Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-04-26

supported by oath or affirmation, particular
~ describing the place to be searched, ant
the person and things to he seized
SIC. Is. No person shall be imprisoned
for debt in any civil action, on inesne or final
process, unless in cases of fraud.
SEC. is. All courts shall be open and ev-
cry person, for an injury done him in his
land, goods, person, or reputation, shall have
remedy by due course of law; and Justice
administered without denial or delay.
SEC. IL. No hereditary emolumcnts, hon
ors, or privileges, shall ever be granted or
conferred by this State.
SEC. 1S No power of susponding laws
shall ever be exercised, except by the Cen
eral Assembly.
SEC. ~. Privnte property shall ever be
held involate but sllbservient to the public
welfare. When taken in time of war OF
other public eXigency, mperatively requir-
ing It's immediate seizure or for the purpose
OF making or repairing roads, which shall be
! open TO the public, without charge, II com
! pensation shall be made to the owner, in mo-
ney; and in all other cases, where private
property shall he taken for public use, a
compensation therefor shall first be made in
money, or first secured by deposit of mo-
ney and such compensation shall be asses
sed by jury without deduction for benefits
TO any property Of the owner.
SEC. 20. This enumeration of.rights shall
not be construed to impair or deny others
retained by the people and all powers, not
herein delegated remain with the people.
ARTICLE IL.
LEGISLATIVE.
SEcTIoN !. TIE Legislative power of this
State shall be vested in n General Assembly,
which shall consist of Senate, and House
of Representatives.
SEC. 2. Senators aud Representatives shall
be elected biennially, Ivy the electors in the re-
spective counties or districts, on the second
Tuesday of October; their term of office
shall commence on the first day of January
next thereafter, and continue two years.
SEC. 3. Senators aud Representatives shall
have resided in their respective counties, or
districts, one year next preceding their cleo
ton, unless they shall have been absent on
the public business of the United States, or
of this State.
SEC. 4. No person holding Office under
the authority of the United Stutes, or any III
crative Office lmderihe authority of this State,
shall be eligible to, or have a seat in, the
General Assembly; but this provision shall
not extend to township officers, justices of
the pence, notaries public, or officers of the
militia.
SEC. 3. No person hereafter convicted of
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 a seat in the Gen
eral Assembly, until he shall have account
ed for, aud paid such money into the trea-
sury.
SEc. 6. Each House shall be Judge of the
election, returns, and qualifications, of its
own members; n majority of all the mem
bers elected to each House, shall be II quo
rnm to do business; but, less number may
adjourn from day TO day, and compel the at
tendance Of absent members, in such man
ner, and under such penalties, us shall be
prescribed by law.
SEC. z. The mode of organizing the
House of Representatives, at the commence
ment of each regular session, shall be pre-
scribed by law.
SEC. 6. Each House, except as otherwise
provided in this Constitution, shall choose its
own officers, may determine its own rules of
proceeding, punish its members for disorder
ly conduct; and with the concurrence Of
two-thirds, expel member, but not the Sec
ond time for the same cause; and, shall have
all other powers, necessary 10 provide for its
safety, and the undisturbed transaction of its
business.
SEC. o. Each House shall keep n correct
journal of its proceedings, which shall he
published. At the desire of any two mem
bers, the yeas and nays shall be entered up
Oh the journal and, ON the passage of ev-
cry bill, in either House, the vote shall be ia
ken by yeas and nays, aud entered upon the
al and L.. gI,nn I,a al,
er House, without the concurrence of ma
jority of all the members elected thereto.
SEC. 10. Any member of either House
shall have the right TO protest against any
act, or resolution thereof; and such protest,
and the reasons therefor, shall, without alter
alton, commitment, or delay, be entered upon
the journal.
SEC. IL. All vacancies which may hap
pen in either House shall, for the unexpired
term, he filled by election, as shall be direc
ted by law.
SEC. 10. 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 not be questioned
elsewhere.
Sec. 13 The proceedings of both Houses
shall be public, except in cases which, in the
opinion of two-thirds of those present, re-
quire secrecy.
Sec. IA. Neither House shall, without the
consent of the other, adjourn for more than
two days, Sundays excluded; nor to any
o;her place than that, in which the two
Houses shall be in session.
Sec. Is. Bills may originate in either
House; hut may be altered, amended, or re-
jected in the other.
SEC. l6. Every bill shall he fully and dis
tincty read, OH three different days, unless,
In case of nrgencY. three-tonrths of the