Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-02-03

penalties, as it may lave provided. 1t
may determine the rules ofi,s proceedings,
punith It's members for iiiorder!y behavi-
OF, aud with the concurrence of two thirds
expel member, but TO, iccoId time
Tor TIE fame caafe. 1t flali keep jour
ral Of irs proceedings, ard from time TO
time publih the fame And rhe yeas and
nays Of the members on every qaettlon,
flall 4, the dsfire of one hith Of itoie
,refeu,, be entered on the journal.
Sec. 4. 44nd be it far!ker sxaksed, That
no compensation ihall be allowed to the
n,emts:s OF the s.oufe Of Representatives.
for their !e,yices, until i, lhail have been
.osc,ei into law by Legislature, and
rc.cnacted by fecond !esilla'ure, alter
the intervention of an election, wh;ch CON-
recitation 70 allowed, ihall be pay able out
81 tie ,realury CT the territory. They
tl.al. IN all cafes, except ueaion, feiouy
or breach of the peace, be privileged from
aEssii, during their attendance at the ieiii
On of the Houle, and in going TO and re-
turning from the fame, and for any ipeech
or debate therein, they lhall not BE- eueiti-
oned in any other place. No member OF
the Houie of Representatives fhall, during
the time for which he was elected, Be ap
pcinted to any civil office in the territory.
other than that Of juhice of the peace,
a2d no perion holding any office under the
United States, or any Office under the ter
ri,ory, except tha. of juaice of The peace
or in the militia thereof, fhall be a mem
Der Of the faid Houie, during his contiuu
ace N cfficc.
Sec. ). .4rd Be it fur.bsr tn0aea, Thar
every bill ihall, before i, becomes law,
have paied the Houfe of Representatives
at two ieyera, feaions, one month a, lea:
intervening between them: and have hsu
three ieveral readings, on three ievera
days each, unleis in the opinion OF two
thirds of the Houfe the cafe ihall be urgent
in which cafe, the bill may be Introduce
a, any time after the day of its hr!t PAT
iase, and proceeded On to its fesond pat
fsge. Every bill or refoluticn Except
deciGons or votes which reipecs the mem
bers or officers OF the Houfe, and rhofe
only ihall alto before it becomes a law,
or take effect, be preiented to the Pref
den, Of the United States; if he approve
he fllall iign it, bu, it not, he fhall return
it with his objections to the Houie, who
ihall enter the objections at large On their
journal, and proceed to reconhder It; if at
ter iuch reconsideration, two thirds OF the
Houfe ihall agree TO pats the bill, it fhall
become law; but In all iucn cafes the
votes of the Houie lhall be de,erH!nsd by
yeas and nays, and the votes OF the per.
ions voting for and aga;nft the bill, !hall
be entered on their journal. II any bill
ihall not be returned by the P-eident
within ten days Sundays excepted after
it ihall have been Prefented to him, tie
fame fhall be law in like manner as !. he
had iigned it, unlef, the Houfe by lis ad-
journment prevent its return, in which Ca,
it .hall not be law. And in a.! cs!cs,
and At all times, the legifla'ure Of the u.
States ihali have a power to repea! By .a~,
bu, rot to modify any law psaed BY tie
!esiEature of the territory.
Sec. 6. 4axd be it ta,fbey enaass, That
the legilla,ure Of the territory fhaH have
power to pats all laws which arc no' VITA
held from it by this aet, no: fGo:. the
Rarcs of the union, by the Contribution OF
the United States.
Sec. J. And be 1t fartker esa6eS, Tia:
the privilege OF the writ Of Habsas Coz
pus iball not be Gfperded, unl.S whs., in
cafe of rebellion or inva6on the public fate
~ may require it. No bill Of z''aiodeT
or ex poft faeto law fhall Be passed. No
money ihall be drawn from the sreaiary
but in conieouence of appropriations nads
by law and regular ftstemen: and az
count of receipts and expenditures ct al
public money ihall be publilhed from time
to time.
Sec. S. dad be it fxrtke, esalsed, That
the executive power ihall be vefee IN a
.,,sr,o, of RE Territory IN he nnminst