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one-half of that number. The initiative and 

 referendum are in force. 



The executive power is vested in the gov- 

 ernor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, 

 attorney-general, state treasurer, comptroller, 

 inspector of mines and surveyor-general. The 

 governor, secretary of state and attorney-gen- 

 eral form the board of state prison commission- 

 ers and board of examiners, with power to ex- 

 amine all claims against the state. 



The judiciary consists of a supreme court 

 having a chief justice and two associate judges 

 elected for six years; nine district courts, each 

 having one judge elected for four years; juve- 

 nile courts and justices of the peace. 



All public officers are subject to recall by the 

 voters of the district from which they are 

 elected. A corrupt-practices act limits cam- 

 paign expenses to twenty per cent of one year's 

 salary. There are severe penalties for bribery. 

 A workmen's compensation law, child-labor laws, 

 a pure food and drug act and a law forbidding 

 faro and other gambling have been passed in 

 recent years. 



History. The first white man known to have 

 red the territory was Francisco Garces, a 

 iciscan friar, who passed through it in 1775 

 on his way to California. In the early part of 

 the nineteenth century Hudsons Bay traders 

 established posts along the Humboldt River. 

 In 1848, by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 

 which closed the Mexican War, the territory 

 was acquired from Mexico and became a county 

 of California. Mormons settled along the val- 

 ley of the Carson River, to supply gold seekers 

 on their way to California. In 1850 Utah was 

 organized as a territory, including much of the 

 present state of Nevada up to the Sierra Ne- 

 vada Range. The inhabitants of Carson valley, 

 in 1853 and 1856, claiming that the government 

 of Utah did not protect them, asked to be an- 

 nexed to California. In 1858 a provisional gov- 

 ernment was established at Carson City, but 

 >ry remained a remote wilderness un- 

 til tin- discovery of gold in 1859. 



With the discovery of the Comstock Lode, 

 not only the history of the state began, but the 

 world's finances and the current politics of the 

 United States were greatly affected. There was 

 wild speculation, and miners flocked to the ter- 



: v from all dir In 1861 a new t. 



tory was orgam/.-d. th,- lir>th im-ndum hmm 

 :istern boundary, with Utah and 37 N. lim- 

 its southrrn limit. The next year the ter- 

 ritory was extended to its present boundaries, 

 the eastern limit being near the 114th meridian. 



Research Questions on 

 Nevada 



< Vii Outline suit it 1. 1.- for Nevada 

 "ill i..- found with the article 

 State. 1 *) 



How much above freezing Is the av- 

 erage annual temperature? 



What are the most attractive fea- 

 tures of the climate? 



How did the miners of this region in 

 the early days try to solve their trans- 

 portation problems? 



Why would you rather drink the 

 water of Wisconsin lakes than that of 

 Nevada lakes? 



What causes this condition? 



How many states have manufactures 

 less valuable than those of Nevada? 



Why are the streams of the northern 

 part of the state more permanent than 

 those of the southern part? 



For what are the rivers of this state 

 chiefly valuable? 



Which would you rather have, the 

 yearly output of the silver mines or 

 that of the copper mines? 



Toward what feature of the divorce 

 laws have attempts at amendment been 

 directed? 



How much lower is the lowest point 

 in Nevada than the highest point in 

 Illinois? 



Is the loftiest point higher or lower 

 than the loftiest point In Colorado? In 

 Wyoming? In British Columbia? 



What Is the characteristic vegetation 

 of the unirrlgated parts of the state? 



What connection does the University 

 of Nevada have with the Industries of 

 the state? 



Why has the school problem been un- 

 usually difficult in Nevada? 



How many states have fewer people 

 to the square mile? 



How does the density of population 

 compare with that of British Colum- 

 bia? With that of Canada aa a whole? 



How many cities in the United States 

 have a greater population than this en- 

 tire state? How many In Canada? 

 (See article CITT.) 



If the populations of Chicago and 

 Nevada were transposed, would the 

 state be more or less densely populated 

 than the Unlt<-<i st itos as a whole? 



ion In the atate have 

 than B.OOO Inhabitant!? 



What doe* the state name mean? 



What Is the popular name? 



How many states of the Union are 

 larger? 



What control have the votem of a 

 district over the public officer* elected 

 by them? 



