Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-10-14
PR POSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS
State of Nevada,

State of Nevada,
County of Mineral
|, j.. II. White, the duly elected qualified,
and acting County Clerk of the county OF
Mineral, State of Nevada, do hereby GER
tiiy that the following amendments to
the constitution of the State OF Nevada,
have been certified to me by George trod
igan, Secretary of state for the State of
Nevada. as having been proposed and
pa SEQ ut the Goth session of tie legisa
ture of.the State of Nevada, at its session
! In 1913. and agreed TO and pas ed at the
9th session of the Legislature of the State
of Nevada ut its session In 1915, and as ow
being subject to ratification by the peo-
pie ~ the general election 10 be held on
Tuesday the 18th day of November 1916:
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
No.
No. l7.-Assembly Joint and Concurrent
K solution, relative to amending section
three of article eleven of the Constitn
ton OF the State OF Nevada Permitting
investment of permanent school fund in
bonds of Nevada counties or farm loansl
/ Proposed and passed at the Goth session
OF the Legislature March %, 1918, Statutes
OF 1918, page SOL, agreed to and passed at
the twenty-seventh session of the Legis-
latuse, February A. 1885, Statutes # 1915,
page 5l3, ard subject to ratification by the
people at the general election of 1916
Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate
cohcurring. That section three of article
eleven of the constitution of the State OF
Nevada lee amended to read us follows:
Section 3. All lands, including the six
toenih and thrty-sixth sections in any
township donated fer the benefit of public
schools in the act of the Thiriy-eiah nth
Congress to enable the people of Nevada
Territory to form u State governmon tho
thirty thousand acres of uubiic lands
granted byan act of Congress. approved
July second A. y. eighteen hundred and
sixtytwo, 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 to this state, and alSI the five hun
drei Thousand acres of land e anted to
the new states under the act OF Congress
distributing the proceeds of the public
lands among the several states of the
Union. approved \. d. eighteen hundred
and iorty-one; provided, that Congress
make provision for or a. thorize such di-
weston to be made for the purpose herein
contained; all estates that may eschaat to
the state; all OF such per centum rs may
be granted by Congress on the sale of
lands; all fines collected under the penal
laws of the state all 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 solemnly pledged fot ed
ucational purposes and shall not be trans
feired To any other funds for other uses;
TO time be apporiioned among the several
counties ls the Legislature shall provide
by law and the Legislature shall provide
for the sale of floating land warrants to
cover the aforesaid lands and for the
Investment of all proceeds derived from
any of the above mentioned sources in
United States bonds or the boi.ds of
TINS olIl', VI lilt DbIluS OF otllt1
states OF ,he Union, or the bonds of any
county III the State of Nevada or in loans
at a rate of interest of not less 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 n
provements,o of uncNceptional title and free
from all encumbrances, said loans to be
under such iulther restrictions and reg
ulations as may be provided by law; pro-
Vided, that the interest only of the afore-
said proceeds shall be used for education
al 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 be appropriat d for the support of
the state univ ersity.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
No. ,.
No, Senate Concurrent Resolution,
relative TO amending section three of ar
tlcle nine of the Constitution of the State
of Nevada. ALLOWING increase of boLded
Indebtedness Of State from 100000 to
per cent of assessed valuation of STATED
Proposed and passed at the Twenty
Sixth Session of the Legislature, March
IA, 1918, Statutes of 1913, page 5S5, agreed
to and passed. at the rwenty-Seventh
Session of the Legislature, February 8, |
1915, statu IS of 1915 page sic, and SUBJ |
jeet to ratification by the people at the |
general election OF 1916
Resolved By the Senate. the Assembly |