The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-27

Journal OF its proceedings aud 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, a. 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
iu population as may be, and each dis
trict shall be entitled to elect one Sena.
tor. Each county containing one OF
more rations of population shall be en-
titled to one Senator or for each ratio
and to an additional Senator for a sur
plus Of population exceeding thrce-ffths
Of ratio; but no county shall form a
separate district unless it shall contain
iour-ffths of ratio, except where the
adjourning counties are each entitled to
one or more Senators, when such county
may be assinged Senator on less than
four-ffths, and exceeding one-half Of a
ratio, aud no county shall be divided I'm
less entitled to two or more Senators.
No city or county shall be entitled to
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 Seutorial ratio shall be ascertained
by dividing the whole population of the
State by the number fifty.
SEG II. The members of the House
Of Representatives shall be apportioned
among the several counties by ratio
obtained by dividing the population OF
the State as ascertained 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 addti-
onal representative when the surplus ex-
ceeds half ratio; but each county shall
have one representative for every full
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 one
representative for every full ratio.
Every city containing a population a
equal to ratio shall elect separately its
proportion of the representatives allot-
ted 10 the comfy in which it is located.
Every city entitled to more than four
Representatives, and every county hav-
ing over one hundred thousand inhabit-
ants, shall be divided into districts OF
compact and contiguous territory, each
district to elect its proportion Of repre-
sontatives according to its population,
but no district shall elect more than four
representatives,.
SEC Is. The General Assembly at
its first session after the adoption of this
constitution, and Immediately after each
United States decennia, census, shall ap.
portion the State into Senatorial aud Re-
preventative districts agreeably to the
provisions Of the two next preceding Sec
tons.
ARTICLE III.