The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-05-29

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SEC. l6. No hereditary emolu-
ments, honors or privileges shall ever
be granted or conferred by this State.
SEC. is. No power of ,suspending
laws shall ever be exercised, except
by the General Assembly.
SEC. 10. Private property shall ever
be held inYiolate, but subservient to
the public welfare. When taken in
time of war or other public exigency,
imperatively requiring its immediate
seizure, or for the purpose of making
or repairing roads, which shall be
open to the public, without charge,
other than streets and highways in
cities and incorporated villages, a
compensation shall be made to the
owner in money and in all other
cases, when private property shall be
taken for public use a compensation
therefor shall first be made in money,
or first secured by a deposit of mon
ey; and such compensation shall be
assessed by a jury, without deduction
for benefits to any property Of the
owner.
Sec. 20. Jurisdiction to charge
property or effect rights in judicial
proceedings shall not be acquired by
publication only, unless upon or sf-
ter making proof of such publication
| it shall be found by the Court that
the residence and Post Office address
of the party to be affected are un-
known, and can not be aseertained
by reasonable diligence.
Sec. q. This enumeration of
rights shall not be construed to i'm
pair or deny others retained by the
people, and all powers not herein
delegated remain with the people.
ARTICLE II.
LEGISLATIVE.
SECTION l. The legislative power
shall be vested in a General Assem-
lblv, which shall consist of q Senate
and a House of Representatives.
SEC. 2 Senators and Representa-,
tives shall be elected biennially by
1.-THE electors in the respective coUn-
ties or districts on the Tuesday sue
Iceeding the first Monday in NOvem
her; their terms of Office shall com
mence on the first day of January
next thereafter, and continue two
years.
SEC. 3. Senators and Represen-
tativess shall have resided in their
respective counties or districts one
year next preceding their election
and shall continue to reside therein
during their terms of serVic.
SEC. 4. No person holding of
lfce under the authority of the Unit
ed States, or any lucrative Office IN
Ider the authority of this State, shall
be eligible to OF have a seat in the
General Assembly; but this proVis-
lion shall not extend to Township
lofficers, justices of the peace, nOta
lries public, or officers of the militia
nor shall any person interested in 8
contract with, or unadjusted CLAIM
against the State, hold a seat in the
| General Assembly.
| SEC. 5. No person convicted o
embezzlement of the public fund
shall hold Office in this State; no
shall any person holding public mon
lev have seat in the General Assem-
lbly until he shall have accounted 70
Isuch money and paid it into tn
, Treasury.
SEC. 6. Each House shall be judg
of the election, returns and qualifi
cations OF its own members; ma
'liority of the members elected t.
leach house shall be a quorum to d.
business, but q less number may ad
= iourn from day to day, and eompe
the attendance of absent members
in such manner and under such pen
alties as shall be prescribed by Law
t SEC. 7. The mode of organizing
r the House of Representatives, q
r the commencement of each regula
sessions, shall be prescribed by Law
: SEC. s. Each House, except a
otherwise provided in the Constitu
: ltion, shall chose its officers; may dc
l Itermine its rules of proceeding
s punish its members for disorderl
!. lconduct, and with the coneurrenC
|, of tWo-thirds Of the members elec
j ed thereto, expel a member, but NJ
a second time for the same eausl
l. and shall have other powers necess
e ry to provide for It's safety and I'll
n undisturbed transaction of its bus
+ ness.
it SEC. 9. Each house shall keep
8, journal of its proceedings, whiC
r snail be published, and on which, (
?, the request of two members, ii
it yeas and nays shall be entered. c
Z the passage of every bill or joir
d resolution, in each House, the vo
n shall be taken by yeas and nays al
le entered on the journal. No bill
re Joint resolution, excepting joint re
s. olutions relating to the course
D. business in the General Assembl
t. shall be passed in either Hous
f. without the concurrence Of q majC
n Iitv oS the members elected theret
ct SEC. TO- Any member of eth
to House shall have tue right to pT
~ test against any act or Tesoluti'
al thereof, and such protest and t
f, reason therefor shall on being pl
ne lsented to such House, be entered
the journal by the Clerk without
ly iteration, commitment or delay.
j. SEC. II. All vacancies in eth
n House shall, for the unexpired ter
Id be filed by election, as shall be
Or rected by law.
Of Sec. y. Senators and Represent
u Itives, during the session OF the Ge
v eral Assembly, and in going to a
it from the same, shall be priVileg
he from arrest in all cases, except trei
nd lon, felony OF breach of the pea'
-es and for any speech or debate
ty either House, shall not be question
elsewhere.