Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-03-17
ARTICLE II.

. ARTICLE II.
I 81 Lesistatsre.
/ Section l. The Legislatsye, power OF
this State shall be vested in General As
senbly, which shall consist OF tt Senate
aud House of Representatives.
Sec. 2. Senators and Representatives,
shall be elected biennially. by the electors
I in the respective counties or districts. on
the second Tuesday Of October; their term
of Office shall commence on the frs, day oil
January next thereafter, and continue two
years.
SIC. 3. Senators and Representatives
shall have resided in their respective coun-
les, or districts, one year next preceding
| their. election, unless they shall have been
absent on the public business of the United
States or this1State.
Sec A. No person holding Office under
the authority of the United States, or any
lucrative office under the authority Of tais
State, shall be eligible to, or have a seat
in. The General Assembly. bu, this pro-
vision shall not extend to township officers,
justices Of the peace, notaries public, or OF.
ficers off The militia.
/ Sec 5. No person hereafter convicted OF
an ENFORCEMENT Of the public funds shall
hold any office in this State; nor shall any
person, holding public money for disburse
ment or otherwise, have seat in the
General Assembly, until he shall have &C.
counted for and paid such money into the
| treasury.
| Sec s.. Each House shall be judge oi
the election, returns, and qualifications, OF
| its own. members; msjori,yof all the. mem
bers elected TO each House, shall be q
quorum TO do business; but, less number
may adjourn from day to day, and compel
the attendance Of absent members, in such
manner, and under such penalties, as shall
be prescribed by law. -......
Sec. 7. The mcde Of organizing the
House Of Representatives at the commence
ment of each regular session, shall be pre-.
scribed by law. s.....
Sec. 8. Each House, except as otherwise
provided ia this Constitution, shall choose
its own officers, may determine its own rules
of proceedings. punish its members for dis
orderly conduct; and with the concurrence
Of two thirds, expel member, but not the
second time for the same cause; and, shall
have all other powers, necessary 10 provide
for its safety, and the undis.urbed transac-
ton OF its business. -,
| Sec. 9. Each House shall keep correct
journal of its proceedings, which shall be
published. At the desire Of any two mem
bers the yeas and nays shall be entered up.
on the journal, and on the passage of eve
ry bill, in either House, the vote shall be
taken by yeas and nays, and entered upon
the juarnal; and no law shall be passed, in
either House, without the concurrence OF
j majpri,y of all the members elected here
to.
| Sec. 10. Any member Of either House
! shall haye The right to protest against any
act, or resolution thereof; and such protest,
and the reason therefor, shall, without al.
teration, commitment or delay, be entered
upon the journal. .s=E-
Sec. II. All vacancies which may hap.
pen in either House shall, for the unex-
pired term, be filled by election, as shall
be directed by law.
Sec. l2. Senators and Representatives,,
during the session Of the General Assem-
bly,, and in going to and returning from
| the same, shall be privileged from arrest,
in all cases, except treason, felony, or
| breach of The peace; and for any speech,
or debate, in either House, they shall not
be questioned elsewhere. o.-
Sec. Is. The proceedings of both
Houses shall be public, except in cases
| which, in The opinion Of oftwothirds OF those
! present, require secresy. 4.
| Sec. IA. Neither House shall, without
the consent oftbe other, adjourn for more
than two days, Sundays excluded; nor to
any other place than that in which the two
| Houses shall be in session.
See. Is. Bills may originate in either
House; but may be altered, amended or
rejected in the other. r
/ Sec. l6 Every bill shall be fully and
distinctly read, on three different days, un.
less, in case Of urgency, three-lourths of
the House in which it shall be pending,
shall dispense with this rule. No bill shall
contain more than one subject, which shall
be clearly expressed in its title; and no law
! shall be revived, or amended, unless the
new act contain the entire act revived, or
the section or sections amended; and the
| soStious VI seStfons, eo a'ueAueu, Snall oe
repealed.
; Sec. II. The presiding officer of each
House shall sign,' publicly in the presence
Of the 11ouss over which he presides, while
the same is in session, and capable Of trans
acting business, al bills and joint resolu-
lions passed by the General Assembly.
Sec ls. The style of the laws of this
State shall be, Be it enacted BY the Gene
raj Assembly Of the State Of OHIO"
/ Sec. 10. No Senator or Representative
shall, during the term for which he shall
have been elected, or for one year there
after, be appointed to any civil Office un-
/ der this State, which shall be created, or
the emulumeDts of which, shall have been
increased, during the term for which he
shall have been elected.
Sec. 90. The General Assembly, in
| cases not provided for in this Constitution,
shall fix the term Of office and the compen-
sa:ion Of all officers; but no change there
in shall affect the salary Of any officer du.
ring his existing term, unless the office be