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NEVADA. 



Section 2 of Article IV is amended, changing the 

 time of the convening of the Legislature from the first 

 Monday in January to the first Monday in February. 

 This is for the purpose of giving the State officers an 

 opportunity to prepare their reports, so that they will 

 be ready for the Legislature when it convenes. 



Section 1 of Article II is amended so as to require 

 naturalized citizens to perfect their citizenship six 

 months prior to the time of voting. This is evidently 

 for the purpose of preventing political parties and can- 

 didates from defraying the expense ot naturalization 

 papers for such persons as do not care enough for the 

 privilege of exercising the elective franchise to pay^br 

 themselves. It also disfranchises all persons convict- 

 ed of the offense of selling their votes. 



Article XVI is changed so as to render it necessary 

 for constitutional amendments to be adopted only by 

 one Legislature instead of two consecutive ones, be- 

 fore submitting them to the voters for ratification. It 

 requires, however, the vote of two thirds of the mem- 

 bers of each House instead of a bare majority, as under 

 the present system. The article is further amended 

 by fixing the minimum number of members of a Con- 

 stitutional Convention at one half the membership of 

 both branches of the Legislature, instead of the aggre- 

 gate number, as it now stands. 



Section 3 of Article XI is amended so as to permit 

 the proper board to invest the funds accruing from 

 the sale of State lands for educational purposes in the 

 bonds of other States, instead of restricting them to 

 United States and Nevada State bonds, as at present. 



The question of calling a Constitutional Convention 

 will also be submitted at the same tune. 



Finances. The Comptroller estimated the 

 amount of expenditures necessary for the fis- 

 cal year 1883-'84 at $307,550.68. Of this the 

 amount dependent on taxes, exclusive of the 

 amount of deficiencies for 1882, will be : 



For ordinary current expenses $430,300 00 



For public schools five-cent tax 27,000 00 



Tax for State interest and sinking fund 94,000 00 



Total amount dependent on taxes $551,300 00 



The appropriations made by the Legislature 

 at this year's session amounted to $470,300. 



The amount of taxable property in the sev- 

 eral counties, as returned by the county assess- 

 ors to the State Comptroller for the years 1882 

 and 1883, was $27,369,335.37 in 1882, and $27,- 

 857,656.68 in 1883. 



The State tax, 90 cents on each $100 in 

 1882, was $246,323.99 ; in 1883, $250,718.91. 



At the beginning of the year the State had 

 $331,127.03 in coin on hand; the State school 

 fund had $576,617.50 in first-class securities; 

 the University fund, $56,730, also in good se- 

 curities ; the public debt amounted to $336,- 

 587.50. The receipts for 1881 were $302,- 

 435.74, and expenses $346,917.01. In 1882 

 the receipts were $303,445.94, and expenses 

 $286,842.66. For the two years there was an 

 excess of $27,868.99. The assets of the State 

 school fund are shown to be $622,008.85. 



RECAPITULATION OF EXPENSES. 



Legislative. . $53,378 58 



Executive 37,500 09 



Judicial 24,042 00 



Printing 14,008 79 



Public buildings 9,516 57 



State-Prison 70,320 18 



Charities 73,248 81 



Schools 56,754 29 



Interest on State debt 25,120 00 



Redemption of State bonds * 2600000 



invested funds 155,399 45 



Miscellaneous 26,643 72 



Total $571,931 83 



The total valuation of real property for tL 

 year was $18,845,868.01 ; of personal, $8,912 

 304.80; a total of $27,728,172.81, and an h 

 crease of $388,737.44 over 1882. On this va 

 nation the State received a tax of $249,823.5* 

 and the several counties $614,552.05, a tot; 

 of $864,375.61. 



The receipts from the sale of State lam' 

 amounted to $93,462.78. 



The net yield of bullion, upon which tax( 

 were paid, was $1,643,407.89, upon which tl 

 total tax collected was $57,572.40, of whk 

 the State received $14,790.52, and the com 

 ties $42,781.88. 



Mining. The following is the bullion prodm 

 by counties for 1882 : 



The bullion yield for 1883 was $7,487,634.2; 



State Institutions. Provision for the insar 

 was made by the enactment of a law, a] 

 proved Feb. 24, 1881, providing for the ere< 

 tion and equipment of a State Insane Asylui 

 at Reno, and appropriating $80,000. The buil< 

 ing has been completed. 



In July, 1882, the State patients in the asj 

 lum at Stockton, Cal., 148 in number, wei 

 transferred to the new asylum. The numbc 

 of patients, Nov. 1, 1883, was 149. The nun 

 her of convicts in the State-Prison on Noven 

 her 30 was 117. The average attendance i 

 the State University during 1882 was 28. 



The following table gives the number c 

 children of school age by counties : 



COUNTIES. 



Lyon ... 5 



Nye 2 



Ofmsby 1,< 



Storey 2,< 



Washoe 1,1 



White Pine...., : 



Total ,f- 



The population of the State has decrease 

 since 1880. 



Railroad Incorporations. During the yea: 

 1881 and 1882 nine certificates of mcorpon 

 tion were filed by railroad companies in th 

 State. This is the list : 



Nevada Western ; California Central, N 

 vad a Division ; Salt Lake and Western; I 

 vada Midland ; Nevada and Oregon ; Carsc 

 and Colorado, Second Division; Eureka ar 

 Colorado River; Battle Mountain and Lewi* 

 Salt Lake and Western. 



Election Returns. The following is the vo 

 cast in November, 1882 : 



COUNTIES. 



Churchill 89 



Douglas.... 336 



Elko 918 



Esmeralda 227 



Eureka 803 



Humboldt 472 



Lander 618 



Lincoln ... .493 





