Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-02-29

title only, but the act revised, and the section or sections of the act as altered or amended shall be enacted and pub lished at length.
 See. 24. No new bill shall be intro- troduced into either House during the last three days of the session without the unanimous consent of the House in which it originated.
 sec. 25. The General Assembly, ati first session, shall provide suitable laws for the registration of qualified elec- tors, and for the prevention of frauds in elections,
 sec. 26. The General Assembly shall provide for the speedy publication Of all statute laws of n public nature, and of such jndicial decisions as it may deem expedicnt. All laws and judicial decisions shall be free for publication by any person.
 sec. ?. The style of the laws of the state shall be Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ar kansas. H
 sec. 2S. The General Assembly may enact laws providing for county, town ship or precinct governments. 1 sec. 29. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly, from time to time, as circumstances may require, to frame and adopt penal code, founded on principles of reformation.
 sec. 30. The General Assembly shall not change the venue in any criminal or ] penal prosecution. but shal provide for the same by general laws.
 l sec. 3l. The General Assembly may pass laws authorizing appeals in crimi- i ul .,nl .,,l lOt t,aar Inn right of challenge of jurors thesein.
 sec. B. The General Assembly shall direct by law when and how juries shall be selected from judicial districts in criminal and civil cases.
 eco. B. The General Assembly shall l regulate by law by whom and in what manner writs ol election shall be issued to til the vacancies which may happen in either branch thereof.
 | sec. 34. General Assembly may de- clare the cases in which any office shall be deemed vacant. and also for the manner offiling the vacancy, whe re no provision is made for that purpose. ill this Constitution.
 SEC. B Every bill and concurrent resolution, except of adjournment. passed by the General Assembly. shall be pre-. scnted to the Governor for approval before it becomes a law. 1.-The approve, he shall sign it; if not he shall return it with his objections to the House in which it origi- mated, which shall enter the objections at large upon it's Journal, and reconsider it On such reconsideration, if a majority of the members elected agree to pass the bill. it shall be sent with the objections to the othor House, by which it shall be recon , sidcrcd. lfapproved by a majority of' the members elected to that House, 1t shall become law. In such cases the vote of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, d the na nes of the member. voting for and against the bill shall be en- tered on the Journal of each House res pectvely. If any bill be not returned by the Governor within three days Sundays exceptcd) after it has been presented to him. the same shall become law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the General Assembly by their adjournment, prevent it's return. in which case il shall not become law The Governor may approve, sign and file in the office of the secretary of state, within three days after the adjournment of the General Assembly, any act passed during the last three days of the session, and the same shall become law. aa4 Sec. 36. Each House may punish by imprisonment, during its session, any per son not member who shall be guilty of any disordcrly or contcmptuous behavior in thcir presence; but no such imprison- ment shall exceed twenty hours. Sec. 37. No citizen of this state shall be disfranchiscd, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless the same is done by the law of the land, or the judgement of his peers, except as hereinafter provided There shall neither be slaves nor invol- untary servitude, either by indentures, ap- prenticeships, or otherwise, in this state, except for the punishment of crime, where, of the party shall have been duly convicted. SEC. 38. The General Assembly shall have no power to make compensation for emancipatcd slaves.
 SEc. 39. The General Assembly shall have no power to grant divorces, to change the names of individuals, or to direct the sale of estates belonging to infants or other persons laboring under le. gal disabilities; by special legislation but. by general laws, shall confer such powers on the courts of justice.
 SEc. 40. The General Assembly shall not authorize, by private or special law, the sale or conveyance of any real estate belonging to any person, or vacate or alter any road laid out by legal authority, or any street in any city or village, or in any recorded town plat; but shall provide for the same by general laws.
 SEC. 4l. Tho General Assembly shall not authorize any lottery, and shall pro- hibit the sale of lottery tickets. SEC. 42. In case of contested cleo ton, only the claimant decided entitled to the seat, in either House in, which the contest may take place, shall receive from tho State perdiem compensation and mileage. Haa
 Sac. 43 No collector, holder or dis burser of public moneys shall have a seat in the General Assembly, or be eligible to any office oftrust or profit under this State. until he shall have accounted far, and paid over, as provided by law, all sums for which he is liable
 SEC. 44. The General Assembly shall have power to alter and regulate the juris- diction and proceedings in law and equity, subject to the provisions of this Constitu- tion.
 SEC. 45. The General Assembly shall direct by law in the what manner and in what courts suits may be brought by and against the State.