ARTICLE XVII. SCHEDULE. to continue. SECTION 1. That no inconvenience may arise by reason of a Rights, etc., change from a Territorial to a permanent State government, it is declared that all rights, actions, prosecutions, judgments, claims and contracts, as well of individuals 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. remain in SEC. 2. All laws of the Territory of Nevada, in force at the time Laws to of the admission of this State, not repugnant to this Constitution, shall force. remain in force until they expire by their own limitations, or be altered or repealed by the Legislature. to inure to SEC. 3. All fipes, penalties and forfeitures accruing to the Territory Fines, etc., of Nevada, or to the people of the United States in the Territory oft the State. Nevada, shall inure to the State of Nevada. zances to re etc., of Ter SEC. 4. All recognizances heretofore taken, or which may be taken Recognibefore the change from a Territorial to a State government, shall re- main valid. main 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, Bonds may or to any other officer or court in his or their official capacity, or to the be sued on. 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 Property, mixed, and all judgments, bonds, specialties, choses in action, claims records, and debts, of whatsoever description, and all records and public ar-ritory to chives of the Territory of Nevada, shall issue to and vest in the State vest in 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 Criminal penal actions which may have arisen, or which may arise before the prosecutions. change from a Territorial to a State government, and which shall then be pending, shall be prosecuted to judgment and execution in the name of the State. All offenses committed against the laws of the Territory of Nevada before the change from a Territorial to a State government, and which shall not be prosecuted before such change, may be prosecuted in the name and by the authority of the State of Nevada, Offenses with like effect as though such change had not taken place, and all pen- against laws alties incurred shall remain the same as if this Constitution had not of Territory been adopted. All actions at law, and suits in equity, and other legal Actions, proceedings which may be pending in any of the courts of the Terri- etc., to be tory of Nevada at the time of the change from a Territorial to a State government, may be continued and transferred to, and determined by any court of the State which shall have jurisdiction of the subject matter thereof. 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 judg committed continued. Salaries of officers. ment 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 Surveyor-General 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 Assembly- actual service, and forty cents per mile for mileage going to and returnOfficers not ing from the place of meeting. No officer mentioned in this section to receive shall receive any fee or perquisites, to his own use, for the performance perquisites. of any duty connected with his office, or for the performance of any additional duty imposed upon him by law. Pay of Senators and men. Apportionment of Senators blymen. SEC. 6. Until otherwise provided by law, the apportionment of Senators and Assemblymen in the different counties shall be as follows, and Assem- to wit: Storey County, four Senators and twelve Assemblymen; Douglas County, one Senator and two Assemblymen; Esmeralda County, two Senators and four Assemblymen; Humboldt County, two Senators and three Assemblymen; Lander County, two Senators and four Assemblymen; Lyon County, one Senator and three Assemblymen ; Lyon and Churchill Counties, one Senator, jointly; Churchill County, one Assemblyman; Nye County, one Senator and one Assemblyman; Ormsby County, two Senators and three Assemblymen; Washoe and Roop Counties, two Senators and three Assemblymen. Territorial indebtedness assumed. Term of State officers. Term of 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 sixtyseven, and until the election and qualification of their successors. SEC. 9. The Senators to be elected at the first election under this Constitution shall draw lots, so that the term of one-half of the number, as nearly as may be, shall expire on the day succeeding the general election in A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and the term of the other half shall expire on the day succeeding the general election in A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; provided, that in drawing lots for all Senatorial terms, the Senatorial 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. SEC. 10. At the general election in A.D. eighteen hundred and Senators sixty-six, and thereafter, the term of Senators shall be for four years Term of from the day succeeding such general election, and members of Assem-xed. bly for two years from the day succeeding such general election; and the terms of Senators shall be allotted by the Legislature in long and short terms, as hereinbefore provided, so that one-half the number, as nearly as may be, shall be elected every two years. semblymen. SEC. 11. The term of the members of the Assembly elected at the Term of Asfirst general election under this Constitution, shall expire on the day succeeding the general election in A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-five; and the terms of those elected at the general election in A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-five shall expire on the day succeeding the general election in A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-six. SEC. 12. The first regular session of the Legislature shall com- Sessions of mence on the second Monday of December, A.D. eighteen hundred and Legislature. sixty-four; and the second regular session of the same shall commence on the first Monday of January, A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-six; 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 sixty-seven; and the regular sessions of the Legislature shall be held thereafter biennially, commencing on the first Monday of January. officers con office. officers. Proviso. SEC. 13. All county officers, under the laws of the Territory of County Nevada, at the time when the Constitution shall take effect, whose tinued in offices are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution, shall continue in office until the first Monday of January, A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and all township officers shall continue in office until the ex- Township piration of their terms of office, and until their successors are elected and qualified; provided, that the Probate Judges of the several counties, respectively, shall continue in office until the election and qualification of the District Judges of the several counties or judicial districts; and, provided further, that the terms of office of the present County county officers of Lander County shall expire on the first Monday of officers of January, A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-five, except the Probate Lander Judge of said county, whose term of office shall expire upon the first Monday of December, A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and there shall be an election for county officers of Lander County at the general election in November, A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and the officers then elected shall hold office from the first Monday of January, A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-five, until the first Monday of January, A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and until their successors are elected and qualified. County. tinued in time for SEC. 14. The Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, and Superintendent Territorial of Public Instruction of the Territory of Nevada shall each continue officers conto discharge the duties of their respective offices after the admission of office until this State into the Union, and until the time designated for the qualifi- qualificacation of the above named officers to be elected under the State Gov- tion of State officers. ernment; and the Territorial Auditor shall continue to discharge the duties of his said office until the time appointed for the qualification of the State Controller; provided, that the said officers shall each receive the salaries and be subject to the restrictions and conditions provided in this Constitution; and, provided further, that none of them shall receive to his own use any fees or perquisites for the performance of any duty connected with his office. SEC. 15. The terms of the Supreme Court shall, until provision be Terms of Courts determined. Salaries of 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. 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, five thousand dollars; Fourth Judicial District, five thousand dollars; Fifth Judicial District, thirty-six hundred dollars; Sixth Judicial District, four thousand dollars; Seventh Judicial District, six thousand dollars; Eighth Judicial District, thirty-six hundred dollars; Ninth Judicial District, five thousand dollars. Salary of State officers, when to qualify. Expiration of term. Judges, when to qualify. Officers to sioned by SEC. 18. The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Controller, Attorney-General, Surveyor-General, Clerk of the Supreme Court, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, to be elected at the first election under this Constitution, shall each qualify and enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday of December succeeding their election, and shall continue in office until the first Tuesday after the first Monday of January, A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and until the election and qualification of their successors respectively. 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 be commis- under this Constitution, shall be commissioned by the Governor of this the Gover- Territory, which commission shall be countersigned by the Secretary of nor. 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 Controller shall each respectively, before they qualify and enter upon the discharge of their duties, execute and deliver to the Secretary of the cute bond. 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. and Treas urer to exe Support of county, town, city, and village officers. Vacancy in office of Justice of SEC. 21. Each county, town, city and incorporated village shall make provision for the support of its own officers, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by law. 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 elected, the vacancy Supreme Court, Dismay be filled by appointment by the Governor until it shall be supplied trict Judge, at the next general election, when it shall be filled by election for the or other residue of the unexpired term. State offi cer, how Cases in SEC. 23. All cases, both civil and criminal, which may be pending filled. and undetermined in the Probate Courts of the several counties at the Probate time when, under the provisions of this Constitution, said Probate Courts to be Courts are to be abolished, shall be transferred to and determined by to District the District Courts of such counties respectively. transferred Courts. restricted. SEC. 24. For the first three years after the adoption of this Consti- Taxation tution, the Legislature shall not levy a tax for State purposes exceeding one per cent. per annum on the taxable property in the State; provided, the Legislature 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. until counties. SEC. 25. The County of Roop shall be attached to the County of Roop and Washoe for judicial, legislative, revenue and county purposes, Washoe otherwise provided by law. SEC. 26. At the first regular session of the Legislature, to convene Provision for publicaunder the requirements of this Constitution, provision shall be made by tion of delaw for paying for the publication of six hundred copies of the debates bates, etc. and proceedings of this Convention, in book form, to be disposed of as the Legislature may direct; and the Hon. J. Neely Johnson, President of this Convention, shall contract for, and A. J. Marsh, Official Reporter of this Convention, under the direction of the President, shall supervise the publication of such debates and proceedings. Provision shall be made by law, at such first session of the Legislature, for the official compensation of the official reporter of this Convention, and he shall be reporter. 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 Compensafor 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 during the time actually engaged in such service. Payment of tion. ELECTION ORDINANCE. ordinance. WHEREAS, the Enabling Act passed by Congress, and approved Election 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 said Constitution to the people of the Territory of Nevada, for their ratification or rejection," on a certain day prescribed therein; therefore, this Convention, organized in pursuance of said Enabling Act, do establish the following ORDINANCE: SECTION 1. The Governor of the Territory of Nevada is hereby authorized to issue his proclamation for the submission of this Constitu |