Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-10-21
pr. POSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS
Siate OF Nevada. !

County OF Mineral
/. J. IL. White. the duly elected qualified.
and netting County Clerk of the county OF
Mineral, State OF Nevada, do hereby GER
lily that the following amendments 10
the constitution of the State of Nevada,
have been certified to me by George rod
igan. Secretary Of state for the State OF
Nevada, as having been proposed and
pa sed ut the 26th session OF TIE lcgisla
ture OF the State OF Nevada, at its session
in 1913 and agreed to and passed ut the
27th session OF the Legislature OF the State
Of Nevada ut It's session in 1915, and as ow
being subject to ratification by the peo-
Pile u. the general election to be held on
Tuesday the It'll day OF November. 1916:
PROPOSED INSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
No.
No, l7.-Assembly Joint and Concurrent
X solution, relative to amending section
three Of article eleven OF the Constitu-
ton of the State OF Nevada. Permitting
Investment OF permanent school fund IN
bonds Of Nevada counties or fnrm loans
Proposed and PASSED ut the 26th session
OF the Legislature. March 20, 1918, statutes
OF 1918, page SOL, agreed to aud passed at
the twenty-seventh session of the Legis-
latuse, February 4. 1915, Statutes I 1913,
page 5ls, aid subject to ratification by the
people at the general election of 1916
Resolved ly the Assembly, the Senate
c0hcurring, ! hat section three of article
eley. of the constitution of the State OF
k.,. i.,I f.,l
Section 8. All lands. Including the six
teen,h and thirty-sixth sections In any
township donated fer the benefit Of public
schools in the net OF the Thirty-eiRllth
Congress to enable the people of Nevada
Territory to form II State government tho
granted byan act OF Congress. approved
July second A ID. eighteen hundred and
sixty-two. for each senator and Repre-
sentative in Congress, and all proceeds of
lands that nave been or may hereafter be
granted or appropriated by the United
States 10 this state, and also the five hun
dred Thousand acres OF land z anted to
tho new states under the act of Congress
distributing the proceeds Of the public
lands among the several states of the
Union. approved A. d. eighteen hnndied
and forty provided, that Congress
make provision for or AZ thorize such di-
weston to DO made for the purpose herein
contained; all estates that may escheat to
the state; all of such per centum as may
be granted by Congress on the sale. Of
| nds; all fines collected under the penal
laws of the state ;illl property given or be-
Queathed to the state for educational pur-
poses. and all proceeds derived from any
or all of said sources, shall be and the
same are hereby solcmnly pledged for ed
ucational purposes and shall not be trans
feired to any other funds for other uses;
and the interest thereon shall, from time
To time he appor ioned among the several
counties ls the Legislature shall provide
by law and the legislature shall provide
for tho sale of floating lauI warrants to
cover tina aforesaid lands and for the
investment of all proceeds derived from
any of the above mentioned sources. in
United States bonds, or the bonds of
this State, or The bonds of other
county in the State of Nevada or in loans
ut rate Of interest of not l. 81 than six
per cent per annum, secured by mortgage
on agricultural lands in this state Of not
less than three times the value of the a.
mount loaned, exclusive of perishable i'm
proyements,of unexceptional title and free
from all encumbrances, said loans to be
under such further restrictions and reg
ulations as may be provided by law; pro-
vided, that the interest only of the lfore-
said proceeds shall be used for education
Ill purposes and any surplus interest
shall be- added to the principal sum: and
provided further. that any such portion
of said interest as may be necessary
may DO appropriat for the support of
the state university.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
No. ..
No. 7-Senate Concurrent Res olutoi,
relative to amending section three Of ar
ticle nine OF the Constitution OF the State
OF Nevada. ALLOWING increase of bonded
indebtedness Of state from S300.0t0 to l
per cent OF assessed valua tion of STATED
Proposed and passed at the Twenty
Sixth Session OF the Lesislatntn. March
"A, 1913, Statutes of 1913, page 5S5, agreed
to and passed ut the rwentySeventh |
Session OF tie Legislature, February &.
1915, Statu Is OF 1915, page sic, and sub |
iect to ratification by the people at the |
general election of 1916
Resolved by the Senate, The Assembly |