every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from which they are taken. Proofs of Records, etc., Kept in Offices Not Pertaining to Courts. 12. SEC. 906. All records and exemplifications of books, which may be kept in any public office of any state or territory, or of any country subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, not appertaining to a court, shall be proved or admitted in any court or office in any other state or territory, or in any such country, by the attestation of the keeper of the said records or books, and the seal of his office annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the presiding justice of the court of the county, parish, or district in which such office may be kept, or of the Governor, or Secretary of State, the Chancellor or keeper of the great seal, of the state, or territory, or country, that the said attestation is in due form, and by the proper officers. If the said certificate is given by the presiding justice of a court, it shall be further authenticated by the clerk or prothonotary of the said court, who shall certify, under his hand and the seal of his office, that the said presiding justice is duly commissioned and qualified; or, if given by such Governor, Secretary, Chancellor or keeper of the great seal, it shall be under the great seal of the state, territory, or country aforesaid in which it is made. And the said records and exemplifications, so authenticated, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court and office within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts or offices of the state, territory, or country, as aforesaid, from which they are taken. 27 Mar., 1804, c. 56, ss. 1, 2, v. 2, 298, 299; 21 Feb., 1871, c. 62, v. 16, 419. Copies of Foreign Records, etc., Relating to Land Titles in the United States. 13. SEC. 907. It shall be lawful for any keeper or person having the custody of laws, judgments, orders, decrees, journals, correspondence, or other public documents of any foreign government or its agents, relating to the title to lands claimed by or under the United States, on the application of the head of one of the departments, the Solicitor of the Treasury, or the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to authenticate copies thereof under his hand and seal, and to certify them to be correct and true copies of such laws, judgments, orders, decrees, journals, correspondence, or other public documents, respectively; and when such copies are certified by an American minister or consul, under his hand and seal of office, to be true copies of the originals, they shall be sealed up by him and returned to the Solicitor of the Treasury, who shall file them in his office, and cause them to be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose. A copy of any such law, judgment, order, decree, journal, correspondence, or other public document, so filed, or of the same so recorded in said book, may be read in evidence in any court, where the title to land claimed by or under the United States may come into question, equally with the originals. 22 Feb., 1849, c. 61, s. 1, v. 9, 346; 2 Mar., 1849, c. 82, v. 9, 350. Little & Brown's Edition of the Statutes to Be Evidence. 14. SEC. 908. The edition of the laws and treaties of the United States, published by Little & Brown, shall be competent evidence of the several public and private Acts of Congress, and of the several treaties therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the United States, and of the several states, without any further proof or authentication thereof. 8 Aug., 1846, c. 100, s. 2, v. 9, 76. Possessory Actions for Recovery of Mining Titles. 15. SEC. 910. No possessory action between persons, in any court of the United States, for the recovery of any mining title, or for damages to any such title, shall be affected by the fact that the paramount title to the land in which such mines lie is in the United States; but each case shall be adjudged by the law of possession. Revised Statutes of the U. S., 1878, 171. 27 Feb., 1865, c. 64, s. 9, v. 13, 441. UNITED STATES SENATOR. STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES RELATIVE TO THE ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATORS. When Senators to Be Elected. 16. SECTION 14. The legislature of each state which is chosen next preceding the expiration of the time for which any Senator was elected to represent such state in Congress shall, on the second Tuesday after the meeting and organization thereof, proceed to elect a Senator in Congress. 25 July, 1866, c. 245, s. 1, v. 14, 243. Mode of Election. 17. SEC. 15. Such election shall be conducted in the following manner: Each house shall openly, by a viva voce vote of each member present, name one person for Senator in Congress from such state, and the name of the person so voted for, who receives a majority of the whole number of votes cast in each house, shall be entered on the journal of that house by the clerk or secretary thereof; or if either house fails to give such majority to any person on that day, the fact shall be entered on the journal. At twelve o'clock meridian of the day following that on which proceedings are required to take place as aforesaid, the members of the two houses shall convene in joint assembly, and the journal of each house shall then be read, and if the same person has received a majority of all the votes in each house, he shall be declared duly elected Senator. But if the same person has not received a majority of the votes in each house, or if either house has failed to take proceedings as required by this section, the joint assembly shall then proceed to choose by riva voce vote of each member present, a person for Senator, and the person who receives a majority of all the votes of the joint assembly, a majority of all the members elected to both houses being present and voting, shall be declared duly elected. If no person receives such majority on the first day, the joint assembly shall meet at twelve o'clock meridian of each succeeding day during the session of the legislature, and shall take at least one vote, until a Senator is elected. 25 July, 1866, c. 245, s. 1, v. 14, 243. Vacancy Occurring Before Meeting of Legislature. 18. SEC. 16. Whenever on the meeting of the legislature of any state a vacancy exists in the representation of such state in the senate, the legislature shall proceed, on the second Tuesday after meeting and organization, to elect a person to fill such vacancy, in the manner prescribed in the preceding section for the election of a Senator for a full term. 25 July, 1866, c. 245, s. 2, v. 14, 245. Vacancy During Session of Legislature. 19. SEC. 17. Whenever during the session of the legislature of any state a vacancy occurs in the representation of such state in the senate, similar proceedings to fill such vacancy shall be had on the second Tuesday after the legislature has organized and has notice of such vacancy. 25 July, 1866, c. 245, s. 2, v. 14, 243. Election of Senators Certified. 20. SEC. 18. It shall be the duty of the Executive of the state from which any Senator has been chosen, to certify his election, under the seal of the state, to the President of the Senate of the United States. 25 July, 1866, c. 245, s. 3, v. 14, 244. Countersign of Certificate. 21. SEC. 19. The certificate mentioned in the preceding section shall be countersigned by the Secretary of State of the state. Revised Statutes of the U. S., 1878, 3. 25 July, 1866, c. 245, s. 3, v. 14, 244. Preamble. CONSTITUTION OF NEVADA. PRELIMINARY ACTION. 22. 1. WHEREAS, The Act of Congress, approved March twenty-first, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, "To enable the people of the Territory of Nevada to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the union on an equal footing with the original states," requires that the members of the convention for framing such constitution shall, after organization, on behalf of the people of said territory, adopt the constitution of the United States; therefore, be it Constitution of United States Adopted. 23. 2. Resolved, That the members of this convention, elected by the authority of the aforesaid enabling Act of Congress, assembled in Carson City, the capital of said Territory of Nevada, and immediately subsequent to its organization, do adopt, on behalf of the people of said territory, the constitution of the United States. ORDINANCE. 24. 3. In obedience to the requirements of an Act of the Congress of the United States, approved March twenty-first, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to enable the people of Nevada to form a constitution and state government, this convention, elected and convened in obedience to said enabling Act, do ordain as follows and this ordinance shall be irrevocable, without the consent of the United States and the people of the State of Nevada: Slavery Prohibited. First-There shall be in this state neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment for crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. Toleration of Religious Sentiment. Second-That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and no inhabitant of said state shall ever be molested, in person or property, on account of his or her mode of religious worship. Right and Title to Public Lands Disclaimed-Taxation-United States Not to Be Taxed. Third-That the people inhabiting said territory do agree, and declare, that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within said territory, and that the same shall be and remain at the sole and entire disposition of the United States; and that lands belonging to citizens of the United States, residing without the said state, shall never be taxed higher than the land belonging to residents thereof; and that no taxes shall be imposed by said state on lands or property therein belonging to, or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States. PREAMBLE. 25. 4. We, the people of the State of Nevada, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings, insure domestic tranquility, and form a more perfect government, do establish this |