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SEC. 8. The Legislature shall provide for | the speedy publication of all statute laws of a general nature, and such decisions of the Supreme Court as it may deem expedient; and all laws and judicial decisions shall be free for publication by any person; provided, that no judgment of the Supreme Court shall take effect and be operative until the opinion of the Court in such case shall be filed with the Clerk of said Court.

SEC. 9. The Legislature may, at any time, provide by law for increasing or diminishing the salaries or compensation of any of the officers whose salary or compensation is fixed in this Constitution; provided, no such change of salary or compensation shall apply to any officer during the term for which he may have

been elected.

SEC. 10. All officers, whose election or appointment is not otherwise provided for, shall be chosen or appointed, as may be prescribed by law.

ARTICLE XVI.

AMENDMENTS.

SECTION 1. Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or Assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their respective journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the Legislature then next to be chosen, and shall be published for three months next preceding the time of making such choice. And if, in the Legislature next chosen, as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe; and if the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the Legislature voting thereon, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the Constitution.

SEC. 11. The tenure of any office, not herein provided for, may be declared by law; or, when not so declared, such office shall be held during the pleasure of the authority making the appointment; but the Legislature shall not create any office, the tenure of which shall be longer than four years, except as herein other-vote wise provided in this Constitution.

SEC. 12. The Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Controller, and Clerk of the Supreme Court, shall keep their respective offices at the seat of government.

SEC. 2. If, at any time, the Legislature, by a of two-thirds of the members elected to each house, shall determine that it is necessary to cause a revision of this entire Constitution, they shall recommend to the electors, at the next election for members of the Legislature, to vote for or against a Convention; and if it SEC. 13. The enumeration of the inhabi- shall appear that a majority of the electors tants of this State shall be taken under the voting at such election shall have voted in favor of calling a Convention, the Legislature direction of the Legislature, if deemed necessary, in A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-shall, at its next session, provide by law for five; A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; calling a Convention, to be holden within six A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and every ten years thereafter; and these enumerations, together with the census that may be taken under the direction of the Congress of the United States in A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy, and every subsequent ten years, shall serve as the basis of representation in both houses of the Legislature.

SEC. 14. A plurality of votes given at an election by the people shall constitute a choice, where not otherwise provided by this Constitution.

months after the passage of such law; and such Convention shall consist of a number of

members not less than that of both branches of the Legislature. In determining what is a majority of the electors voting at such election, reference shall be had to the highest number of votes cast at such election for the candidates for any office or on any question.

ARTICLE XVII.

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SECTION 1. That no inconvenience may arise by reason of a change from a Territorial to a

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permanent State government, it is declared | prosecuted before such change, may be prosethat all rights, actions, prosecutions, judg-cuted in the name and by the authority of the ments, claims, and contracts, as well of indi-State of Nevada, with like effect as though such viduals as of bodies corporate, including counties, towns, and cities, shall continue as if no change had taken place; and all process which may issue under the authority of the Territory of Nevada previous to its admission into the Union as one of the United States, shall be as valid as if issued in the name of the State of Nevada.

SEC. 2. All laws of the Territory of Nevada, in force at the time of the admission of this State, not repugnant to this Constitution, shall remain in force until they expire by their own limitations, or be altered or repealed by the Legislature.

SEC. 3. All fines, penalties, and forfeitures, accruing to the Territory of Nevada, or to the people of the United States in the Territory of Nevada, shall inure to the State of Nevada.

change had not taken place, and all penalties incurred shall remain the same as if this Constitution had not been adopted. All actions at law, and suits in equity, and all other legal proceedings which may be pending in any of the courts of the Territory of Nevada at the time of the change from a Territorial to a State government, shall be continued and transferred to, and may be prosecuted to judgment and execution in any court of the State which shall have jurisdiction of the subject matter thereof; and all books, papers, and records, relating to the same, shall be transferred in like manner to such court.

SEC. 5. For the first term of office succeeding the formation of a State government, the salary of the Governor shall be four thousand dollars per annum; the salary of the Secretary of State shall be three thousand six hundred dollars per annum; the salary of the State Controller shall be three thousand six hundred dollars per annum; the salary of the State Treasurer shall be three thousand six hundred dollars per annum; the salary of the SurveyorGeneral shall be one thousand dollars per annum; the salary of the Attorney-General shall be two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; the salary of the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be two thousand dollars per annum; the salary of each Judge of the Supreme Court shall be seven thousand dollars per annum; the salaries of the foregoing officers shall be paid quarterly out of the State treasury. The pay of State Senators and Members of Assembly shall be eight dollars per day for each day of actual service, and forty cents per mile for mileage going to and returning from the place of meeting. No officer mentioned in this section shall receive any fee or perquisites, to his own use, for the performance of any duty connected with his office, or for the performance of any additional duty imposed upon him by law.

SEC. 4. All recognizances heretofore taken, or which may be taken before the change from a Territorial to a State government, shall remain valid, and shall pass to, and may be prosecuted in the name of the State; and all bonds executed to the Governor of the Territory, or to any other officer or court in his or their official capacity, or to the people of the United States in the Territory of Nevada, shall pass to the Governor, or other officer or court, and his or their successors in office, for the uses therein respectively expressed, and may be sued on, and recovery had accordingly; and all property, real, personal, or mixed, and all judgments, bonds, specialties, choses in action, claims, and debts, of whatsoever description, and all records and public archives of the Territory of Nevada, shall issue to and vest in the State of Nevada, and may be sued for and recovered in the same manner, and to the same extent, by the State of Nevada, as the same could have been by the Territory of Nevada. All criminal prosecutions and penal actions which may have arisen, or which may arise before the change from a Territorial to a State government, and which shall then be pending, SEC. 6. Until otherwise provided by law, shall be prosecuted to judgment and execution the apportionment of Senators and Assemblyin the name of the State. All offenses com- men in the different counties shall be as folmitted against the laws of the Territory of Ne- lows, to wit: Storey County, four Senators and vada before the change from a Territorial to twelve Assemblymen; Douglas County, one a State government, and which shall not be Senator and two Assemblymen; Esmeralda

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County, two Senators and four Assemblymen; Assembly elected at the second general election Humboldt County, two Senators and three As-under this Constitution, shall expire on the day semblymen; Lander County, two Senators and succeeding the general election in A. D. eightfour Assemblymen; Lyon County, one Senator een hundred and sixty-five; and the terms of and three Assemblymen; Lyon and Churchill those elected at the general election in A. D. Counties, one Senator, jointly; Churchill Coun- eighteen hundred and sixty-five shall expire on ́ty, one Assemblyman; Nye County, one Sena-[the day succeeding the general election in A. tor and one Assemblyman; Ormsby County, D. eighteen hundred and sixty-six. two Senators and three Assemblymen; Washoe and Roop Counties, two Senators and three Assemblymen.

SEC. 7. All debts and liabilities of the Territory of Nevada, lawfully incurred, and which remain unpaid at the time of the admission of this State into the Union, shall be assumed by and become the debt of the State of Nevada; provided, that the assumption of such indebtedness shall not prevent the State from contracting the additional indebtedness, as provided in section three of article nine of this Constitution. SEC. 8. The term of State officers, except judicial, elected at the first election under this Constitution, shall continue until the Tuesday after the first Monday of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and until the election and qualification of their successors.

SEC. 12. The first regular session of the Legislature shall commence on the first Monday of December, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and the second regular session of the same shall commence on the first Monday of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixtysix; and the third regular session of the Legislature shall be the first of the biennial sessions, and shall commence on the first Monday of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixtyseven; and the regular sessions of the Legistature shall be held thereafter biennially, commencing on the first Monday of January.

SEC. 13. All county officers, under the laws of the Territory of Nevada, at the time when the Constitution shall take effect, whose offices are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution, shall continue in office until the SEC. 9. The Senators to be elected at the first Monday of January, A. D. eighteen hunfirst election under this Constitution shall draw dred and sixty-seven, and until their successors lots, so that the term of one half of the num- are elected and qualified; and all township of ber, as nearly as may be, shall expire on the ficers shall continue in office until the expiraday succeeding the general election in A. D. tion of their terms of office, and until their suceighteen hundred and sixty-six, and the term cessors are elected and qualified; provided, of the other half shall expire on the day suc- that the Probate Judges of the several counceeding the general election in A. D. eighteen ties, respectively, shall continue in office until hundred and sixty-eight; provided, that in the election and qualification of the District drawing lots for all Senatorial terms, the Sen-Judges of the several counties or judicial disatorial representation shall be allotted so that in the counties having two or more Senators, the terms thereof shall be divided, as nearly as may be, between the long and short terms.

tricts; and, provided further, that the term of office of the present county officers of Lander County shall expire on the first Monday of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-five, SEC. 10. At the general election in A. D. except the Probate Judge of said county, whose eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and thereafter, term of office shall expire upon the first Monthe term of Senators shall be for four years day of December, A. D. eighteen hundred and from the day succeeding such general election, sixty-four; and there shall be an election for and members of Assembly for two years from county officers of Lander County at the general the day succeeding such general election; and election in November, A. D. eighteen hundred the terms of Senators shall be allotted by the and sixty-four; and the officers then elected Legislature in long and short terms, as herein- shall hold office from the first Monday of Janbefore provided, so that one half the number, as uary, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-five, nearly as may be, shall be elected every two until the first Monday of January, A. D. eightyears. een hundred and sixty-seven, and until their SEC. 11. The term of the members of the successors are elected and qualified.

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SEC. 14. The Governor, Secretary, Treas- Judicial Districts may, by law, be altered or urer, and Superintendent of Public Instruction changed, subject to the provisions contained in

this Constitution.

of the Territory of Nevada, shall each continue to discharge the duties of their respective offices SEC. 18. The Governor, Lieutenant-Govafter the admission of this State into the Union, ernor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State and until the time designated for the qualifica- Controller, Attorney-General, Surveyor-Genertion of the above named officers to be elected al, Clerk of the Supreme Court, and Superinunder the State Government; and the Territo- tendent of Public Instruction, to be elected at rial Auditor shall continue to discharge the the first election under this Constitution, shall duties of his said office until the time appoint- each qualify and enter upon the duties of their ed for the qualification of the State Controller; respective offices on the first Monday of Decemprovided, that the said officers shall each ber succeeding their election, and shall conreceive the salaries and be subject to the tinue in office until the first Tuesday after the restrictions and conditions provided in this first Monday of January, A. D. eighteen hunConstitution; and, provided further, that none dred and sixty-seven, and until the election of them shall receive to his own use any fees and qualification of their successors respector perquisites for the performance of any duty ively. connected with his office.

SEC. 15. The terms of the Supreme Court shall, until provision be made by law, be held at such times as the Judges of the said Court, or a majority of them, may appoint. The first terms of the several District Courts, (except as hereinafter mentioned,) shall commence on the first Monday of December, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four. The first term of the District Court in the Fifth Judicial District shall commence on the first Monday of December, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, in the County of Nye, and shall commence on the first Monday of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-five, in the County of Churchill. The terms of the Fourth Judicial District Court shall, until otherwise provided by law, be held at the county seat of Washoe County, and the first term thereof commence on the first Monday of December, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

SEC. 19. The Judges of the Supreme Court and District Judges, to be elected at the first election under this Constitution, shall qualify and enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday of December succeeding their election.

SEC. 20. All officers of State, and District Judges, first elected under this Constitution, shall be commissioned by the Governor of this Territory, which commission shall be countersigned by the Secretary of the same, and shall qualify before entering upon the discharge of their duties, before any officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of this Territory; and also the State Controller and State Treasurer shall each respectively, before they qualify and enter upon the discharge of their duties, execute and deliver to the Secretary of the Territory of Nevada an official bond, made payable to the people of the State of Nevada, in the sum of thirty thousand dollars, to be approved by the Governor of the Territory of Nevada; and shall also execute and deliver, to the Secretary of State, such other or further official bond or bonds as may be required by law.

SEC. 16. The Judges of the several District Courts of this State shall be paid, as hereinbefore provided, salaries at the following rates per annum: First Judicial District, (each Judge,) six thousand dollars; Second Judicial District, four thousand dollars; Third Judicial District, SEC. 21. Each county, town, city, and infive thousand dollars; Fourth Judicial District, corporated village, shall make provision for five thousand dollars; Fifth Judicial District, the support of its own officers, subject to such thirty-six hundred dollars; Sixth Judicial Dis-regulations as may be prescribed by law. trict, four thousand dollars; Seventh Judicial District, six thousand dollars; Eighth Judicial District, thirty-six hundred dollars; Ninth Judicial District, five thousand dollars.

SEC. 22. In case the office of any Justice of the Supreme Court, District Judge, or other State officer, shall become vacant before the expiration of the regular term for which he was SEC. 17. The salary of any Judge in said elected, the vacancy may be filled by appoint

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ment by the Governor until it shall be supplied during the time actually engaged in such serat the next general election, when it shall be vice.

filled by election for the residue of the unexpired term.

SEC. 23. All cases, both civil and criminal, which may be pending and undetermined in the Probate Courts of the several counties at the time when, under the provisions of this Constitution, said Probate Courts are to be abolished, shall be transferred to and determined by the District Courts of such counties respectively.

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WHEREAS, The Enabling Act passed by Congress, and approved March twenty-first, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, requires that the Convention charged with the duty of framing a Constitution for a State Government, 'shall provide by ordinance for submitting SEC. 24. For the first three years after the said Constitution to the people of the Territory adoption of this Constitution, the Legislature of Nevada, for their ratification or rejection,” shall not levy a tax for State purposes exceed on a certain day prescribed therein; therefore, ing one per cent. per annum on the taxable this Convention, organized in pursuance of said property in the State; provided, the Legisla- Enabling Act, do establish the following

ture may levy a special tax not exceeding one-fourth of one per cent. per annum, which shall be appropriated to the payment of the indebtedness of the Territory of Nevada, assumed by the State of Nevada, and for that purpose only, until all of said indebtedness is paid.

SEC. 25. The County of Roop shall be attached to the County of Washoe for judicial, legislative, revenue, and county purposes, until otherwise provided by law.

ORDINANCE:

SECTION 1. The Governor of the Territory of Nevada is hereby authorized to issue his proclamation for the submission of this Constitution to the people of said Territory, for their approval or rejection, on the day provided for such submission by Act of Congress; and this Constitution shall be submitted to the qualified electors of said Territory, in the several counties thereof, for their approval or rejection, at SEC. 26. At the first regular session of the the time provided by such Act of Congress; Legislature, to convene under the requirements and further, on the first Tuesday after the first of this Constitution, provision shall be made Monday of November, A. D. eighteen hundred by law for paying for the publication of six and sixty-four, there shall be a general election hundred copies of the debates and proceedings in the several counties of said Territory for the of this Convention, in book form, to be disposed election of State officers, Supreme and District of as the Legislature may direct; and the Hon. Judges, members of the Legislature, RepreJ. Neely Johnson, President of this Convention, sentative in Congress, and three Presidential shall contract for, and A. J. Marsh, Official Re-Electors.

porter of this Convention, under the direction SEC. 2. All persons, qualified by the laws of of the President, shall supervise the publication said Territory to vote for Representatives to the of such debates and proceedings. Provision shall be made by law, at such first session of the Legislature, for the compensation of the Official Reporter of this Convention, and he shall be paid in coin, or its equivalent. He shall receive for his services, in reporting the debates and proceedings, fifteen dollars per day during the session of the Convention, and seven and one-half dollars additional for each evening session, and thirty cents per folio of one hundred words for preparing the same for publication; and for supervising and indexing such publication, the sum of fifteen dollars per day

General Assembly, on the said twenty-first day of March, including those in the army of the United States, both within and beyond the boundaries of said Territory, and also all persons who may, by the aforesaid laws, be qualified to vote on the first Wednesday of September, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, including those in the aforesaid army of the United States, within and without the boundaries of said Territory, may vote for the adoption or rejection of said Constitution, on the day last above named. In voting upon this Constitution, each elector shall deposit in the ballot