The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-03-09

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The csasusuuensirE osssnatsal
concluded its iabors, end parted in
geoa feeling, | hastea to lay before
as oons,ituen,s through the med, um Of
gssr sslssbls paper. sysepsis Of the most
"a sor,art amsndnsats ts>the Constitution
the Slate. The smealments are ia
bfsckes.
BILL OF RIGHTS.
Sec, I No religious test shsll be requir.
% : auali6c cation for auy ufiee or pubic
rust. and no person shall be deprived oil
my OF his lights, privileges, CT capacities,
- disqualified from the performance Of any
at his psbtic or private duties, or readered
ansomPeteat 10 give evidence Ia any eeurs
Of Law Or equity. in consequence oi his opir-
Ions on the subject Of rsiigs9ni laad any
party to any judicial Proceedlag shall have
the right to use ass witness, or take the
,es.imony Of, any etasg person not dis9aal
i6ed on sceount 81 Interest, who may be
cceniasnt OF any fact material 10 Inc case;
and parties to suits may be witnesses, az
provided BY law
The objec, Of this amendment is TO Sc
cure TO every man the right to, sad full en-.
ioynent Of, ell the meaus necessary 10 de
feed his life. liberty aad property, SO fur -
the sans can be secured 10 ths orSalic law
Of the State.
Sec. 10. In all crim,ssl prosecutions.
(snd In csses i~ayelsing the lfs or liberty
81 40 individually ihe accn ed aifsll have y
right to q speedy aud pubic trial by an i'm.
partial jury to be Informed of the aceusa.
ton sgainst him, aud to have e copy OF The
came when demsaded; to be confronted with
the Witnesses egains, him; 10 have con.
puisory process for hts own witnesses; and
TO have the assistance vi counsel.
! Regarding the right Of trial BY Jury as
ne stronges, barrier that can be erected
beaween The oppressed and the oppressor,
convention were induced to extend thai
right to 4 elass OF cases 40. provided in The
present constitution.
See. -. Ths writ Of haSess corpus
shsil not be Suspended 1, Con refused when
application b made a. required by law I'M
less In case Of rebellion or lnvsslop. the
public safety may require il.
The amendm> INT makes II Imperative on
The Judicial IN ger to issue the writ ia all
cases NOT coming within the exceptions. He
cansss exercise, - heretofore, any dlscre
iionasy Pe~er.
Sec. 10 Private property shall NOT be ia
ken for public use without just campenss
ton hrst being made. orsrcured, To BE- paid
to the owner thereof, as s1oa AZ the dsma-
9es shall be assessed BY a jury, who shall
not take into consideration any sdssnlages
that may resuIs to sand owner on account o{
The improvement Of for which Lis taken
This amendment makes the pryrH-nt .
condition precedent TO taking private proper
" for public use, and settles al cpnsrover-
~ about resulting advantages.
LEGISLATIVE pEPlkTsEsT,
See. 3. The sessions Of the General As.
sembly shall be oiennisly and shalt rom
mencs on The isecond) Monday On Janua-
~ next ensuing the election q - mem
bers; unlsss The Governor oil The State
shall, 10 The meantime. Convene the Gene
raj Assembly BY proclamation.
Sees. The sfseaoers oil the House OF
Represe ataitaes email b chosen every sec.
ond year. by the esaIifisd electors OF their
respective d staesss.on the second STussdsy
in Ocsober.l md ,tisit term Of othss shall
commence Al the irst lday o~fJanuaryl next
after their ~ Aon. ana continue Two years,
and unri thsk ELECTORS are elected and
qualified.
The Am endoenss TO the foregoing sections
change the time Of holding the session. 81
the General Assembly from Decsn6er to
January, and The elections for Represent
lives frem August ia O~ctohsy.
Sections is and II are -esaJnEzsssd yna
the following ansndmen, addeJsk
lAny bin submitted % lhs Goyernc. for
his spprovsl during the last three dave Of a
session of the Geasr4l Assembly, sball 81
ieposilea BY hiEI in the uthcs of the secre-
tary Of State within thirty days after The
adjournment, al'h his approval il approved
BY him, and with his objections If he disap.
proves thereby
5ection II is entirely nsv aud ia as fol.
lows
See. II. No bill .hsl. be passed unless
By the ssssn, Of q u~nsjotty Of 81 the mem.
beYs elected to each branch Of the General
Assembly,, and The QUESTION upon rhe 6naI
passage shall be taken Immediately upou
lie lss, reading, and the yeas and maya en-.
tered on the journal,
Sections 80. 81 and IS are 20 nearly al
new that ! ioseri them without brackets as
follows.
Sec. 80. The General Assembly shalt
net pass local Of speeia. laws IN the follow
ing cases:
For the sssessmsns and caI.eclioa OF tax.
es for State, couas.ss. Or road purpose;
For laying QUIZ opening, snd WORKING
reads or highways
For changing the names Of PERSONS
For the Incorporating Of citiss aid
10 sns;
For yseadng roads, town pists, streets,
2sleys, or pubic squares;
For locating or eh- nsing couniy seats.
In all the cases above enumerated, and in
ali other cases wbere a genera law can be!
n sde 9 p~liesole, all laws shall b. s~eaeral
and Of uniform operation ~thrvughUuI the
State; and no ias charging the BOUNDARY
lines Of any county shall haTe Eff c. neal
upon being submitted 10 the peccss d the
counties affected by the Change, at gene.
raj election, It shail be approved by a ina
jofiiy OF the vo.ss 10 eash county, casI for
nd against IL.
Sec. 81. No extra compensation saalj
be made 10 any off GER, pubac sgen'. Dr. coz
tractor, after the service shall hsye been
rendered, OF the contract entered into; rtrr
shall any money De pad ca any claim, the
supi Ct matter u - nich shatl cot rave been
provided for Ds pre- eziss,ng laws. and n
pubic money or property shaitb Dc sppropri
a'sd Ion ioca, OF private purposes. unless
sach appropriate, compensation, ortelafm.
b. allowed BY two tnrd, Of the ~melnbera
rseeted to eaea branch Vi The Generat As
ssm5iy
Sec. 81. The Senate shall nor eJFzisr
}: mars than fty members, nor the fioupe
Of Representative Of more than one bun
he'd; aid they shall be appottioned among
the several counties and representative dis.
uic,r Of the State. according TO The number
u white Inhabitants In each, upon ratios ~
b. hz~d py ls~. But no representative ,lis.
Y q sG43i contain more thin four orgaui4sg
count e. and rhaii b. eRIit5 ID 20 one Rep
seatat,ge. Every county snd district which
-sa!i have ! number Of inhAbitants e;ual %
ne hall Of tbs ratio fixed By law, sha.l be
snTg1{aA - ga Raar Ivc, ~ 49,.