Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-24
State Of Nevada. to reed e folloN,:

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State Of Nevada. to read e. follows:
Section 8. Every public o6lcer in tn,
State Of Nevada is subject, a. herei1
provided. to recall from ONCE by tn,
qualified electors of the state. or of thu
county, district or municipality, from
which he was elected. For this pur
pose not less than twenty-five per cent
(25$) OF the qualified electors who vots
In tho state or in the county, district
or municipality electing said officer. al
the proceeding election, for justice Of
the supreme court, shall file thei1
petition In the manner herein provided,
demanding his recall by the people
they shall set forth in said petition, in
not exceeding two hundred (2OO) 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 (5) days after the
petition is fled, special election shall
be ordered to be held within twenty
days (20) 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 (20ON 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 be 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,
and the same officer shall order the spe-
cial election when it is required. No
g. oh petition shall be circulated or filed
against any officer until he has actually
held his Office six (6) months, save and
except that it may be filed against a
senator or assemblyman in the legisia-
ture at any time after ten (1o) 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 ex enses 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 as may aid the operation OF this
section shall be provided by law.
No. f1-.Senate Concurrent and john
Resolution No. !, relative to amending
section three Of article eLeVeD Of tie con-
sfikufion Of the State Of Mevada.
Approved February ID, 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:
Section 8. All lands, including the
sixteenth and thirty sixth sections, in
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 a state gov
eminent, the thirty thousand acres of
public lands granted 10y an act of Con
Rress, 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 oil
Congress distributing the proceeds OF
the public lands among the several
states of the Union, approved A. D.
1841; 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 as
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 fol
educational purposes; and all proceeds
derived from any or all of said sources,
shall be, and the same hereby are, sol
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