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	THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
		The Legislative authority of this State shall be vested in a Senate and Assembly which shall be designated “The Legislature of the State of Nevada” and the sessions of such Legislature shall be held at the seat of government of the State.
		On the 1st Wednesday of September 1864, the constitution was approved by the vote of the people of the Territory of Nevada, and on October 31, 1864, President Lincoln proclaimed that the State of Nevada was admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states.
		The second amendment was proposed and passed by the 1993 legislature; agreed to and passed by the 1995 legislature; and approved and ratified by the people at the 1996 general election, effective on the date Congress consents to amendment or a legal determination is made that such consent is not necessary.
	www.leg.state.nv.us /Const/NVConst.html (9467 words)

	THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
		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 of which he was convicted, the Sentence, its date, and the date of the remission, commutation, pardon or reprieve.
		But when the Governor shall with the consent of the Legislature be out of the State, in time of War, and at the head of any military force thereof, he shall continue Commander in Chief of the military forces of the State.
		On the 1st Wednesday of September 1864, the constitution was approved by the vote of the people of the Territory of Nevada, and on October 31, 1864, President Lincoln proclaimed that the State of Nevada was admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states.
	www.leg.state.nv.us /Const/NVConst.html (9467 words)

	The Claremont Institute: Institute Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court in Nevada Taxpayer Case
		The Court held that the claims for declaratory and injunctive relief were made moot by a subsequent action by the Assembly passing another tax bill with the required two-thirds vote, and rejected the plaintiffs contention that, as most Nevadans expect, the Legislature is likely to repeat the illegal tax votes during the next legislative session.
		The Nevada Supreme Court's decision was in response to a suit by the Governor of Nevada, Kenny Guinn, against the Nevada Legislature, essentially asking the Nevada Supreme Court to order the Legislature to give him the tax increase he had requested.
		The U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari that John Eastman had filed on behalf of Nevada legislators in January requesting the Court to review the Nevada Supreme Court's decision directly.
	www.claremont.org /projects/jurisprudence/0030714nevada.html (9467 words)

	BGIC Knowledge Base
		"Home Means Nevada" was established by the Legislature as the State Song on 6 February 1933, per NRS 235.030.
		Nevada State Emblems are established by the Legislature, as specified in the Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 235, "State Emblems."
		Adopted by the Nevada State Legislature as the Official Nevada State Song on 6 February 1933.
	www.library.unr.edu /depts/bgic/km.aspx (9467 words)

	Deregulator: Musings from a Tar Heel in Sin City
		Nevada Attorney General Brian Sandoval ruled today that some public employees were eligible to sit in the Legislature, but others weren't.
		After four eventful and often positive years here in Southern Nevada, my family and I are headed for other environs.
		Attorney General Brian Sandoval is confident in the correctness of his ruling that state employees can't serve in the Legislature, but isn't sure how to force the issue.
	deregulator.blogspot.com (9467 words)

	State of Nevada - Board of Medical Examiners
		The Nevada Legislature passed a new law, effective July 1, 2005, requiring that all applicants for medical licensure submit a set of fingerprints and agree to a criminal background investigation by the Nevada Division of Investigation and the FBI.
		The Nevada Legislature, during its 2005 session, passed a new law requiring that the Board obtain a set of fingerprints and a criminal background investigation for any licensee against whom a formal disciplinary complaint has been filed.
		You are also required to notify the board within 14 days of the closure of your office and, after the closure, for a period of 5 years you must keep the board apprised of the location of your patients' medical records.
	medboard.nv.gov (615 words)

	Nevada State Library and Archives - Archives & Records
		The Nevada territorial seal, made official by Nevada's first territorial legislature in 1861, includes, a miner in the foreground, leaning on a pick and standing on a mining claim, holding an American flag.
		The Iowa state seal, made official by Iowa's first state legislature in 1847, includes a soldier in the foreground, leaning on a rifle and standing in a field of wheat, holding an American flag.
		Despite having no documentary evidence that Clemens based the Nevada territorial seal design on Iowa's state seal, it is difficult to imagine that in all his time in Iowa as a newspaper publisher, printer, and attorney he was not familiar with the state seal.
	dmla.clan.lib.nv.us /docs/nsla/archives/myth/myth85.htm (586 words)

	Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
		This report focuses on the campaign contributions that lawmakers and candidates for the Nevada Legislature received in the 2000 election cycle.
		Candidates for the Nevada legislature raised $7,627,385 in campaign contributions in 2000, up 4 percent from 1998.
		The top two contributors to candidates were the Nevada State Education Association with $297,469 in contributions and the Clark County Educators Association with $233,500.
	www.planevada.org /report/jackpot2000.htm (1254 words)

	NSLA - Archives & Records - Nevada Territory
		In Nevada, Orion�s duties as Territorial Secretary were stretched to frequently include those of treasurer, comptroller, and acting governor in the absence of Governor Nye, who spent much of his own term on the east coast with his family.
		Clemens was also the official keeper of records of the territorial legislature and the two constitutional conventions but those records are described under "Territorial Legislature." A master index for the territorial records which includes corporation files is available in the Archives Reading Room and through the web link at the end of this page.
		The office of secretary of the Territory of Nevada was created by the Organic Act.
	dmla.clan.lib.nv.us /docs/nsla/archives/archival/terrtory/sosterri.htm (1254 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Nevada County, Ark.
		Member of Arkansas state legislature; state court judge in Arkansas;
		Member of Arkansas state legislature; U.S. Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1885-1903; elected unopposed 1898;
		Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
	politicalgraveyard.com /geo/AR/NV.html (573 words)

	THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
		The second amendment was proposed and passed by the 1993 legislature; agreed to and passed by the 1995 legislature; and approved and ratified by the people at the 1996 general election, effective on the date Congress consents to amendment or a legal determination is made that such consent is not necessary.
		On the 1st Wednesday of September 1864, the constitution was approved by the vote of the people of the Territory of Nevada, and on October 31, 1864, President Lincoln proclaimed that the State of Nevada was admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states.
		The enacting clause of every law shall be as follows: “The people of the State of Nevada represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows,” and no law shall be enacted except by bill.
	www.leg.state.nv.us /Const/NvConst.html (8643 words)

	Bikers Of Lesser Tolerance of Nevada
		Nevada Legislature to Consider Helmet Law Repeal in 2003 - An update on where we are with are efforts to help Nevada bikers ride Free of mandatory helmet use laws.
		Nevada Senate Transportation Committee rejects SB-274 - The defects in the Nevada Helmet Law were first acknowledged by the Committee, and then ignored in favor of keeping the statute, in spite of the testimony of the Nevada Highway Patrol that the statute is "unenforceable." (April 2003)
		of Nevada Freedom Riders to present a united front to (1) end legislation that causes harm to motorcyclists; (2) to call attention to and defeat the discrimination endured due to our lifestyle choice (3) and to prove that "bikers" are an important part of the community and deserve respect.
	www.boltofnevada.com (445 words)

	NEVADA LEGISLATURE
		I hope each of you, whether new to the Nevada Legislature or the veteran of many sessions, appreciates the weighty decisions that lie ahead.
		21st Special Session of the Legislature are applicable only during the 21st Special Session of the Legislature.
		In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the state of Nevada to be affixed at the state capitol in Carson City this 9th day of November, in the year two thousand four.
	www.leg.state.nv.us /21stSpecial/Journal/Assembly/Final/aj001.html (2286 words)

	Nevada Legislature
		The next session of the Nevada Legislature will begin on February 5, 2007.
		Even as the first day of Spring passed, snow still covered the ground in some areas of Northern Nevada.
		Pictured above, a horse basks in a patch of sunlight.
	www.leg.state.nv.us (52 words)

	Nevada Legislature
		The next session of the Nevada Legislature will begin on February 5, 2007.
	www.leg.state.nv.us (85 words)

	Sierra Nevada (US) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The earliest identified inhabitants of the Sierra Nevada were the Paiute tribe on the east side and the Miwok tribe on the west.
		This is known as the "Sierra Nevada Rotor." This "mountain wave" forms when dry continental winds from the east cause the formation of a stacked set of counter-revolving cylinders of air reaching into the stratosphere.
		Lake Tahoe is a large, clear freshwater lake in the northern Sierra Nevada, with an elevation of 6225 feet (1,897 m) and an area of 191 square miles (489 km²).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(US) (1514 words)

	Pioche - Nevada Ghost Town
		In 1873, the Nevada State Mineralogist reported to the State Legislature "About one-half of the community are thieves, scoundrels and murderers and then we have some of the best folks in the world, and I don't know but our lives and property are just as safe as with you.
		In the 1860s Pioche, Nevada was the baddest town in the west; badder than Tombstone, badder than Dodge City and all the rest.
		Pioche mining activity began in 1868 and increased dramatically when the county seat was moved there from Hiko in 1871.
	www.ghosttowns.com /states/nv/pioche.html (479 words)

	What's Cooking in Nevada
		Nevada was the definition of the "Wild West" mainly due to the influx of population brought in by the discovery of the Comstock Lode.
		In addition to the Nevada territory acquired in 1861 from the Utah Territory, more was added on July 14, 1862 and May 5, 1866 from the Utah Territory.
		It wasn�t until January 18, 1867 that the territory received its southern portion from the Arizona Territory completing what we now know as Nevada (Bowers).
	www.whatscookingnv.com /history.html (479 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		CALIFORNIA, one of the Pacific Coast states of the U.S., bounded on the N by Oregon, on the E by Nevada and Arizona, on the S by the Mexican state of Baja California, and on the W by the Pacific Ocean.
		An amendment to the constitution may be proposed by the legislature, voter initiative, or a constitutional convention.
		The bicameral California legislature comprises a senate and an assembly.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/states/california.html (6138 words)

	East Ely Railroad Depot Museum
		In 1990 the depot and freight house were deeded to the State of Nevada, and the state legislature appropriated $300,000 for the first phase of restoration.
		In 1992 the depot was opened to the public as the East Ely Railroad Depot Museum, a unit of the Nevada State Railroad Museum, and staffed with a full-time curator.
		In addition to the two buildings, the state was deeded the collection of Nevada Northern corporate records housed in the depot--which also served as the general offices of the Nevada Northern throughout its history.
	nn.railfan.net /eerdm/eerdm.htm (2082 words)

	Ely, Nevada
		Anyway, early in 1887 a bill was introduced to the State Legislature to move the county seat to Ely; and, in anticipation, the Canto Mining Co. in April deeded 20 acres for the Ely townsite and even cleared the land.
		Ely boomed again as Magma Nevada Copper Corporation re-opened operations at the old Ruth pits in the early 1990's.
		Tales of the Robinson Mining District reached the East and, in 1878, the Selby Copper Mining and Smelting Co. arrived on the scene and built the first copper smelter at the junction of Robinson and Murry canyons.
	www.greatbasinheritage.org /ely.htm (993 words)

	Henderson, Nevada -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The (A state in the western United States) Nevada Legislature visited the site and determined that they wanted to save it and put forth an effort to purchase the property, which the state did on on March 27, 1947.
		Henderson is home to (Click link for more info and facts about Nevada State College) Nevada State College.
		Henderson is located in (Click link for more info and facts about Clark County) Clark County five miles southeast of (Click link for more info and facts about Las Vegas, Nevada) Las Vegas, Nevada.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/he/henderson,_nevada.htm (764 words)

	Nevada State Historic Preservation - Nevada's Historical Markers
		The Historic Marker Program was initiated by the Nevada State Legislature in 1967 to bring the State's heritage to the public's attention with on-site markers.
		Nevada's Historical Markers are listed by location in terms of their respective Hydrographic Region, county, and more precise location, e.g., highway, town, etc., as appropriate.
		Nevada's archeological and historical traditions are rich and varied.
	dmla.clan.lib.nv.us /docs/shpo/markers (1270 words)

	Douglas County
		This disaster, along with a population decline within the town of Genoa and subsequent growth in the town of Minden, prompted the Nevada Legislature to change the location of the county seat during the 1915 session.
		Douglas County is one of the fastest growing counties in the State of Nevada.
		Nevada Statutes limit the rate of ad valorem property tax to $3.64 for each $100 assessed valuation.
	www.co.douglas.nv.us /about.html (1197 words)

	NSLA - Historical Myth a Month - Gabbs?
		Until Ruth Fenstermaker Danner's comprehensive work Gabbs Valley, Nevada: Its History and Legend (1992), there was much mystery and confusion on the origin of the name Gabbs, and little history on this isolated area of Nevada.
		Allen, a powerful government bureaucrat who considered himself a Nevada history expert, was wrong!
		Its tax base could no longer sustain a municipal government, and for the first time in over 100 years the state legislature has disincorporated a municipality.
	dmla.clan.lib.nv.us /docs/nsla/archives/myth/myth65.htm (564 words)

	Innovrept
		In 1999, the Nevada State Legislature was, by constitutional mandate, limited to a 120-day session.
		Legislatures are rethinking and retooling many existing programs or creating new ways of providing services.
		State legislatures are changing and coming up with new ways and approaches to reach out to the public, educate members and staff, conduct business and interest people in public service.
	www.ncsl.org /programs/legman/legeffect/Innovrept.htm (564 words)

	RGJ.com coverage of Nevada Legislature 2003
		Various lawsuits remain active after the Legislature’s historic session
		Guinn says high court should preserve ruling on votes for tax bills
		Guinn signs bill imposing largest tax increase in state history
	www.rgj.com /legislature (277 words)

	Carson City, Nevada - Attractions - Capitol Building
		The demands of the Civil War pushed the creation of the Nevada Territory in 1861 and the territorial legislature selected the fledging community of Carson City as its capital.
		Statehood in 1864 saw Carson City become the state capital of Nevada, but the constitutional convention made a provision that no state capital would be built until after three legislative sessions had passed.
		Ten acres, known as the Plaza, was set aside in the belief that Carson City would be chosen as the capital of a new government in western Utah Territory.
	www.carson-city.org /attractions/capitol.php (439 words)

	Carson City: History and Description
		The legislature established Carson City as the seat of Ormsby County (named for one of the dead "heroes" at the Battle of Pyramid Lake).
		Carson City was confirmed as Nevada's permanent capital with statehood in 1864, and development thereafter was no longer completely dependent on the health of the Comstock mines.
		Carson City has a busy schedule of events througout the year, but perhaps the most interesting ones for visitors are the Indian Pow-Wows at Stewart, and the annual Kit Carson Rendezvous, a wildly imaginative evocation of the frontier lifestyle that existed until the coming of the iron horse.
	www.nevadaweb.com /cnt/r-t/ccity.html (3377 words)

	Nevada Historical Marker 88
		Later, in 1905, the city was incorporated by the State Legislature and named in honor of John Sparks, rancher and Governor of the State of Nevada.
		It was the western Nevada base for a vast stable of steam locomotives, particularly the famous cab-in-front articulated type (Mallets).
		Sparks boasted one of the largest roundhouses in the world during the steam era.
	dcnr.nv.gov /markers/mark_88.htm (185 words)

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