Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-02-29


 SEC. 5. The senate shall consist of members chosen every fourth year by the qualified electors of the several dis tricte.
 SEC. 6. No person shall be member of the senate who shall not have at- tained the age of twenty-five years, and have been one year resident of this state, who shall not be male citi- zen of the United states, who shall not, at the time of his election, have an ac- tual residence in the districthe may be chosen to represent, and who shall not be qualified clector, as provided in this Constitution.
 SEC. [. The number ofmembcrs com- posing the senate shall be twenty-six, and of the House of Representatives cighty-two.
 SEC. 8. The General Assembly shall provide by law for an enumeration of the inhabitants of this state in the year one thousand eight hundred and scv- enty five, and every tenth year therc- after; and the first General Assembly elected after each enumeration SO made. and also after each enumeration made by the authority of the United states, may re-arrange the senatorial and Re- presentativc districts according to the number of inhabitants as ascertaincd by such enumeration; Provided, That there shall be no apportiOnment other than that made in this Constitution, un- til after the enumeration to be made in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-fivc. M
 sec. 9. senators shall be chosen at the same time and in the same manner that members of the House of Representa- lives are required to be. senatorial dis tricts shall be composed of convenient contiguous territory, and no Represent tative district shall be divided in the formation of senatorial one. The senatorial districts shall be numbered in regular series. and the term of sena- tors chosen for the districts designated by add members shall expire in two years, and the term of senators chosen for the districts designated by even numbers shall expire in four years but senators shall be chosen for the term of four years, excepting when an enumeration of the inhabitants of the state is made. in which case, fla re- of the senatorial districts is made, the regulation above stated shall govern the term of office.
 sec. 10. Removals of senators and Representatives from their respective districts shall be deemed a vacation of their office.
 sec. II. No person holding any office under the United states. or this state. or any county office. excepting Post Notarics Public. Officers of the Militia, and Township Officers. shall be eligible to. or have a scat in. either branch of the General Assembly. nsrd all votes given ioraits such person shall be void.
 sec. 12. senators and Representatives shall, in all cases, (treason. felony, or from arrest during the session of the General Assembly. They shall not be subject to any civil process dur ing the session of the General Assem- bly,, or for fifteen days next before the and next after the ter imitation of each session. Aud they shall not be questioned in any other place for remarks madcf in either House.
 Sec. l3. A majority of the members of each House shall constitute quo- rum to transact business, but a smaller may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent in such manner and under such penalties as each House may pre- scribe.
 Sec. II. Each House shall choose it's own officers, determine the rules of its proce edings, judge of the qualified tions, election and return of it's mem- bers and may, with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elect ed, expel member; but no member shall be expelled second time for the same cause, nor for any cause known to his constituents at the time of his election. The reasons for any such ex- pulsion shall be entered upon the Jour- nal, with the names of members voting thel con.
 Sec. l5. The General Assembly shall prescribe by law the manner in which the State printing shall be executed, and the accounts rendered therefor, and shall prohibit all charges for con- structiye labor. They shall net rescind or alter any contract for such printing. or release the person or persons taking the same, or his or their securities, from the performance of any of the provi- sions of such contract.
 Sec. Is. Each House shall keep a Journal of it's proceedings, and pub fish the same, excepting such parts as may require secrecy. The yeas and nays of the members of either House, upon any question, shall be entered on the Journal at the request of five mem- bers. Any member of either House may dissent, and protest against any act, proceeding or resolution which he may deem injurious to any person or the public, and have the reason of his dissent entered on the Journal.
 Sec. IT. In all elections in either House, orin joint convention, the votes shall be given viva voce. All votes on nominations to the senate shall he ta- ken by yeas and nays, and published with the Journal of it's proceedings.
 Sec. l8. The doors of each House shall be open, unless the public welfare requires secrecy. Neither House, shall without the consent of the other, ad- journ for more than three days, nor to any other place than where the Gener- al Assembly may then be in session.
 Sec. l9. Bills may originate in either House of the General Assembly, but all bills for raising revenue shall orig mate in the House of Representatives, though the senate may propose amend ments, as on other bills.
 Sec. 20. No portion of the public funds or property shall ever be appro- priated by virtue of any rcsolution.- No appropriation shall be made cx- cept by bill duly passed for that pur- pose.
 Sec Fl. Every bill and joint resolu- tion shall he read three times, on diff fereut days, in each House, before the final passage thereof, unless two-thirds of the House where the same is pend. ing shall dispense with the rules. No bill or joint resolution shall become & law without the concurrence of a ma jority of all the members voting. On