each ballot immediately after said elections and forthwith make duplica returns thereof to the clerks of the said county commissioners of their spective counties; and said clerks, within fifteen days after said election, transmit an abstract of the votes, including the soldiers' vote as herein vided, given for state officers, supreme and district judges, representative Congress and three presidential electors, enclosed in an envelope, by most safe and expeditious conveyance, to the governor of said territory, mark "Election Returns."

SEC. 6. Upon the receipt of said returns, including those of the soldi vote, or within twenty days after the election, if said returns be not so received, it shall be the duty of the board of canvassers, to consist of governor, United States district attorney, and chief justice of said territ or any two of them, to canvass the returns in the presence of all who wish to be present, and if a majority of all the votes given upon this stitution shall be in its favor, the said governor shall immediately pub an abstract of the same, and make proclamation of the fact in some në paper in said territory, and certify the same to the president of the U States, together with a copy of the constitution and ordinance. The board of canvassers, after canvassing the votes of the said November tions, shall issue certificates of election to such persons as were elected officers, judges of the supreme and district courts, representative in Cong and three presidential electors. When the president of the United St shall issue his proclamation declaring this state admitted into the Union an equal footing with the original states, this constitution shall thence be ordained and established as the constitution of the State of Nevada, SEC. 7. For the purpose of taking the vote of the electors of said tory who may be in the army of the United States, the adjutant-genera said territory shall, on or before the fifth day of August next following. out a list in alphabetical order, and deliver the same to the governor, names of all the electors, residents of said territory, who shall be in army of the United States, stating the number of the regiment, batta squadron, or battery to which he belongs, and also the county and ship of his residence in said territory.

SEC. 8. The governor shall classify and arrange the aforesaid retu list, and shall make therefrom separate lists of the electors belonging to regiment, battalion, squadron, and battery from said territory, in the se of the United States, and shall, on or before the fifteenth day of August lowing, transmit, by mail or otherwise, to the commanding officer of regiment, battalion, squadron, and battery a list of electors belonging the which said list shall specify the name, residence, and rank of each and the company to which he belongs, if to any, and also the county township to which he belongs, and in which he is entitled to vote.

SEC. 9. Between the hours of nine o'clock a. m. and three o'clock p on each of the election days hereinbefore named, a ballot box or suiti receptacle for votes shall be opened, under the immediate charge and di tion of three of the highest officers in command, for the reception of from the electors whose names are upon said list, at each place where an ment, battalion, squadron or battery of soldiers from said territory, in army of the United States, may be on that day, at which time and pl said elector shall be entitled to vote for all officers for which, by reason their residence in the several counties of said territory, they are authori to vote, as fully as they would be entitled to vote in the several count or townships in which they reside, and the votes so given by such electe at such time and place, shall be considered, taken and held to have be given by them in the respective counties and townships in which they resident.

SEC. 10. Each ballot deposited for the adoption or rejection of this stitution, in the army of the United States, shall have distinctly written printed thereon "Constitution-Yes," or "Constitution-No,” or words of similar import; and further, for the election of state officers, supreme s

strict judges, members of the legislature, representative in Congress, and ree presidential electors, the name and office of the person voted for shall plainly written or printed on one piece of paper. The name of each elector ting as aforesaid shall be checked upon said list, at the time of voting, by e of the said officers having charge of the ballot box. The said officers ving charge of the election shall count the votes and compare them with checked lists immediately after the closing of the ballot box. SEC. 11. All the ballots cast, together with the said voting list, checked aforesaid, shall be immediately sealed up and sent forthwith to the gov or of said territory at Carson City, by mail or otherwise, by the comnding officer, who shall make out and certify duplicate returns. of votes en, according to the forms hereinafter prescribed, seal up and immediately nsmit the same to the governor at Carson City, by mail or otherwise, the following the transmission of the ballots and the voting list herein: named. said commanding officer shall also immediately transmit to the several nty clerks in said territory, an abstract of the votes given at the general tion in November, for county officers, marked "Election Returns."

SEC. 12. The forms of returns of votes to be made by the commanding er to the governor and county clerks of said territory shall be in subace as follows, viz:

"

Returns of soldiers' votes in the (here insert the regiment, detachment, talion, squadron, or battery).

I,

(For first election--On the constitution.)

hereby certify that on the first Wednesday of September, D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the electors belonging to the (here rt the name of the regiment, detachment, battalion, squadron, or battery) the following number of votes for and against the constitution for the e of Nevada, viz.:

For constitution-(number of votes written in full and in figures). Against constitution-(number of votes written in full and in figures).

I.

(Second election-For state and other officers.)

hereby certify that on the first Tuesday after the first Monin November, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the electors belongto the (here insert as above) cast the following number of votes for the ral officers and persons hereinafter named, viz.:

For governor (names of persons voted for, number of votes for each on voted for, written in full, and also in figures, against the name of each on).

For lieutenant-governor-(names of candidates, number of votes cast for written out and in figures as above).

Continue as above until the list is completed.

Attest:

I. A. B.

manding officer of the (here insert regiment, detachment, battalion, squadron, or battery, as the case may be).

SEC. 13. The governor of this territory is requested to furnish each comading officer, within and beyond the boundaries of said territory, proper sufficient blanks for said returns.

SEC. 14. The provisions of this ordinance in regard to the soldiers' vote apply to future elections under this constitution, and be in full force f the legislature shall provide by law for taking the votes of citizens of 1 territory in the army of the United States.

Done in convention, at Carson City, the twenty-eighth day of July, in year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and of the ependence of the United States the eighty-ninth, and signed by the delc

es.

J. NEELY JOHNSON,

President of the Convention and Delegate from Ormsby County. 1. M. GILLESPIE, Secretary.

CONSTITUTION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE-1912.*

PART FIRST.

BILL OF RIGHTS.

ARTICLE 1. All men are born equally free and independent; therefore government of right originates from the people, is founded in consent, instituted for the general good.

ᎪᎡᎢ. 2.1 All men have certain natural, essential, and inherent righ among which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, p sessing and protecting property, and, in a word, of seeking and obtaini happiness.

ART. 3. When men enter into a state of society they surrender up of their natural rights to that society in order to insure the protection others; and, without such an equivalent, the surrender is void.

ART. 4. Among the natural rights, some are in their very nature una able, because no equivalent can be given or received for them. Of this are the rights of conscience.

ART. 5. Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to wor God according to the dictates of his own conscience and reason; and no ject shall be hurt, molested or restrained, in his person, liberty or estate worshiping God in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictate his own conscience, or for his religious profession, sentiments or persua provided he doth not disturb the public peace or disturb others in their gious worship.

ART. 6. As. morality and piety, rightly grounded on evangelical ples, will give the best and greatest security to government, and will ay

*On May 28, 1774. the house of representatives of the province of New H shire appointed a committee of several members to correspond with the committee the other colonies and to submit a report of their proceedings to the house. This mittee called a convention of delegates from the several towns which met at Exete July 21, 1774. Four other similar conventions followed, the last one convening on cember 21, 1775. On January 5, 1776, the convention resolved itself into a hous representatives and adopted and promulgated a constitution. This constitution not submitted to the electors for approval; it was the first constitution adopted by American commonwealth, and it remained in force until June 2, 1784. The se constitutional convention met at Concord on the second Wednesday of June, 1778, on June 5, 1779, completed a constitution which was submitted to the electors completely rejected. The third convention met at Concord on the first Tuesia June, 1781, and continued in existence for over two years. Two constitutions framed and submitted to the voters and rejected. The third constitution framed ratified and became effective on June 2, 1784. The fourth constitutional convention i on September 7, 1791; on February 24, 1792, seventy-two amendments were submit to the electors and were voted on on the first Monday in May, 1792. Forty-six ame ments were adopted and twenty-six rejected; this partial adoption rendered the posed constitution contradictory and inconsistent. Other amendments necessary to the constitution consistent were submitted to the people on August 27, 1792, and adopted. On September 5, 1792, the constitution was declared adopted. The quest of calling a constitutional convention was submitted to the electors in 1799, 1806, 18 twice in 1833, 1837, 1844 and 1846, and rejected by large majorities. In 1849 the q tion was again submitted and was approved and the fifth constitutional convention sembled on November 6, 1850. On January 3, 1851, fifteen amendments were subm ted to the voters and all were rejected. On re-assembling, the convention resolved submit three other amendments, or in fact three of the amendments which had bi rejected. These amendments were submitted to the voters on March 9, 1852, and was adopted and two rejected. In 1857, 1860, 1862, 1864, 1868 and 1869 the questi of calling a convention was again submitted to the electors and rejected. In 1875 large majority of the people favored a convention and the sixth convention met December 6, 1876. Thirteen proposed amendments were submitted to the voters on t second Tuesday of March, 1877, and all but two were adopted. In 1883, the peop voted against a convention and in 1885 in favor and the seventh convention met January 2, 1889. Seven proposed amendments were submitted to the people and were approved. In 1893 and in 1895 the people again voted against a convention an in 1899 in favor and the eighth convention met in 1902 and a subsequent convent was held in 1912.

1 The word or abbreviation "Art.", after the first Article in this and the follow articles of the Bill of Rights was first inserted in the general statutes of 1867.

the hearts of men the strongest obligations to due subjection, and as the knowledge of these is most likely to be propagated through a society by the institution of the public worship of the DEITY and of public instruction in morality and religion, therefore, to promote these important purposes, the people of this state have a right to empower, and do hereby fully empower, the legislature to authorize, from time to time, the several towns, parishes, podies corporate, or religious societies within this state to make adequate provision, at their own expense, for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality. Provided, notwithstandng, that the several towns, parishes, bodies corporate or religious societies ball at all times have the exclusive right of electing their own public teachrs, and of contracting with them for their support and maintenance. And ◊ person of any one particular religious sect or denomination shall ever be ompelled to pay towards the support of the teacher of teachers of another ersuasion, sect or denomination. And every denomination of Christians, emeaning themselves quietly and as good subjects of the state, shall be equally nder the protection of the law; and no subordination of any one sect or deomination to another shall ever be established by law. And nothing herein all be understood to affect any former contracts made for the support of e ministry; but all such contracts shall remain and be in the same state 3 if this constitution had not been made.

ART. 7. The people of this state have the sole and exclusive right of werning themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent state, and do, and rever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right rtaining thereto which is not or may not hereafter be by them expressly legated to the United States of America in congress assembled.

ART. 8. All power residing originally in, and being derived from, the ople, all the magistrates and officers of government are their substitutes d agents, and at all times accountable to them.

ART. 9. No office or place whatsoever in government shall be hereditary, e abilities and integrity requisite in all not being transmissible to posterity relations.

ART. 10. Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, d security of the whole community, and not for the private interest or olument of any one man, family, or class of men, therefore, whenever the ds of government are perverted and public liberty manifestly endangered, d all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ght to, reform the old or establish a new government. The doctrine of D-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish, and structive of the good and happiness of mankind.

ART. 11. All elections ought to be free; and every inhabitant of the state, wing the proper qualifications, has equal right to elect and be elected into fice; but no person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible to office der the constitution of this state, who shall not be able to read the conitution in the English language, and to write, [provided, however, that this ovision shall not apply to any person prevented by a physical disability om complying with its requisitions, nor to any person who now has the ght to vote, nor to any person who shall be sixty years of age or upwards the first day of January, A. D. 1904.2] [and provided further, that no eprson all have the right to vote, or be eligible to office under the constitution of is state who shall have been convicted of treason, bribery, or any wilful olation of the election laws of this state or of the United States; but the preme Court may, on notice to the attorney-general restore the privileges Wan elector to any person who may have forfeited them by conviction of ach offenses.]3

ART. 12. Every member of the community has a right to be protected by in the enjoyment of his life, liberty and property. He is, therefore, bound contribute his share in the expense of such protection, and to yield his

Inserted in 1902.
Inserted in 1912.

personal service, when necessary, or an equivalent. But no part of a man's property shall be taken from him or applied to public uses without his own consent or that of the representative body of the people. Nor are the inhabi tauts of this state controllable by any other laws than those to which they or their representative body have given their consent.

ART. 13. No person who is conscientiously scrupulous about the lawful ness of bearing arms shall be compelled thereto, provided he will pay equivalent.

ART. 14. Every subject of this state is entitled to a certain remedy, having recourse to the laws, for all injuries he may receive in his person property or character; to obtain right and justice freely, without being oblige to purchase it; completely and without any denial; promptly, and withou delay; conformably to the laws.

ART. 15. No subject shall be held to answer for any crime or offens until the same is fully and plainly, substantially and formally, described him, or be compelled to accuse or furnish evidence against himself. And ever subject shall have a right to produce all proofs that may be favorable himself, to meet the witnesses against him face to face, and to be fully hear in his defense by himself and counsel. And no subject shall be arreste imprisoned, despoiled, or deprived of his property, immunities, or privilege put out of the protection of the law, exiled or deprived of his life, libert or estate, but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land.

ART. 16. No subject shall be liable to be tried, after an acquittal. the same crime or offense; nor shall the legislature make any law that sh subject any person to a capital punishment (excepting for the governme of the army and navy, and the militia in actual service) without trial jury.

ART. 17. In criminal prosecutions, the trial of facts in the vicinity whe they happen is so essential to the security of the life, liberty, and estate the citizen, that no crime or offense ought to be tried in any other cou than that in which it is committed, except in cases of general insurrection any particular county, when it shall appear to the judges of the super court that an impartial trial cannot be had in the county where the offer may be committed, and, upon their report, the [legislature]4 shall think pro to direct the trial in the nearest county in which an impartial trial can obtained.

ART. 18. All penalties ought to be proportioned to the nature of offense. No wise legislature will affix the same punishment to the crim of theft, forgery, and the like, which they do to those of murder and trease Where the same undistinguishing severity is exerted against all offenses, t people are led to forget the real distinction in the crimes themselves an to commit the most flagrant with as little compunction as they do t lightest offenses.]6 For the same reason, a multitude of sanguinary la is both impolitic and unjust, the true design of all punishments being reform, not to exterminate, mankind.

ART. 19. Every subject hath a right to be secure from all unreasonab searches and seizures of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his p sessions. Therefore, all warrants to search suspected places or arrest a pe son for examination or trial, in prosecutions for criminal matters, are e trary to this right, if the cause or foundation of them be not previously su ported by oath or affirmation, and if the order, in a warrant to a civil officer to make search in suspected places or to arrest one or more suspected person or to seize their property, be not accompanied with a special designation the person or object of search, arrest, or seizure; and no warrant ought to be issued but in cases and with the formalities prescribed by law.7

ART. 20. In all controversies concerning property and in all suits betwee

4 Substituted for "assembly" in 1793.

5 The words "those of" stricken out in 1793.

The word "offenses" was substituted for the word "dye" in 1793.

7 Article 19 was substituted for the original article 19 in 1793.