The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-03-19

malfeasance in ,ficc, in such manner as the
General Assembly may provide. -,. s.r,
SEC. 81. No Senator or Representative
shall, during the time for which he shall have
been elected. be appointed to any civil Office OF
profit under this State, which shall kave been
created, or the emoluments Of which shall
have been increased during such term, except
such Offices as may be filed by elections by the
people 4ssE.n5 bsai z 7 s.s4
SEC. %. No person holding any lucrative
Office under the United States, OF this State, OF
any other power, shall be eligible to hold a
seat in the General Assembly: But Offices in
the militia, to which there Is no annual salary,
or the Office Of justice Of the peace, or post
masters, whose compensation does not exceed
one hundred dollars per .snnum, or notary
public, shall not be deemed lucrative. ~
SIC. q. No person who may hereafter be .
collector or holder Of public moneys shall have
seat in either house Of the Genr Assembly,
or be eligible to hold any Office Of trust or prof.
it in this State, until he shall have accounted
Tor and paid into the treasury all sums for
which he may be liable. +tld "a 9gsaai a
SEC. "a. No money shall be drawn from the
treasury but in consequences OF appropriations
made by law. sizez sai ~ 5afs
SEC. 25.s Each member of the first Gener-
al Assembly under this Constitution shall re-
ceive three dollars per diem while in session;
and the further sum Of three dollars for every
twenty miles travel in going to and returning
from the place where such session is held, by
the nearest travelled route; after which they
shall receive such compensation as shall be
fixed by law; but no General Assembly shall
have the power to increase the compensation
Of its own members. And when convened in
extra session they shall receive the same mile
age and per diem compensation as fixed by law
for the regular session, and none other. e
SKc. 26. No law Of the General Assembly
passed at a regular session, Of public nature
shall take effect until the 4th day of July mex
after the passage thereof. Laws passed at
special session shall take effect ninety days af.
ter the adiournmslt Of the General Assembly
by which they were passed. II the Genera
Assembly shall deem any law Of immediat,
Importance, they may provide that the sam,
shall take effect by publication in newspaper,
in the State.
SEC. 81. No divorce shall be granted BY
the General Assembly. .aslf
SEC. %. No lottery shall se authorized BY
this State; nor shall the sale of lottery tick
cts be allowed. fg7s-...t zat-.
SEC. 20. Every act shall embrace but ont
subject, aad matters properly connected there
with; which su bject shall be expressed in tn
title. But IL any subject shall be embraced il
an act which shall not be expressed in the ii
tie, such act 'hall be void only az to so mnci
thereof as shall not be expressed in the title.
SEC. 30. The General Assembly shall no
pass local or special laws in the following
cases:
For the assessment and collection Of take.
for State, county, or road purposes;
For laying out, opening, and working road
or highways;
For changi * the names Of persons; af !.
For the incorporation Of cities and towns;
For vacating roads, town plats, streets, al
leys. or public squares; f r-,. ,.,;a
For locating or changing county seats. gsaa
In all the cases above enumerated, and II
all Other cases where general law can b
made applicable, all laws shall he general
and of uniform operation throughout the State
and no law changing the boundary lines o
any county shall have effect until upon bein,
.ubmit.ed to the people Of the counties effect
ed by :he change, at q general election,
shall be approved by : majority Of the votes i
each county, cast for and against it.
| SIC. 81. No extra compensation shall b
made to any officer, public asent or contract
| or, after the service shall have been rendered
or the contract entered into; nor shall an.
money be paid on any claim, the subject mat
ter Of which shall not have been provided 70
by pre-existing laws, and no public money o
property shall be appropriated for local, o
private purposes, unless such appropriation
compensation, or claim, be allowed by tw,
thirds Of the members elected to each brancl
Of the General Assembly aalamsJ .zl5
SEC. 80. Members Of the General Assem-
bly, shall, before they enter upon the duties Q
their respective offices, take and subscribe Ii
following oath or Affirmation. 81 do solemn
ly swear, or affirm, Gas the case may be), tha
I win support the Constitution Of the Unite
States, and the Constitution Of the State Q
Iowa, and that will faithfully discharge tn
duties Of Senator, Cor Representative, a. tn
case may be), according to the best Of M
ability" And members Of the General Az
sembly are hereby empowered 10 administer t
each other the oath or affirmation. Ssast-
SEC. az. The General Assembly shall, /,
the years 1889, 1863, 1865, 1867, 1869, IN
1875, and every ten years thereafter, cause .
enumeration to be made Of all the white IN
habitants Of the State. ,.3 ss. .r,as
SEc. "a. The number Of Senators shall, I
thesnext session following each period Of ms
king such enumeration, and the next sessio
following each United States census, be fixed b
Law, and spportioned among the several eeuh
ties, aecorcins to the number OF white inhabl
tants in each.
| SEC. IS. The Senate shall not consist q
| more than fifty members, nor the House {
Representative OF more than one hundres
and they shall be apportioned among the sevel
al counties and representative districts Of th