Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-22

cessors in office, for the uses therein re-
spectively expressed, and may be sued
for and recovered accordingly.
All criminal prosecutions and penal
actions which have arisen, or which may
arise before the third Monday in Sep
TENDER next, and which shall then be
depending, shall be prosecuted to judg-
ment and execution in the name OF the
state. Al actions at law which now are,
or which, on the third Monday in Sep
TENDER nc xt, may be depending in any
of the courts of record in the territory of
Missouri, may be commenced in, or
transferred to any court Of record oil the
state which shall have jurisdiction OF the
subject matter thereof; and all suits in
equity may, in like manner, be COM
menced in, or transferred to the court OF
chancery.
Sec. S. All officers civil and military
now holding commissions under authori-
ty of the United States, or of the terri
tory of Missouri, shall continue to hold
and exercise their respective offices I'M
til they shall be superseded under the
authority of the state; and all such
officers holding commissions under the
authority Of the territory Of Missouri
shall receive the same compensation
which they have hitherto received, in
proportion to the time they shall be SO
employed.
Sec. s. The first meeting of the
General Assembly shall be at st. Louis,
with power to adjourn to any other
place; and the General Assembly at the
first session thereof shall fix the seat OF
Governm ent until the first day of Octo-
Der 1926; and the first session of the
General Assembly shall have power to
fix the compensation of the members
thereof, any thing in the constitution TO
the contrary Notwithstanding.
Sec. z. Until the first enumeration
shall be made, as directed in this constl-
tuition, the county of Howard shall be
entitled 10 eight Representatives; the
county of Cooper to four representa-
tives; the county of Montgomery to two
representatives the county of Lincoln
to one Representative the county OF Pike
to two representatives the county OF
St. Charles to three representatives the
county OF St. Louis to six representa-
tives; the county of Franklin to two re-
presentativ the county of Jefferson to
one representative the county Of Wash
ington to two representatives the coun-
ty of St. Genevieve to four representa-
tives the county of Cape Girardeau to
four representatives the county Of
New Madrid to two representatives;
the county of Madison to one representa-
tive; the county of Wayne to one repre-
sentative; and that part of the county of
Lawrence situated within this state, shall
attach to, and form part of the county of
Wayne until otherwise provided by law,
and the sheriff of the county of Wayne
shall appoint the judges of the first cleo
ton, and the place of holding the same,
in the part thus attached: and any per-
son who shall have resided within the
limits of this state five months previous
to the adoption of this constitution, and
who shall be otherwise qualified as pre-
scribed in the third section of the third
article thereof, shall be eligible to the
house of Representatives, any thing in
this constitution to the contrary notwth-
standing.
Sec. For the first election of sena-
tors the state shall be divided into dis
tricts, and the appointment shall be as
follows, that is to say: the counties of
Howard and Cooper shall compose one
district, and elect four senator's; the
counties of Montgomery and Franklin
shall compose one district, and elect one
senator; the county of St. Charles shall
compose one district, and elect one sena-
tor; the couiaies Of Lincoln and Pike
shall compose one district, and elect one
senator; the county Of st. Louis shall
compose one district, and elect two
senator's; the counties of Washington
and Jefferson shall compose one district,
and elect one senator; the county OF St.
Genevieve shall compose one district,
and elect one senator; the counties OF
Madison and Wayne shall compose one
district, and elect one senator; the coun-
ties of Cape Girardeau and New Madrid
shall compose one district, and elect two
senators: and in all cases where q
senatorial district consists of more than
one county, it shall be the duty of the
Clerk of the county second named in
that district to certify the returns of the
senatorial election within their proper
county to the Clerk of the county first
named, within five days after he shall
have received the same: and any person
who shall have resided within the limits
of this state five months previous to the
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