The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-04-28
PORTSMOUTH O MONDAY EVENING. APRIL %. 1851.

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/ SEC. 2. Senators and Representatives
shall be elected biennially, by the electors in
the respective counties on districts, onthe
second Tuesday Of October. their term of
office shall commence on the first day of
January next thereafter and continue two
years.
SEC. g. Senators and Representatives
shall have resided in their respective coun-
lies, or districts, one year next preceding
their election, unless they shall have been
absent on the public business of the United
States, or Of thisSt te. 1ae.bri'5a 7s sao
SEC. a. No person holding office under
the authority Of the United States, or any
Lucrative office under the authority Of this
State, shall be eligible to, or have seat in,
the General Assembly; but this provision
shall not extend to township officers, justi-
cesof the peace, notaries public, or officers
Fof the militia. ai1.ga1e,s3 fs.a.
SRo. s.. No person hereafter convicted oi
an embezzlement 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 Gener-
al Assembly. until he shall have accounted
iVA, onu Poiu euSh mViAOy Anso uic siOoou-
ry.
SEC. 6. Each House shall be judge Of the
election, returns, and qualifications, of its
own members; a majority Of all the member:
elected to each House, shall be a quorum tc
do business; but, a less number may adjourn
from day to day, and compel the attendance
of absent members, in such manner, and un
der such penalties, as shall be prescribed by
law. i s3
SEC. T.. The mode of organizing the HOUSE
, [of Representatives, at the commencement
Of each regular session, shall be prescribed
by law.
SEC. 8. Each House, except as otherwise
provided in this constitution, shall choose
its own officers, may determine its OWE
rules Of proceeding, punish its members fol
disordrrly conduct; and,- with the concur
renee of two-thirds. expel member, but MOI
the second time for the same cause; and, shal
have all other powers, necessary 10 provide
for its safety. and the undisturbed transac
ton of its business. l r ,-ei ~.
Sec. 9. Each House shall keep correc
journal of its proceedings, which shall b.
published. At the desire Of any two mem
bers, the yeas and nays shall be entered upor
the journal; and, on the passage of every
bill, in either House, the vote shall be takeI
by yeas and nays, and entered upon the jour
nal; and no law shall be passed, in eithe
House, without the concurrence Of ma
jority of all the members elected thereto.
SEC. 10. Any member of either Hous'
shall have the right to protest against an,
act, Or resolution thereof; and such, protest
and the reasons therefor, shall, without alter
, alton, commitment, Or delay, be entered upoi
the Journal ~
SEC, IL. All vacancies which may hap
| pen in either House shall. for the unexpire,
term, be filled by election, as shall be directel
by law.
SEC. IL. Senators and Representatives
during the session Of the General Assembly
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 moi be questioned elsewhere.
Sec. l3. The proceedings of both hou
ses shall be public, except in cases which, il
the opinions of two thirds of those present
require secrecy. -
Sec. a.. Neither House shall, withou
, the consent of the other, adjourn fol NOR
! than two days, Sundays excluded;- nor to an,
: other place than that, in which The two Hou
ses shall be in session.
: Sec. Is. Bills may originate in eithe
House; but may be altered, amended, or re
jected in the other. IT,"
,, SEC. l6. Every bill shall be fully an,
: distinctly read, on three different days, un
less, in case Of urgency, three-iourths of tn
? House, in which it shall be pending, shal
dispense with this rule. No bill shall con
tain more than one subject, which shall b
clearly expressed in its title; and no lay
shall be riyived, or amended, unless the ney
, act contain the entire act revived, or the sec
: lion or sections amended; and the section
or sections, so amended, shall be repealed.
Sec. H. The presiding officer of eac
House shalt sign, publicly in the presence @
the House over which he presides, while tn
: same is in session, and capable of transact
ing business, all bills and joint resolution
!, passed by the General Assembly.
! SIC. 18. The style of the laws of thi
! State shall be, ''be. ii enacted by the Gers
{ raj Assembly of the State of Ohio.o
SEC. 10. No Senator or Representative
6 shall, during the term for which he shall hav
. been elected, or for one year thereafter, b
appointed to any civil Office under this STATE
. which shall be created or the emoluments q
which, shall have been increased, during tn
! term, for which he shall have been elected.
:. Sec. 20. The General Assembly, in case
not provided for in this constitution, shal
fix the ,.,m Of office and the compensate .io
; Of all officers; but nc nc change therein shal
affect the salary Of any officer uU..,g uU,ng his eS
: isting term, unless the office be abolished.
1 SEC. 81. The General Assembly shall de
i termine, by law, before what authority, an
: in what manner, the trial of contested elec
i lions shall be conducted. s.
9 SEC. ~. No money shall be drawn fror
j the treasury, except in pursuance of spe
) cific appropriation made by law; and no ar
preparation shall be made for longer perio
than two years.
!, SIC. 90. The House of Representative
: shall have the sole power of Impeachment
!, but a majority Of the members elected mus
i concur therein. Impeachments shall be trie
y By the Senate; and the. Senators, when 81
- ting for that purpose, shall be upon oath {
y affirmation to do justice according to la'
y and evidence. No person shall be conyi'
!, ted, without the concurrence Of two -third
. Of the Senators. ,..4,
!. SEQ, "a. The Governor, Judges, and a
- State officers, may be impeached for any mil
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