The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-06-13

shall enjoy the Same rights IN respect to the
possession, enjoyment, and descent Of prop
erty. as native born citizens.
SIC, @. There shall be no slavery in
this State; nor shall there be involuntary
serviture, unless for the punishment Of
crime.
SIC. "a. No lease or grant Of aericultu-
raj lands, reserving any rent, or service Of
any kind, shall be valid for longer period
than twenty years.
SIC. q This enumeration Of rights shall
mot be construed to impair Or deny others,
retained by the people.
ARTICLE n-RIGHT OF tUFfRAoH.
sKcr,ox /. Every white male citizen of
4 tho United States OF the age Of twenty-one
wears. who shall have been resident Of the
State six months next preceding the election,
and the county in which h( claims his vote
sixty days, shall be entitled to vote at all
elections which are now or hereafter may be
authorized by law.
SEc. 2. Electors shall in al cases except
treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be
privileged from arrest on THE days Of cleo
ton, during their attendance i such election
going to and returning therefSrm.
SECs ANV CACCeOA SHaAl gC VO1tSCu w
perform militia duty on the day Of election,
except in time of war or public danger.
Ssc. 4. No person in the military, naval,
or marine service Of the United States shall
be considered resident OF this State by
being stationed in any garrison, barrack, or
military or naval place or station within this
State.
SEC. S. No idiot or insanse person, or
person convicted of any infamous crime,
shall be entitled to the privilege Of an cleo
tor.
SEC. 6. All elections by the people shall
be by ballot.
ARTICLE II-or THE DIsrRIBUnoNoF PowERs.
SECTION l. The powers of the govern
arate departments: The Legislative, the
Executive, and the Judicial; and no person
charged with the exercise Of powers prop
erly belonging to one Of these departments,
shall exercise any function appertaining to
either Of the others, except in cases herein
after expressly directed or permitted.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
SECTION. l.. The Legislative authority of
this State shall be vested in q General
Assembly, which shall consist of Sem
ate and House of Representatives and
the style of every law shall be: ssBe it
enacted by the General Assembly Of the
Stlte of Iowa."
Sec. 2. The sessions of the General AS
sembly shall be biennial, and shall COM
mcnce on the second Monday in January
next ensuing the election of its members;
unless the Governor Of the State shall, in
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bly, by proclamation.
SEC. 3. The members Of the House of
Representatives shall be chosen every second
year, by the qualified electors Of their re-
spective districts, on the second Tuesday in
October, except the years of the Presidential
election, when the election shall be on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in No
vember; and their term of Office shall COM
mence on the first day of January next after
the election, and continue two years, and
until their successors are elected and quail
| fed.
Sec. 4. No person shall be member OF
the Hous Of Representatives who shall nU
have attained the age Of twenty-one years,
be free white male citizen of the United
States. n shall have been an inhabitant OF
this State one year next preceding his elec-
ton, and at the time of his election shall have
had an actual residence of sixty days in the
county or district he may have hoan ebHssu
to represent.
SEC. 5. Senators shall be chosen for the
term of four years, at the same time and
place rs Representatives they shall be
twenty-five years of age. and possess the
qualification Of Representatives as to resi-
dence and citizenship,
Sec. 6. The number of Senators shall
one-h;,lf the Representative body; and shall
be SO classified by lot, that one class being
as nearly one-half rs possible, shall be
elected every two years. When the number
of Senators is increased, they shall be an
nexed by lot to one or the other Of the two
classes, so as to keep them as nearly equal
in numbers as practicable.
SEC. I. Each House shall choose its own
officers, and judge Of the qualification, cleo
ton, and return of its own members. A
cont ,sted election shall be determined
in such manner as shall be directed by
law.
Sec. 8. A majority of each House shall
constitute quorum to do business; but a
smaller number may adjourn from day to
day, and may compel the attendance OF alb
sent members in such manner and under
such penalties as each House may provide.
SEC. 9. Each House shall sit upon its
own adjournment, keep journal Of its pro-
ceedings, and publish the same; determine
its rules of proceedings, punish members for
disorderly behavior, and, with the consent
of two thirds expel member, but not a
second time for the same ofense; and shall
have all other powers necessary for branch
of the General Assembly of free and inde-
penden State.
Sec. 10. Every member of the General
Assembly shall have the liberty to dissent
from or protest against any act ofresolu-
ton which he may think injurious to the
public or IN individual, and have thereasons
for his dissent entered on the journals; and
the yeas and navs of the members of either
house, on any question, shall as the desire
of any two members present, be entsred on
the journals.
Sec. IL. Senators and Representatives, in
all cases, except treason, felony, orbreach
of the peace, shall be privileged fron arrest
during the session of the General Assembly,
and in going to and returning fom the
same.
Sec. IL. When vacancies occur ia either
House, the Governor, or the person exerci-
sing the functions of Governor, shall issue
writs of election to fill such vacancies.
Sec. 13. The doors of each House shall
be open, except on such occasion as, in the
opinion of the House, may require secrecy.
Sec. IA. Neither House shall, witholt
the consent of the other, adjourn for more
than three days, nor to any other place than
that in which they may be sitting.
Sec. Is. Bills may originate in either
House, and may be amended, altered, Or
rejected by the other; and every bill having
passed both Houses, shall be signed by the
Speaker and President of their respective
Houses.
Sec. 16. Every bill which shall have pas.
sed the General Assembly, shall, before it
becomes law, be presented to the Govern
or. If he approve, he shall sign it; if not,
be shall return it with his objections, to me
House in which it originated, which shall
enter the same upon their journal, and pro-
ceed to reconsider it; if, after such recon-
it again pass both Houses,
by yeas and nays, by majority of two-thirds
OF the members Of each House, it shall be-
come law, Notwithstanding the Governor's
objections. If any bill shall not be returned
within three days after it shall have bsen
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