The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-12-11

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Journal of its proceedings and from time
to time publish the same, except such
parts as require secrecy, and the yeas
and nays Of the members on any ques-
tion shall, at the desire OF any two of
them, be entered on the journal,
SEC. l3. The sessions of each house
and of committees of the whole shall be
open, unless when the business is such
as ought to be kept secret.
Sec. IA. Neither house shall, with
out the consent of the other, adjourn for
more than three days, nor to any other
place than that in which the two houses
shall be sitting.
Sec Is. The members of the Gen
eral Assembly shall in all cases, except
treason, felony, violation of their oath
of office, and breach or surety of the
peace, be privileged from arrest during
their attendance at the sessions Of their
respective houses and in going to and
returning from the same; and for any
speech or debate in either house, they
shall not be questioned in any other
place.
SEC l6. The State shall be divided
into fifty Sentorial districts of compact
and contiguous territory, as nearly equal
in population as may be, and each dis
trict shall be entitled to elect one Sena-
tor. Each county containing one or
more rations of population shall be en-
titled to one Senator or for each ratio,
and to an additional Senator for sur
plus of population exceeding three-ffths
of ratio; but no county shall form a
separate district unless it shall contain
four-ffths of ratio, except where the
adjourning counties are each entitled tc
one or more Senators, when such county
may be assinged Senator on less than
four-flths, and exceeding one-half of q
ratio, aud no county shall be divided un.
less entitled to two or more Senators
No city or county shall be entitled tc
separte representation exceeding one.
sixth OF the whole number OF Senators
No ward, borough, or township shall be
divided in the formation Of district
The Sentorial ratio shall be ascertained
by dividing the whole population of the
State by the number fifty.
Sec II. The members Of the HOUSE
of Representatives shall be apportioned
among the several counties by ratio
obtained by dividing the population o.
the State as ascertaiued by the most re-
cent United States census by two hun
dred. Every county containing less
than five ratios shall have one representa-
tive for every full ratio, and an addit
onal representative when the surplus ex
ceeds half ratio; but each county shal
have one representative for every tul
ratio, and an additional representative
when the surplus exceed half ratio
but each county shall have at least one
representative. Every county contain
ing five ratios or more shall have on,
representative for every full ratio
Every city containing a population
equal to a ratio shall elect separated y it
proportion of the representatives allot
ted 10 the comfy in which it is located
Every city entitled to more than fou
representatives, and evory county hav
ing over one hundred thousand inhabit
ants, shall be divided into districts o
CON pact and contiguous territory, eacl
district to elect its proportion Of repre-
sentatives according to its population
but no district shall elect more than fou
""SEc"T8.""' The General Assembly a
its first session after the adoption of thi
constitution, and Immediately after eacl
United States decennial census, shall ap
portion the State into Senatorial and Re
preventative districts agreeably to th
provisions of the two next preceding sec
tions.