the Legislature in joint convention within not less than five days, nor exceeding ten days, from the publication of his proclamation; and the joint convention, when so assembled, shall proceed to elect the Senator, as herein provided.

Sec. 35. Every bill which may have passed the Legislature shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the Governor. If he approve it, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to the House in which it originated, which House shall cause such objections to be entered upon its journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, it again pass both Houses by yeas and nays, by a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each House, it shall become a law, notwithstanding the Governor's objections. If any bill shall not be returned within five days after it shall have been presented to him (Sunday excepted), exclusive of the day on which he received it, the same shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Legislature, by its final adjournment, prevent such return, in which case it shall be a law, unless the Governor, within ten days next after the adjournment (Sundays excepted), shall file such bill, with his objections thereto, in the office of the Secretary of State, who shall lay the same before the Legislature at its next session, in like manner as if it had been returned by the Governor; and if the same shall receive the vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the Legislature, upon a vote taken by yeas and nays, to be entered upon the journals of each House, it shall become a law.

ARTICLE V.
Executive Department.

Section 1. The supreme executive power of this State shall be vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be Governor of the State of Nevada.

Sec. 2. The Governor shall be elected by the qualified electors at the time and places of voting for members of the Legislature, and shall hold his office for four years from the time of his installation, and until his successor shall be qualified.

Sec. 3. No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor who is not a qualified elector, and who, at the time of such election, has not attained the age of twenty-five years, and who, except at the first election under the Constitution, shall not have been a citizen resident of this State for two years next preceding the election.

Sec. 4. The returns of every election for Governor, and other State officers voted for at the general election, shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of government, directed to the Secretary of State; and on the third Monday of December succeeding such election, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and the associate justices, or a majority thereof, shall meet at the office of the Secretary of State and open and canvass the election returns for Governor and all other State officers, and forthwith declare the result and publish the names of the persons elected. The persons having the highest number of votes for the respective offices shall be declared elected; but in case any two or more have an equal and the highest number of votes for the same office, the Legislature shall, by joint vote of both Houses, elect one of said persons to fill said office.

Sec. 5. The Governor shall be Commander-in-Chief of the military forces of this State, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States.

Sec. 6. He shall transact all executive business with the officers of the government, civil and military, and may require information in writing from the officers of the executive department, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices.

Sec. 7. He shall see that the laws are faithfully executed.

Sec. 8. When any office shall, from any cause, become vacant, and no mode is provided by the Constitution and laws for filling such vacancy, the Governor shall have the power to fill such vacancy by granting a commission, which shall expire at the next election and qualification of the person elected to such office.

Sec. 9. The Governor may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the Legislature by proclamation, and shall state to both Houses, when organized, the purpose for which they have been convened; and the Legislature shall transact no legislative business except that for which they were especially convened, such other legislative business as the Governor may call to the attention of the Legislature while in session.

Sec. 10. He shall communicate, by message, to the Legisla ture at every regular session, the condition of the State, and recommend such measures as he may deem expedient.

Sec. 11. In case of a disagreement between the two Houses, with respect to the time of adjournment, the Governor shall

have power to adjourn the Legislature to such time as he may think proper: Provided, It be not beyond the time fixed for the meeting of the next Legislature.

Sec. 12. No person shall, while holding any office under the United States government, hold the office of Governor, except as herein expressly provided.

Sec. 13. The Governor shall have the power to suspend the collection of fines and forfeitures, and grant reprieves for a period not exceeding sixty days, dating from the time of conviction, for all offenses, except in cases of impeachment. Upon conviction for treason, he shall have power to suspend the execution of the sentence until the case shall be reported to the Legislature at its next meeting, when the Legislature, shall either pardon, direct the execution of the sentence, or grant a further reprieve. And if the Legislature should fail or refuse to make final disposition of such case, the sentence shall be enforced at such time and place as the Governor, by his order, may direct. The Governor shall communicate to the Legislature, at the beginning of every session, every case of fine, or forfeiture remitted, or reprieve, pardon, or commutation granted, stating the name of the convict, the crime for which he was convicted, the sentence, its date, and the date of the remission, commutation, pardon, or reprieve.

Sec. 14. The Governor, justices of the Supreme Court, and Attorney-General, or a major part of them, of whom the Governor shall be one, may, upon such conditions and with such limitations and restrictions as they may think proper, remit fines and forfeitures, commute punishments, and grant pardons, after convictions, in all cases, except treason and impeachments, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.

Sec. 15. There shall be a seal of this State, which shall be kept by the Governor, and used by him officially, and shall be called the great seal of the State of Nevada.

Sec. 16. All grants and commissions shall be in the name and by the authority of the State of Nevada, sealed with the seal of the State, signed by the Governor and countersigned by the Secretary of State.

Sec. 17. A Lieutenant-Governor shall be elected at the same time and places, and in the same manner as the Governor, and his term of office and eligibility shall also be the same.

He

shall be President of the Senate, but shall only have casting vote therein. If, during a vacancy of the office of Gvernor, the Lieutenant-Governor shall be impeached, displaced resign, die, or become incapable of performing the duties of th office, or be absent from the State, the President pro tempor of the Senate shall act as Governor, until the vacancy be fille or the disability cease.

Sec. 18. In case of the impeachment of the Govenor, or his removal from office, death, inability to discharge the duties of the said office, resignation, or absence from the Stte, the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the ieutenant-Governor for the residue of the term, or until the diability shall cease. But when the Governor shall, with the corent of the Legislature, be out of the State in time of war, and beat the head of any military force thereof, he shall continue Camander-in-Chief of the military forces of the State.

Sec. 19. A Secretary of State, a Treasurer, a Contrller, a Surveyor-General, and an Attorney-General, shall be eleted at the same time and places, and in the same manner as th Governor. The term of office of each shall be the same ass prescribed for the Governor. Any elector shall be eligole to either of said offices.

Sec. 20. The Secretary of State shall keep a true reord of the official acts of the Legislature and executive deparments of the government, and shall, when required, lay the same, and all matters relative thereto, before either branch of the Legislature.

Sec. 21. The Governor, Secretary of State, and AtorneyGeneral shall constitute a board of State prison commissoners, which board shall have such supervision of all matter connected with the State prison as may be provided by law. They shall also constitute a board of examiners, with power toexamine all claims against the State (except salaries or compensation of officers fixed by law), and perform such other luties as may be prescribed by law. And no claim against the State (except salaries or compensation of officers fixed by law) shall be passed upon by the Legislature without having been onsidered and acted upon by said board of examiners.

Sec. 22. The Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Controller, Surveyor-General, Attorney-General, and Superintendent of Public Instruction shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law.

ARTICLE VI.

Judicial Department.

Section 1. The judicial power of this State shall be vested in a Supreme Court, District Courts, and in justices of the peace. The Legislature may also establish courts for municipal purposes only, in incorporated cities and towns.

Sec. 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of a chief justice and two associate justices, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum: Provided, That the Legislature, by a majority of all the members elected to each branch thereof, may provide for the election of two additional associate justices, and, if so increased, three shall constitute a quorum. The concurrence of a majority of the whole court shall be necessary to render a decision.

Sec. 3. The justices of the Supreme Court shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State at the general election, and shall hold office for the term of six years from and including the first Monday of January next succeeding their election: Provided, That there shall be elected, at the first election under this Constitution, three justices of the Supreme Court, who shall hold office from and including the first Monday of December, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and continue in office thereafter two, four, and six years, respectively, from and including the first Monday of January next succeeding their election. They shall meet as soon as practicable after their election and qualification, and at their first meeting shall determine, by lot, the term of office each shall fill, and the justice drawing the shortest term shall be chief justice, and after the expiration of his term, the one having the next shortest term shall be chief justice, after which the senior justice in commission shall be chief justice. And in case the commission of any two or more of said justices shall bear the same date, they shall determine by lot who shall be chief justice.

Sec. 4. The Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction in all cases in equity; also, in all cases at law in which is involved the title or right of possession to, or the possession of real estate or mining claims, or the legality of any tax, impost, assessment, toll, or municipal fine, or in which the demand (exclusive of interest), or the value of the property in controversy exceeds three hundred dollars; also, in all other civil