the State shall, in the m
| term, convene the Legislature by
proclamation.
Il
number six of Article " of the Con-
| stitutiOn, as follows:
No. U.-Sendte Concurrent Resolution rel
atiue to amending the Constitution of the
State of Neuada.
Resolved by the Senate, the Assem-
| bly, concurring, That the Constitution
| of the State of Nevada be amended as
follows:
| Amend Section six of Article "
OF the Constitution of the State OF Ne,
vada so as to read as follows:
Section six. Each house shall
judge of the qualifications, election.
aud returns of its own members
choose its own officers, determine the
rules of its proceedings, and may
punish its members for dsorderly
conduct, and, with the concurrence
Of two thirds of all the members elect.
ed, expel a member.
/ Amendment number three of Sec
ton number twenty of Article ". o.
the Constitution, as follows:
No. HI-Senate Concurrent Resolution rel
atiue to amending the Constitution of tn
State of Nerada
Resolved by the Senate, the Assem-
bly, concurring, That the Constitution
of the State of Nevada be amended a.
follows
| Amend section twenty OF Article
~. of the Constitution of the State O
Nevada so as To read as follows.
Section twenty. The Legislature
shall not pass local or special laws il
any of tie following enumerated
cases, that is to say: Regu.
latins the jurisdiction and dutie.
OF the Justices OF the Peace
for the punishment of crime and IN is
demeanors; regulating the practice 81
courts OF justice; providing for chang.
ing the venue in civil and crimina
cases; granting divorces; changing the
names Of persons, vacating roads
town plots, streets, alleys and public
squares; sum moning and mpaneling
grand aud petit jurors, and providing
for their compensation; regulating
county and township business; regu-
lating the election OF county and
| township officers; for the assessme n,
and collection OF taxes for State, coun.
~ and township purposes; providing
for opening and conducting elections
of State, county or township officers,
and designating the places OF voting;
providing for the sale of real estate or
personal property belonging to minors
or other persons under legal disa bill
tiles; giving effect to invalid deeds,
wills or other instruments, refuuding
money paid into the State Treasury,
or into tho treasury of any county;
| releasing the indebtedness, liability
or obligations of any corporations, as
soclations or persons to the State, or
to any county, town or city of this
State. But nothing in this section
shall be construed to deny or restrict
the power Of the Legislature to estab-
fish and regulate the pensat ion
and fees OF county and township OIL.
GERS; to establish and regulate the