The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-07-04

be Il collector or holder OF public money
shall have seat in either House Of tn,
General Assembly, or be eligible to holt
any Office Of trust or profit in this STATE
until he shall have accounted for anc
paid into the treasury all sums for which
he may be liable.
See. "a. No money shall be drawn
from the treaHury but in consequence o'
appropriations made by law.
Sec. 25. Each member of the first &c.
neral Assembly under this Constitution
shall receive three dollars per diem while
in session and the further sum of three
dollars for every twenty miles travelled
in going to and returning from the place
where such session is held, by the near
est travelled route after which they
shall receive such compensation as shall
be fixed by law but no General Assem-
bly, shall have power to increase the com
pensation Of its own members. And
when convened in extra session they
shall receive the same mileage and per
diem compensation as fixed BY law for
the regular session, and none other.
Sec 26. No law OF the General As
sembly, passed at regular session, Of a
public nature, shall take effect until the
fourth day of July next after the passage
thereof Laws passed at a special scs-
sion shall take effect ninety days after
the adjournment of the General Assem-
bly, by which they were passed. If the
General Assembly shall deem any law of
Immediate Importance, they may provide
that the same shall take effect by publ
cation in newspapers in the State
Sec. 27. No divorce shall be granted
by the General Assembly.
Sec. 2S No lottery shall be authorized
by this State; nor shall the sale of bot
terry tickets be allowed
See. 90 Every act shall embrace but
one subject, and matters properly con-
nectcd Herewith which subject shall
be expressed in the title But if any
subject shall be embraced in an act
which shall not be expressed in the title,
such act shall be void only as to so much
thereof as shall not be expressed in the
title.
Sec. 80. The General Assembly shall
not pass local or special laws in the fol-
lowing eases
For the assessment and collection Of
taxes for State, county, or road purposes;
For laying out, opening, and working
roads or highways
For changing the names of persons;
For the incorporation of cities and
towns;
For vacating roads, town plats, streets,
alleys, or public squares;
For locating or changing county seats.
In all the cases above enumerated, and
in all other cases where a general law can
be made applicable, all laws shall be ge-
neral, and of uniform operation through
out the State and no law changing the
boundary lines of any county shall have
effect until, upon being submitted to the
people of the counties affected by the
change, at general election, it shall be
approved by majority of the votes in
each county, cast for and against it.
Sec. 81. No extra compensation shall
be made to any officer, public agent, or
contractor, after the services shall have
been rendered, or the contract entered
into; nor shall any money be paid on
any claim, the subject matter Of which
shall not have been provided for by pre-
existing laws, and no public money or
property shall be appropriated for local
or private purposes, unless such appro-
priatiou, compensation, or claim, be al
lowed by two-thirds of the members
elected to each branch Of the General
Sec. 81 Members of the General As
sembly shall, before they enter upon the
duties of their respective Offices, take and
subscribe the following oath or affirma-
ton :" l do solemnly swear Cor affirm,
as tho case may be-, that will support
the Constitution Of the United States,
and the Constitution of the State of
Iowa, and that | will faithfully discharge
the duties of Senator Cor Representative,
as the case may bc) according to the best
of my ability" And members of the
General Assembly are hereby empowered
to administer to each other the said oath
on affirmation.
Sec. So The General Assembly shall,
in the years one thousand eight hum
dred and ffty-nine, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, one thousand
eight hundred and sizty-fve, one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-seven, one
Thousand eight hundred and sixty-nlne,
and one thousand eight hundred seven
ty-fve, aud every ten years thereafter,
cause an enumeration to be made of all
the white inhabitants Of the state.
See. 81 The number Of senators shall,
at the next session follosing each period
of making such enumeration, and the
next session following eaah United States
census, be fixed by law, and apportioned
among the several counties, according to
the number of white inhabitants in each,
Sec. 3D. The Senate shall not consist
Of more than fifty members, nor the
House of Representatives, of more than
one hundred; and they shall be apportion-
ed among the several counties and repre-
sentative districts of the state, according
to the number Of white inhabitants in
each, upon ratios to be fixed by law; but
no representative district shall contain
more than four organized counties, and
each district shall be entitled to at least
one representative. Every county and
district which shall have number of ia-
habitants equal to one-half of the ratio
fixed By law, shall be entitled to one rep
reseatative; aai any enc county contain
ing, in addition 10 the ratio fixed by law,
one-halt Of that number, or more, shall be
entitled to ono additional representative
No floating district shall hereafter be
formed