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LEGISLATIVE DE ARTMENT.

/. The Leglslati,e authority OF this
State shall be- Vested in a Senate and
House of Representatives which shall be
designated the General Assem- ly of the
State OF Iowa, and ne style Of their laws
shall commence in the following IN inner:
''Be II enacted bv the General Assembly
of the State of Iowa.
2. The sessions Of the General As
se;nbly shall I've biennial, and sh al com
mrnce on the first Monday Of December
next ensuing the elec ion of ITS members;
unless the Governor of the State shall, in
the interim, convene The General Assem-
bly, by proclamation.
3. The members Of the House of R4p-
re,ertaives shall he chosen every second
year, by the qualified electors of their res
pective districts, on the first Monday in
August, whose term Of Office shall contin-
ne two years f.om the day OF the general
election. #
4. No person shall be member Of the
II lnse Of Representatives who shall not
have attained the aye of twenty zone wears;
be free white m lie citizen of The United
States, and have been an inhabitant of his
State or Territory one year next preceding
his election; and at the time "f his election,
have an actual residence Of thirty days in
the county or district he may be chosen to
represent.
5. Senators shall be chosen for the
term of four years, at the same time and
place as representatives, they shall be
| I,.., ,ty E+o nj %
qualifications of representa-. as TO resi-
uence aud citizenship.
d. The number of Senators shall not
be less than one-third nor more than one
half The representative body, and at the
first session of the General Assembly af-
ter this constitution takes effect, the Sen
aiors shill be divided by lot, as equally as
may be, into two classes; the seats of the
Senators Of the first class shall be vacated
at the e piration Of the second year, so
that one-half shall be chosen every two
years.
Z. When the number Of Senators Is
increased they shall be annexed by LOT 10
one OF the two classes, So as to keep them
as nearly equal in number as practicable.
O. sdCif IiOISc Slldll CiipOSS io "" ~
officers and judge OF tie qualification, cleo
ton, and return Of It's own members. A
contested election sha.l be determined in
such manner as shall be directed by law.
8. A majority Of each house shall con-
siitue a quorum to do bnsines,, but a
smaller number may adjourn from day TO
day, and may compel the attendance Of ab-
sent members in such manner and under
such penalties as each House may provide.
10. Each House shall sit upon its own
adjnurnments, keep journal of lis pro-
ceedngs, and publish the same; determine
It's rules of proceedings, punish members
for di>orderly behavior, and with The Con-
sent of lwo-lhirds, expei member, but
not second time Tor the same offence, and
shall have all other powers necessary Tor
branch of the General Assembly OF
free aud independent 5 ate.
III Every member of the General AS
sembly shall have the liberty to dissent
from or protest against any act or resol1-
ton which he may think injurious to the
! public or all individual, and have the rea-
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n ANAN -
INCORPORATIONS.

]. No corporate body -hall hereafter be
created, renewed, or extended, with the
privilege Of making, issuing or putting in
circulation, any bill check, ticket, certiti-
cate. promi>sory note,o other p per, or the
paper Of any b,uk to circulate as money
The General Assembly OF This State shall
prohi III, b, law, any person or persons. as
soeiaiion, com pany or corporation. from ex-
ere,sing the privileges OF banking, or Gre
aling paper 10 circulate as money.
2. Corporations shall not be created in
this State by special laws, except for po-
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Article y.
STATE DE BITS.

|. The General Assembly shall not in
any manner create any debt or debts, la
blity or liabilities, which shall singly OF
III the aggregate, with any previous debts
or liabilities, exceed the sum Of one hun
dred thousand dollars, except III case Of
war, TO repel Invasion, or suppress ln>ue-
r,ction, unless The same Shall be author
ized Ivy some law for some single Object,
or work 10 be distinctly specified therein,
which law shall provide ways and means,
exclusive OF loans, for the payment Of the
IN crest OF such debt or Ii,olily as it ia,ls
due, and also 10 pay and discharge The
principal of such debt or lab lily within
twenty years from tie time OF The contract
ing thereof, and shall be lrrepea'aale until
The principal and the interest thereon shall
be pail and Discharged; bat no such law
>hall take Effect uni al Il general eecti m
il shall have been submitted TO the people.
and have received majority of all the
votes cast for and against ii at such cleo
ti,n, and all money raised 10y authority 81
such law, st.all be applied only to The spe-
ciEc object therein stated, or to the ply
ment oi The debt hereby created, and such
ltw shall be published III at least one news
paper in each Judicial district, if one is
published therein, throughout the State
for three months preceding the election al
which ii is Submitted 10 The people.
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Excessive fines shall no, be imposed: and
cruel and unusual pun,hments shall no,
be inflicted.
IL. Private properly shall not be take,
tor public use without Just compensation
10. No person shall be imprisoned ror
debt in any civil action on mesne or final
process. unless III cases of fraud: and no
person shall be Imprisoned for a militia
line IN time of peace.
20 The people have the right freely to
assemble together to consul for the en-
mon good, TO make known their opinions
to their representatives, and TO petition for
redress IF grievances.
u. M bill of attainder, ey post facto
law. or law inpairing the obligation of con-
tracts shall ever be passed.
p. Foreigners who are, or who nav
hereafter become residents of this State,
shall elj y fhe same rights, in respec, to
the possessions, enjoyment, and descent of
property. as matt, e born citizens.
%. Neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude, unless for the punishment of
crimes, shall ever be tolerated in this State.
"a. This enumeration of rights shall not
be construed 10 impair or deny others, re-
tained by the people.
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Article Z.
MI lNI 4

l. The Militia Of this State shall be COM
posed Of all able bodied white male cill-
zers between the ages Of eighteen and for
4 live years, cept such is are or may
hereafter be exempt by the laws Of tie
uniiei States or Of this State, and Shall be
armed. equipped, and trained as The Gen
eial Assembly may provide by law.
Z. No person or persons CO lSclen'lon>k
scrupnlons o. bearing arms, S all be com
poiled 10 do militia duty in time Of Ieace:
provided, that such person or persons shall
pay an eqii. alent for such exemption in
the same manner as other citizens.
). All commissioned officers Of the mi
liiia, (sidii officers eNce!teda5 Shall be
elected by The persons liable 10 perform
military duty, AID shall be commissioned
Nv the Governor.
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ORDINANCE.

Be it ordained by the Convention as
sembled 10 form Constitution Tor the State
Of Iowa, in behalf of the people of sid
State, that the following propositions sh.ll
be made TO the Congress OF the United
States. which ii assenied TO by that body,
shall be obligatory on this State.
4. Section number sixteen in every sur.
veyed townships Of public lands, and where
such sec ion has been disposed OF, other
lands equivalent thereto, and as contiguous
as may be, shall be granted TO The State for
The use of common schools.
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Article e..
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.

HltU.
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
/. The Judicial pow er shall lie vested
IN Snprelne Court, District Courts, and
such iufrrior courts, as the General As
sembly may from time 10 time establish.
2. The Supreme Court shall cun>is, Of
u li Justice and TAO Associates, two Of
whom Shall he quorum o hold court.
). The Judges Of The Supreme Cont
sh"ll be elected y joint vote 81 both branch
IS OF the General Assembly, and shall hold
their courts al such time and place as The
General Assembly mly direct, ami hold
tier offices Tor i years, and until Their
successors are elected and qualified, end
shall be ineligible 70 any other office dn
ing 4 e term Tor which lhey ma, be elect
ed. TIE supreme Cont shall have APP
reliate jurisdiction oni, in al eases IN chan
Gerry. ana shall Constitute court for the
correction q errors at law, un,er such re-
striclion> as Ike eneral Assembly may ty
law prescribe. The Supreme ,.ouri sn4l
na,e pow or 10 issue all " rits and process
necessary 10 q" justice to parties, aud eN-
ercise supervisory CONTROL over all inie
rior judicial tribunals, and the Judaes Of
the Supreme Court shall he conser, ators,
Of The peace throughout tie State.
4. The District Court shall co sist of
Judge who shall lie elected BY The quail
flied ,oer> of The district in which he re-
sizes, at The township election, and hold
his Office for the term Of five years. aud
until his successor is duly elected and quail
flied. and shall be Ineligible to any other
office during lie tenn Tor which he may
be elected. Tie District Court shat, be a
court If law and equiiy, .Hd have ris-
dlctian IN an civil ami criminal natter
arising in their res ectige districts, IN sue
MANNER as >lall lie pre>cli ed by law
The Judges Of lie District Coart> shall be
consersaioIs Of The peace in lIieir respect
i've districts. The first session cftne Gen
eral Assembly >h4i! Oxide tie Safe into
four districts. which NAY be increased as
The eAi2encies require.
5 The quaitied voters O. each county,
shall Al iiie general election, elect one Pros
eculing Attorney and one Clerk of Tie
District Court, who shall be residents
therein, ana who shall hold their several
Offices for The term Of two years and unjll
th' II successor, are elected ami qualified.
.. TIE style d al. process >h,il pe the
s;ae Of Iowa" ANA all prosecutions sh"i!
be conducted in tie na,ne and by the au-
thurIty of Ihp same
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srticfe ~.
AMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTI
TUITION

]. If at any time, the General Assembly
shall think ii necessary 10 re,lse or amend
This constitution, they Shall provide by law
for a vote Of The people for or against a
conte nian, 1T the next ensuing election
for members OF tie General Assembly, in
case majority Of the people vote in favor
81 a cnn> enti,n. >ad General Assembly
Shall provide for an election Of d. .egates
10 convention, 10 be held within SIN
months after tie vote Of the people in ia
Nur ILereni
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-06-04
Article 3
RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.

|. Every white male citizen Of The Uni
tel States. OF the age of twenty one years,
who shall have been resident OF the State
SIX months ne preceding the election, and
the county in which he claims his vote
twenty da> 5, shah be entitled TO vote at all
elections which are now or hereafter NAV
be authorize bv law.
2. Electors shall, in all cases eycept trea-
sen, felony, or breach of the peace, he priv
ieIed from arrest on the DAYS of election,
during their attendance at such election,
gong to, and returning therefrom
3. No elecior shall be obliged to per-
form militia duty on the day of election
except in time of war, or public danger.
4. No person in the military, naval or
marine service of the United States. shah
be considered resi- lent of this State bv
being stationed in any garrison, barrack,
or military or naval place or station within
this State
5 No idiot, or insane person, or per-
sons convicted OF any infamous crime. shall
be entitled TO the privileges of an elector.
8. All elections by the people, shalt be
by ballot.
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Article ~.
MISCELI, ANE)TS.

|. The Jurisdiction OF Justices Of Tie
Peace shal extend TO all civil cases, Tex
cept cases IN chancery and cases where the
question Of title to any real estate may
drise,) where tile amount IN controversy
does not coed one hundred dollars, and
by the consent; Of pirlips may be extended
10 any amount not exceeding five hundred
dollars.
2 Nonew comfy shall be laid OF here
after, nor old county reduced. 10 less con-
tents than four hundred and thirty two
square miles.
). TIE General Assembly shall not 10
clie any Of the public lands, which have
been or may be granted by Congaess to
thi, State, and the location Of which may
he given TO the General Assembly, upon
and> actually settled, without The consent
Of tie occupant. The extent Of the claim
of such occupant 50 exempted shall not
exceed three hundred and twenty acres.
Article IS
SCH EDU LIE.
l. That no inconvenience may arise
from the change OF Territorial govern
ment 20 permanent State government, IT
Is declared that all writs, actions, prose
cntiuns contracts. claims and ris hts, shall
continue as it no charge had taken place
in this government; ami all process which
may, before tie organization OF The jssil-
cili de ar,ment under this constitutions be
ISSUED under lie authority Of tie Terrific
nv OF Iowa. shall he as valid as II issued in
49,, ,.,,,,a al tha Ntafp
z. AL! The laws now in force in this
Territory, which are mol repngnant to this
Constitution, shall remain in force until
they expire b. their own limi atoms, or
be altered or re,eiled by the General As
sem0ly OF this State.
3. AL fines, penalties, and forfeiiures.
acerailg to The Territory Of Iowa, shall
accrue Ia the use OF the State.
a. All rec,gnizances heretofore taken,
or which may hereafter be taken, before
the organization Of the judicial department
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BURLINGTON. IOWA. JUNE 4. 1916.

IL. In case of the impeachment Of the
Governor, his removal from office, death,
resignation, or absence from the state, the
powers and duties Of The Office SHAH de-
vol>e upon the -ecretary Of State, until
such disability Shall cease, or the vacancy
be filed
IS. II, during the vacancy Of the Office
Of Governor, the Secretary Of State shall
BE- impeacied, displaced, resign, die or be
absent from tie stale the powers and du-
ties Of the office Of Governor shall tleyolse
upon the President Of the Senate; and
should vacancy occur - impeachment,
death, resignation, or al sence from the
state. of the President Of the Senate, tile
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
shall act as Governor Til tie vacancy be
filled.
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Article 4.
OF THE DIS rRlBU TON OF POW.
l.DS

l. The powers of the government of
Iowa shall be di>i ed into three separate
and n liciAl; and no person charged with
the exercise OF powers properly bel 'nging
10 one Of these departments, shall exercise
any function appertainns Ia either OF the
others, cep, in the cases hereafter ex-
DresSly direct ed or p~r,nitted
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-10-22
Liberty Conventions.

In another column will be found the Call for Sc
res of county conventions through this congressional
District to be addressed by our candidate for Congress-
and other able speakers. This step has seemed in
dspensabe at the present crisis in our national affairs.
Surely, if there ever was time which demanded a
recurrence to first principles and strong appeal to
the interrupted PEOPLE, the source of all power in
a Republic, that time has fully come. What freeman
in the District, in his sober hours, can for moment
approve of the of the national administration
for the last two years ,Uic It has been sustained
By present prostitung the whole
powers of government for the acquisition of Texas,
avowedy to strengthen and perpetuate slavery ri
fling the treasury of the nation to prosecute slave
holders warin setting narrow bounds to the free ter
rtory of the North, and in striking what is designed
to prove death blow at the industrial interests of
freedom And in what way can the people of this
District better atone for the violence and insult they
have offered to themselves to their country their race
and their Maker, than by arising as one man for the
obstruction of that giant niquy which fast render
ing our professions offreedom and christianity stencil
in the nostrils of just God and all honest men,
Shame on the man who would fulfil the high mission
of Democracy by multiplying the victims of a cruel
oppression, "enlarge the area of freedom" by ex-
tending the curses of slavery; and an equal shame
upon the Wing, in whose eyes calico and broadcloth
are of infinitely more value than the temporal and
eternal interests Of intelligent accountable, God-ke
MAN!
AS these meetings are designed especially to consd-
ed connection with the slavery question in its bear
ing upon our approaching Congressional election and
also to make thorough arrangements for a vigorous
Winter Campaign, it is earnestly desired that every
to,on in the District should be fully represented
0F@Particularlys it desired that individuals and
committees to whom hand-bis are enclosed, ADVERT
sing these conventions, will lose no time in posting
themin conspicuous places in every town in the
county.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-10-22
The Whig State Convention.

At its late meeting in Boston this Convention
resolved i" that the Wings would continue to use
all proper and constitutional means to restrain
the already preponderating influence Of slave
holding interests in the national legislation, to
defeat all measures calculated to uphold Slavery
and to promote all constitutional measures toI
its overthrow, and will oppose at all times with
uncompromising zeal and hrmness any further
addition of Slave territory to this Union"
The Wings will CONTINUE" will they 2
One would suppose from this that Massachusett
Wings had always taken antl-slavery ground il
principle and practice Have they forgotten
Edward Everetts message ten years ago?-
George Lunts Report and Resolutions in tn
Senate? The Great Wing Pro-slaVery meetin!
in Faneuil Hall, and the chanted praises O
Slavery and denunciation of Aboitionists from
the ghost of old Federalism in the person G
Harrison Gray Otis! Have they forgotten Gen
Harrson's pro-slavery Inaugural Message =
Have they no recollection of their support of =
leading STAKEHOLDER for the Presidency in 1914
Nor of the Garland forgery and the use made {
it? Have they no memory of the rejection {
the anti-slavery resolutions of Mr.. Wilson las
winter by the Wing Senate of the State ?
" CONTINUE p' We have no doubt of it,
They will " cotinue" TO talk ant-slavery an
act pro-savery as they have done ever since tn
formation of the Liberty Party!-Eesse1 Ira,
script.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-10-22
LIBERTY DEPOSITORY.

1t cannot be denied that the Liberty cause in Yer
mont has greatly suffered from the very limited circl
laon of the standard works which have been publish
ed, both upon the political and moral and religious
bearings of the slavery question: and with which other
states have been so literally and protably supplied
Owing to the meagre demand, and the small profit upon
such works, no general supply has been kept in the
state for several years last pas but at the earnest
lictaon of friends in different sections of the State
we have consented to procure supply, previous to the
opening of the winters campaign, of such publications
as seem best adapted to promote the interests of our
cause. In addition to what we have on hand, viz:
Slavery 1t Is, the Liberty Bell, Emancipation in the
w. Indies, &c. we shall procure quantity of Jays
View, Goodells and Spooner's Constitutional Argument,
Liberty Minstrel, Birney's new work on the Snfuness
of Slavery, the Life of Torrey, when published, the
American Liberty Almanac for l847, and such other
works and tracts shall appear hereafter which
adapted to the necessities of the cause But in SO do
ing we shall need, and expect to receive the hearty
cooperation and generous patronage of all our friends
in all parts of the State, In this way alone can the
end in view be secured and ourselves sustained from
loss.
0}7The Almanacs will be ready for delivery in
few days-the best ever published. 43: 3w
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-10-22

" Is there another paper in the wide world that
can say SO much to smother that rising spirit of free
dom and christianity in which alone consists the hope
of the nation the church and the world and yet say
so little, is contained in the following from the Fer
mont Chronicle? 1t reminds of shrewd old vixen
of our acquaintance, who offered herself to the
church, and of the deacons rose to offer some
objections she replied, that, while "her life had not
been the most exemplary, yet she had always been
careful not to do anything for which the church could
handle herr
PoLrTIcAL CHANGES ANTICIPATED.--Wa Washington,
in his farewell Address, warned his countrymen in the
strongest terms against harboring thoughts of disunon
and against the formation of sectional parties arraying
the north and the SOUTH the east and the west against
each other 1t cannot be concealed that there is
more practical disregard of both these admonitons,
than before. Especially is this the case in regard
to the relations between the north and the SOUTH As
this contest, however, is not founded on local consider
atoms, but great moral and political principles it
obviously may be conducted not to be inconsistent
with the spirit of amy and mutual good will which
the father Of his country aimed TO cherish and perpet
uate. Yet, that it will be so conducted we have no
very sangune hope. The parties are already in po-
sition unfavorabe to it.
This subject is urged upon our attention by the re-
cent movements of political parties, which regard
ed by some as indicating speedy breaking up of the
old party organizations and the formation of new ones
based mainly on the single question of slavery. In
this case it must be mainly the north against the
south; though doubtless some at the north would be
found to 90 with the SOUTH and if matters are manag
ed dscreetly, and in proper temper some at the
south would sympathize with the north.