New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-27
Mtehiann state Copstitutiou.


ton to amend the Consultation Of the State OF NJ
ohigan have completed their work and adjourned
We now have the amended Constitution before u.s.
The document occupies more than page oil tue
Detroit Free Press, and possesses many good Tea
lures well calculated TO arrest the system OF faoiic
Plumber and proAigscy which has heretofore pre-
vailed TO an alarming extent In the Penlnsulu
ets,e. We make the following abstract;
LEGIsLAYUREs
The LesIslative 20 wer 10 vested In Senate and
House Of Representatives. The Senate shall con-
sst Of 80 members TO be elected by single Districts
for the term Of two years. The House shall con-
sist Of not less than GO nor than 100 members
who shall also be chosen by snge districts and for
term Of years, provided that no city or township
shah be divided. When any township or city shall
be entitled To more than one Representative the
number to which it il entitled Ihall be elected BY
general ticket. Each county hereafter organized
shall be entitled TO one Representative when it has
attained population equal 10 moiety Of the ratio
Of Representation. The Board OF Supervisors
shall divide into Districts such counties as are en-
titled to more than one Representative. The LIE.
gislature shall provide for the enumeration OF the
inhabitants in 1854 and every ten years thereafter;
md at the first session AFTER each enumeration 20
made, and also at the first session after each emu
merston by the authority Of the United States, the
Legislasure shall redrrango the Senate Districts and
apportion anew Representatives among thecount
and districts according TO the number OF white In
hsbtants and civilized persons OF Indian descent,
not members OF any tribe.
Senators and Representatives snail be citizens
of the United States aud qualified electors IN the
respective counties and districts which they repre-
cent and shall bold no other office under the author
ity OF the State They shall be privileged from arrest
except for treason, felony, or breach oil the peace
Each House shall choose Its own officers, make ita
own rules, &c and may expel Member oy vote
Of two thirds Of & full House bat no Member
sbs be expelled second time for the same oifense.
Any Member may protest against any act wnicn
he deems Injurious 70 any person. or 70 the pubic,
and have bis protest entered upon the journal In
al elections by the Legislature the vote snan Do
taken pspa Voce Neither House shall, without the
consent OF the other, adjourn for more than three
days. nor 10 or other place than where the Legis-
lature may then be 10 session. vote oil sVo
thirds of all the Members elected shall be required
to pass into Law any bill having received the
neg alive OF the Governor. Members OF tue Legs
lature shall receive % day Tor actual attendance,
and when absent on account OF sickness, for the
Hrst sixty days OF the session OF the year 1881 and
Tor the first forty days Of every subsequent session.
and nothing thereafter. When convened In extra
session their alton shall be 80 aday for the
frat twenty days, aad nothing thereafter, and they
sban legislation other subjects than those ex-
pressly stated in the Governors proclamation, or
submitted to them by special message. They shall
be entitled TO ten cents and no more Tor every mile
actually travelled In going 10 and returning from
the place OF meeting, on the usually Travelled route
ard Tor stationery and ne 1spapers not exceeding
g. for each Member during any session. Esch
Member shall be entitled to copy OF the laws,
Journals and documents Of the Legislature OF which
he was Member but sh all not receive at the ex
pense OF the State, books, newspapers or other
perquisites Of Office, not expressly authorized by
this Consultation.
The Presto emit of the Senate and the Speaker OF
the House shall be entitled to no extra pay 10 CON
sequence OF holding such Offices. No member OF
the Legislature shall receive any civil appointment
by the Legislature Governor during the term for
which he was elected.
No member of the Legislature shall be interest
ed, directly or indirectly, in any contract with the
State, or any county thereof, authorized by any
law passed, during the time for which he is elect
ed nor for one year thereafter
No bill or joint resolution can become law
without the concurrence OF ma ority Of all the
members elected to each House and no law shall
embrace more than one object, which shah DO ex'
pressed in its title
extra compens alton to any puolic officer, agent or
contractor alter the service mas oeen ten"oleu VI
the contract entered into.
The State printing and binding shsi oe let 70 the
lowest bidder who shall give adequate security LOT
the performance of the work and no charge snal
be allowed for constructive lsoJr and no CONTRACT
with the State shall be rescinds1.
The l. legislature shall no. authorize, by private
or spec al law the sale or conveyance OF any real
estate belonging to any person nor vaca1e nor
alter any road laid out by Commissioners OF
Highways, or any street in any city or village or
in any recorded town plat
n Il. may nj
of n Chaplain for the State Prison but no money
shall be sppropri sted for the payment OF any rel
eious service, in either House Of the Legu
fature. ,,
No law shall be revised, altered or amended by
reference TO it's title only bat the ACT received
snd the section or sections OF the act altered or
amended, shall be reenscted and Published at
length. .,
divorces shall not be granted by the legislature.
The establishment OF lotteries and the sale oil
lottery tickets are forbidden. No bill shHl % 10
eroduoed into either House during the last three
DAYS of the session except by unanimous consent
OF the House in which il originates La case oil
contested election the person only shal receive pay
" tho finally obtains the seat.
No collector, holder nor disburser OF public mo
neys shall have q seat In the Legis!atare, or Dc
ehsibe 20 any Office Of trust profit uoder this
state. until he shsl have accounted fJr aud paid
over ss provided by law, all sums Tor which he
may be liable u,
The Legislature shall not audit or allow any prt
vate claim or account.
The sessions of the Legislature shall be held bl-
ennially. The first to convene on the hrst w cd
nesday in February next and on the hrst We'd
nesday in January of every second gear hereafter
The elections for Legislature stall o., held on
Tuesday succse ding the first Monday In November
1851 and ON the same day Of every second year
thereat.r No State paper shall be established,
but every paper in the State, which shall publish
all the general laws Of any session, shall be en-
TITLED TO sl5 therefor. the Legislature may en-
Ter moon organized townships, incor Porsted cities
and Boards of Supervisors, OF the several Counties