The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-04-16

land, goods, person, OF reputation, shall have
remedy by due course Of law; and justice
administered without denial or deluy.
Sec. IL, No Hereditary emo!umen,s
honors, or privileges, shall ever be grantec
or conferred by This State.
Sec. Is. No power Of suspending law
shall ever be exercised, except by the Gen,
eral Assembly
Sec. 10. Private property shall ever b,
held inviolate, but subservient 10 the public
AelfaIs. When taken in time Of var o
other public exgency, imperntvely requiring
IFS immedals seizure or for The purpose O
making or repairing roads, which shall bt
open to the public. without charge, IL com
IpensaIioH shall be made TO the owner, il
money; nnd in oil other cuses, where privsts
property shall be taken for public use, Z
compensation therefor shall frsi be made il
money, or fist secured by deposit Of mon
ey; and such compensation shall be assessed
by jury, without deduction for benefits t,
any property Of the owner.
Sec. 20. This enumeration Of rights shal
not be construed 20 impair or deEy other
retained by the people; and all powers, moi
herein delegated, remain with the people.
ARTICLE II.
LEGISLATIVE.
Sec. /. The Legislative power of thi,
Stale shall be vested in General Assembly
which shall consist Of a Senate, and House
of Representatives
Sec. 2. Senators and Representative
shall DO elected blennially, BY the electors IL
the respective counties or districts, On iLt
second Tuesday of October; their term o
office shall Commence on tie frs, day %
January noxt thereafter, AID continue two
years.
Sec. 3. Senators and Representatives
Ishall have resided in their respective coun.
ties, or dlsttcis, one year next preceding
their election. unless they shall have been
absent on 'he public business Of the United
States, or Of this State
Sec, 4, No person holding office undel
tho authority Of the United States, or an,
lucrative Office under the authority of ,hi.
S;a.e, shall be eligible TO, or have seat in,
the General Assembly; but this provision
shall not extend to township officers, Justices
OF 'he peace, notar!es pubic, or officers Of
The ml.iiil.
Sec 5 No person hereafter convicted
of an fmbezZlement Of the public funds
shall hold aGy "fiice in tbs State; nor shall
any pc son, holding puhI,c money for dis
bnt>em a., 81 Otherwise. have a seaj in ihG
g neral Assembly, un',i be Shall have a,.>
Ic"an'ed for, aud ltaid sHcb IN meg iatp the
trcASnry
Sc 6. E,ch Fl,.st shall be judge oi
he ee'iton returns, and qrniGra ions, OF
li's own 'nomoers; majority Of all the mem.
hrrs RI, c,ed to each H,raa, shall bu quo.
inm 20 d" business; hul, u ioss number tnnN
adjourn fpm day tn day, and compel the ai.
lahdanre ~ hbSeni members. III such miu-
Iner, aud Under such penalties, us shall be
prescribed by law.
Sec 7. Fhe mode Of organizing tic
House Of Representatives,, at the commrnGe
ment of each regular session, shall be pre-,
Iscrbed by law.
Sec. y. Each House, except MS olhor'
wise provided in this constitution, shal
choose It's own officers. may determine III
own rules Of proceeding, punish its members
tor disnrdelly conduct; and, with the con
lcuueGce of two-'hirds, expsl a member, on
not the second time for the same cause; aud
shall have all other pnwera, necessary Il
provide 70! its safety, and the undis!urbed ed
transaction of lis business.
Sec 3. Each House shall keep n crrrcc
journal of It's proceedings, which shall be
published. A the desire Of any tWo mem
bers, the yeas and nays shall be entered up
or the journal; and, on the passage Of every
bill, in either House, Ihe vote shall be takel
by yeas and nays, and entered upon lht
IjournaI; aud no Inv ahslI be passed, in eithe
House. without the concurrence Of major
| nv of all the members elected thereto.
Sec. 10 Any member Of either IIous
shall have The right to protest pgainst an,
act, or resolution thereof; and such protest
and the reasons therefor, shall, without alter
alton, commitment, or delay, be entered up
on the journal.
Sec. IL. All vacancies which may hap
pen III either House shall. for The unexpire,
term, be filed By election, as shall he direc
ted by law.
Sec. II. Senators and Representatives
during the session of the General Assembly
and in going 10, and returning from The same
shall be privileged from arrest, IN all cases
excep, ireasnn, felony, or bteach Of tn
peace; and for any speech. or debate, il
either House, they shall no' be questlone
elsewhere.
Sec. IL The proceedings Of both Hon
ses shall be public, except in cases which, i
the opinion of two.'hirds Of those presen
require secrecy.
Sec. IA. Neither House shall, wthot
The consentof The other, adjourn for NOR
than Two days, Sundays exclnded; nor I
any other place than that, in which the Nv
Houses shall be in session.
Sec. Is. Bills uuy originate in ei,he
House, but may be altered amended, or re
ljected in the other.
:, Sec. l6 Every bill shall be fully an
distinctly read, on three different days. III
less, in case ofurgency, three"fourths Of I'll
| House, ia which it shall lie pending, shu
f dispense with This rule. No bill shall contni
more than ono subject, which shall be clear
Expressed in its title, aud no law shall
I revived, or amended, unless the new act CO.
tain the entire ac. revived, or The section
sections amended; and the section, or se'
tons SO amended shall be repealed
4 Sec. Ia. The presiding officer Of enc
House shall sign, publicly in the preaenc
of the House over which he presides, whl
the same is in aessi0n,nnd cspnble of lransat
" ting business, all bills and joint resolution
passed by the General Assembly.
g Sec. Is. The style OF the laws Of til
State shall be, "Be IL enacted BY HE Gene
! al Assembly cfthe State cf0hto."