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

General Assembly.
SHc. 10. The House Of Representatives
shall have the sole power Of impeachment,
and all impeachncnts shall be tried by the
Senate. When sitting for the purpose, the
Senator'S shall be upon oath or Affirmation;
and no person shall be convicted, without
the concurrence of twO-t thirds of the mem-
bers present.
SEC. 20. The Governor, Judges of the
Supreme 4 District Courts, and other State
Offices, shall be liable to impeachment for
an misdemean0r or malfc.s'.nce in ONCE;
but Judgment in such cases shall extend on
" to removal from Office, and disqualifcl-
ton to hold any Office Of honor, trust or
profit under this State; but the party con-
victed Or acquitted, shall nevertheless be
liable to Indictment, trial and punishment
according to law. All other civil officers
shall be tried for misdemc;.nors and m.llfe;l-
sance in 0f6oe in such manner, Us the Cen
cral Assembly may provide.
SEC. 2l. No Senator or Representative
shall, during the time for which he shall
have been elected, be appointed to any civil
Office Of profit under tins State, which shall
have been created, on tho cmoliments ol
which shall have been Increased during such
term, except such Offices rs may be Tiled by
elections by the people.
SEC. %. No person holding any lucra-
tive Office under the United States, or this
State, or any other power, shall be eligible
to hold seat in the General Assembly
But officers in the militia, to which there is
no'annaal salary, or the Office Of justice Of
the peace, or p0st-masters whose conpen-
per annun, or notary public, shall not be
deemed lucrative.
SEC. q. No person who may hereafter
be a collector or holder of public moneys
shall have seat in either house Of the Gen.
eral Assemly, or to be eligible to hold amy
Office Of trust or profit in this State, unit
he shall have accounted for and paid into
the treasury, all sums for which he may be
liable.
SEC. "a. No money shall be drawn from
the treasury but in consequence of appro-
priations made by law.
SEC. %. Each member of the first Gen.
er;l Assembly under this Constitution, s|l.l
receive three dollars per diem while in ses-
sion; and the further SUM Of three dollars
for every twenty miles Travelled in going tc
and returning from the place where such
session is held, by the nearest Travelled route
after which, they shall be fixed by law; bu1
no General Assembly shall have tho power
to increse the compensation OF its own mem
bers. And when convened in extra session
they shall receive the same mileage and pei
diem compensation rs fixed by law for tht
regular session, and none other.
Sec. 26. No law of the General Assem-.
bly,, passed at the regular session, Of /; pub
Lie nature, shall take effect until tho 4th day
of July next after the passage thereof
Laws passed ut u special session shall tax,
effect ninety days after the adjournment ol
the General Assembly by which they wer,
passed. If the General Assembly shall deem
any law of immediate Importance, they may
provide that the same shall take effect by
publication in newspapers in the State.
SEC. q. No divorce shall be granted b,
the General Assembly.
Sec. 2S. No lottery shall be authorized
by this State; nor shall the sale Of lottery
tickets be allowed.
SEC. 20. Every act shall embrace bu
one subject, and matters properly connected
Herewith; winch subject shall be expressed
in the title. But if any subject shall be EN-.
braced in an act which shall not be express
sed in the title, such act shall be void only
as To sa aanah thereof -as- shall not be ex.
! pressed in the title.
SEC. 80. The General Assembly shall
not pass local or special laws in the follow.
ing cases:
/ For the assessment and collection of tax.
es for State, County or Road purposes:
For LAYING out, opening and working
roads or highways:
For changing the names of persons;
4 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 il
all other Gases, where u general law can b.
made applicable, all laws shall be general
and Of uniform operation throughout ths
State; and no law changing the boundary
lines of any county shall have effect unit
upon being submitted to the people of tht
counties effected by the change, at a gener.
al election, it shall be approved by ma.
/ iority of the votes in each county, cast fol
anu against it.
/ SEC. 81. No extra compensation shall
be made to any officer, public agent, or con.
/ tractor, after the service shall have beer
rendered, or the contract entered into; MOI
shall any money be paid on any claim, the
subject matter of which shall not have beer
provided for by existing laws, and no pub.
lie money or property shall be appropriated
for local or private purposes, unless such
appropriation, compensation, or claim, be
allowed by thirds Of the members elect
ed to each branch of the General Assembly,
! SEC. 81. Members Of the General As.
sembly shall, before they enter upon the du.
ties of their respective Offices, take and sub
| scribe the following oath or affirmation
81 do solemly swear, or affirm, Gas the case
may be,) that will support the Constitu-
ton of the United States, and the Constitu-
tion of the State of Iowa, & that will faith
fully discharge the duty Of Senator (or Rep
resentative, as the case may be, according
to the best of my abllity.o And members
of the General Assembly are hereby en-
powered to administer to each other the
oath or affirmation.
SEC. 80. The General Assembly shall in
the years 1859, 1868, 1865, 1867, 1869, and
1875, and every ten years thereafter, cause
an enumeration to be made Of all the white
inhabitants of the State.
SEC. "a. The number of Senators shall,
at the next session following each period Of
making such enumeration, and the next
session following each United States CEN
sus, be fixed by law, and apportioned
among the several counties, according to
the number of white inhabitants in each.
Sec. 35. The Senate shall not consist of
more than fifty members, nor the House Of
Representative of more than one hundred;
and they shall be apportioned among the
several counties and representative dictricts
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 coun-
ties, and shall be entitled to one Represen-
tative. Every county and district which
shall have number Of inhabitants equal to
one-half Of the ratio fixed by law, shall be
entitled to one Representative; and any one
county containing in addition to the ratio
fixed by law one-haf of that number, or
more, shall entitled to one additional Rep
resentative. No floating district shall here
after be formed.
SEC. 36. At its first session under
this Constitution, and at every subses
quent regular session, the General Assem-
bly shall tx the ratio of representation and
also form into representative districts those
counties which will not be entitled singly