Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-17
State Of Nevada, to read as follows:

Section 8. Every public officer in the
State Of Nevada is subject, as herein
provided, to recall from Office by the
qualified electors of the state. or of the
county, district. or municipality, from
which he was elected. For this pur-
pose not less than twenty-five per cent
(25S) of the qualified electors who vote
in the state or in the county, district.
or municipality electing said officer. ut
the proceeding election, for justice of
the supreme court, shall file their
petition in the manner herein provided,
demanding his recall by the people;
they shall set forth i'll said petition, in
not exceeding two hundred (2OU) words,
the reasons why said recall is demanded.
If he shall offer his resignation it shall
be accepted and take effect on the day
it is offered. and the vacancies thereby
caused shall be filled in the manner
provided by law. If he shall not re-
sign within five t5) days after the
petition is fled, a special election shall
be ordered to be held within twenty
days Toy after the issuance of the call
therefor, in the state or county. dist
riot. or municipality electing said
officer. to determine whether the
people will recall said officer. On the
ballot at said election shall be printed
verbatim as set forth in the recall
petition, the reasons for demanding the
recall of said officer, and in not more
than two hundred (200) words, the Off
GERS justification Of his course in Office.
He shall continue to perform the duties
of his Office until the result of said cleo
tion shall be finally declared. Other
candidates for the Office may he nomi-
mated to be voted for at said special
election. The candidate who shall re-
ceive the highest number of votes at
said special election shall be deemed
elected for the remainder of the term,
whether it be the person against whom
the recall petition was filed, or another.
The recall petition shall be filed with
the officer with whom the petition for
nomination to the Office shall be filed,
cial election when it is required. No
sLch petition shall be circulated or filed
against any officer until he has actually
held his Office six t6) months, save and
except that it may he filed against a
senator or assemblyman in the legisia-
ture at any time after ten 10y days from
the beginning of the first session after
his election. After one such petition
and special election, no further recall
petition shall be filed against the same
officer during the term for which he
was elected, unless such further petit
TONERS shall pay into the public treas
ury from which the exs cnses of said
special election have been paid, the
whole amount paid out of said public
treasury as expenses for the preceding
special election. Such additional legis-
lation us may aid the operation of this
section shall be provided by law.
No. 11-,SeHate Concurrent and Joint
Resolution No. /, rslafiue TO amending
section three Of article ell1rn of tie con-
SfifufiOn Ofkhe Stale Of WeVada.
Approved February IA, 1911
Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly
concurring, That section three of article
eleven of the constitution of the State
of Nevada be amended TO read as fol-
lows:
A Ip
sixteenth and thirty sections, i'll
any township donated for the benefit
of public schools in the act of the thirty
eighth Congress, to enable the people Of
Nevada Territory to form state gov
eminent, the thirty thousand acres of
public lands granted 10y an act of Con
gress, approved July 2, a. d. 1862. for
each senator and representative in
Congress, and all proceeds of lands
that have been or may hereafter be
granted or appropriated by the United
States to this state, and also the five
hundred thousand acres OF land grant
ed to the new states under the act of
Congress distributing the proceeds of
the public lands among the several
states of the Union, approved a. d.
1871; provided, that Congress make
provision for or authorize such diver
sion to be made for the purpose herein
contained; all estates that may escheat
to the state; all of such percentum az
may be granted by Congress- on the
sale of lands; all fines collected under
the penal laws of the state; all proper
ty given or bequeathed to the state for
educational purposes; and all proceeds
derived from any orall of said sources,
shall BIZ, and the same hereby are. sol.
EMMY pledged for educational pur.
poses. and shall not be transferred to
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