ARTICLE. 17. - Schedule.

Section 1

2. Territorial
laws to remain in force.
 3. Fines,
penalties and forfeitures to inure to state.
 4. Existing
obligations and pending suits.
 5. Salaries
of state officers for first term of office.
 6. Apportionment
of Senators and members of Assembly.
 7. Assumption
of territorial debts and liabilities.
 8. Terms of
elected state officers.
 9. Terms of
senators.
 10. Terms of
Senators and members of Assembly after 1866.
 11. Terms of
members of Assembly elected at first general election or in 1865.
 12. Commencement
date of first three legislative sessions; regular sessions of legislature to be
held biennially.
 13. Continuation
of territorial county and township officers; probate judges.
 14. Duties of
certain territorial officers continued.
 15. Terms of
supreme court and district courts.
 16. Salaries
of district judges.
 17. Alteration
of salary of district judge authorized.
 18. Qualification
and terms of certain elective state officers.
 19. When
justices of supreme court and district judges enter upon duties.
 20. State
officers and district judges to be commissioned by territorial governor; state
controller and treasurer to furnish bonds.
 21. Support of
county and city officers.
 22. Vacancies
in certain state offices: How filled.
 23. Civil and
criminal cases pending in probate courts transferred to district courts.
 24. Levy of
tax limited for 3 years.
 25. Roop
County attached to Washoe County.
 26. Constitutional
debates and proceedings: Publication; payment of reporter.
Section. 1.  Saving existing rights and liabilities.  That
no inconvenience may arise by reason of a change from a Territorial to a
permanent State Government, it is declared, that all rights, actions,
prosecutions, judgements[,] 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.
Sec: 2.  Territorial laws to remain in force.  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expire by their own limitations or be altered or repealed by the Legislature.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.  Fines, penalties and forfeitures to inure to state.  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.
Sec: 4.  Existing obligations and pending suits.  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 judgements, 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, shall be prosecuted to judgement 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, with like effect as though such 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
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 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 judgement 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.  Salaries of state officers for first term of office.  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 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: 6.  Apportionment of Senators and members of Assembly.  Until
otherwise provided by Law the apportionment of Senators and Assemblymen in the
different counties shall be as follows, 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.
Sec: 7.  Assumption of territorial debts and liabilities.  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.  Terms of elected state officers.  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
AD. Eighteen hundred and sixty seven, and until the election and qualification
of their successors.
Sec: 9.  Terms of senators.  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.  Terms of Senators and members of Assembly after 1866.  At
the general election in A.D. Eighteen hundred and Sixty Six; and thereafter,
the term of Senators shall be for Four Years from the day succeeding such
general election, and members of Assembly 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.
Sec: 11.  Terms of members of Assembly elected at first general election
or in 1865.  The term of the members of the Assembly elected
at the first general election under this Constitution shall expire on the day
succeeding the general election in AD. Eighteen hundred and Sixty Five; and the
terms of those elected at the general election in AD. Eighteen hundred and
Sixty Five, shall expire on the day succeeding the general election in A.D.
Eighteen hundred and Sixty six.
 Sec. 12.  Commencement date of first three legislative sessions; regular
sessions of legislature to be held biennially.  The first
regular session of the Legislature shall commence on the second 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 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.
 [See Art. 4, sec. 2, as amended in 1889. Amended in
1998. Proposed and passed by the 1995 legislature; agreed to and passed by the
1997 legislature; and approved and ratified by the people at the 1998 general
election. See: Statutes of Nevada 1995,
p. 2972; Statutes of Nevada 1997,
p. 3726.]
Sec: 13.  Continuation of territorial county and township officers;
probate judges.  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 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 expiration 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 term of
office of the present county officers of Lander County, shall expire on the
first Monday of January AD Eighteen hundred and Sixty Five, except the Probate
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 AD. Eighteen hundred and Sixty five
until the first Monday of January AD. Eighteen hundred and sixty seven, and
until their successors are elected and qualified.
Sec: 14.  Duties of certain territorial officers continued.  The
Governor, Secretary, Treasurer and Superintendent of Public Instruction of the
Territory of Nevada shall each continue to discharge the duties of their
respective offices after the admission of this State into the Union, and until
the time designated for the qualification of the above named officers to be
elected under the State Government, 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.  Terms of supreme court and district courts.  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, AD. Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Four.
Sec: 16.  Salaries of district judges.  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.
Sec: 17.  Alteration of salary of district judge authorized.  The
salary of any Judge in said Judicial Districts may by law be altered or
changed, subject to the provisions contained in this Constitution.
Sec: 18.  Qualification and terms of certain elective state officers.  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 AD. Eighteen hundred and Sixty Seven, and until the election and
qualification of their successors respectively.
Sec: 19.  When justices of supreme court and district judges enter upon
duties.  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.  State officers and district judges to be commissioned by
territorial governor; state controller and treasurer to furnish bonds.  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: 21.  Support of county and city officers.  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.  Vacancies in certain state offices: How filled.  In
case the office of any State officer, except a judicial officer, shall become
vacant before the expiration of the regular term for which he was elected, the
vacancy may be filled by appointment by the Governor until it shall be supplied
at the next general election, when it shall be filled by election for the
residue of the unexpired term.
 [Amended in 1976. Proposed and passed by the
1973 legislature; agreed to and passed by the 1975 legislature; and approved
and ratified by the people at the 1976 general election. See: Statutes of
Nevada 1973,
p. 1955; Statutes of Nevada 1975,
p. 1873.]
Sec: 23.  Civil and criminal cases pending in probate courts transferred
to district courts.  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.
Sec: 24.  Levy of tax limited for 3 years.  For the
first Three Years after the adoption of this Constitution 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.
Sec: 25.  Roop County attached to Washoe County.  The
County of Roop shall be attached to the County of Washoe for Judicial[,]
Legislative, Revenue and County purposes, until otherwise provided by law.
Sec: 26.  Constitutional debates and proceedings: Publication; payment of
reporter.  At the first regular session of the Legislature
to convene under the requirements of this Constitution, provisions shall be
made by law for paying for the publication of Six Hundred copies of the Debates
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 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 during the
time actually engaged in such service.
ARTICLE XVIII - [Right of Suffrage]
 Rights of suffrage and
officeholding.  [Repealed in 1992.]
 [Added in 1880. Art. XVIII was proposed and
passed by the 1877 legislature; agreed to and passed by the 1879 legislature;
and approved and ratified by the people at the 1880 general election. See:
Statutes of Nevada 1877,
p. 213; Statutes of Nevada 1879,
p. 149. Article XVIII was repealed by vote of the people at the 1992
general election. See: Statutes of Nevada 1989,
p. 2295; Statutes of Nevada 1991,
p. 2498. The original section read: “The rights of suffrage and
officeholding shall not be withheld from any male citizen of the United States
by reason of his color or previous condition of servitude.”]