The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-07-30

mehI OF eacn regular session shall be
prescribed by law.
SEC. 8. Each house, except as other
wise provided in this constitution, shall
choose its officers; may determine its
rules OF proceeding, punish its members
TOR disorderly conduct, and, with the con-
currence of two-thirds of the members
elected thereto, expel member, but not
a second time for the same cause; and
shall have other powers necessary to pro-
vide for its safety and the undisturbed
transaction of its business.
I SEC. 8. Each house shall keep a
journal of its proceedings, which shall be
published, and on which, at the request
of two members, the yeas and nays shall
be entered. On the passage of every bill
or joint resolution, in each house, the vote
shall be taken by yeas and nays, and en-
tered on the journal. No bill or Joint
resolution, except joint resolutions relat-
| ing to the course of business in the gen.
eral assembly, shall be passed in either
house, without the concurrence of a ma
jority of the members elected thereto.
SEC. 10. Any member of either house
shall have the right to protest against any
act or resolution thereof, and such pro-
test, and the reasons therefor, shall, on
being presented TO such house, be entered
on the journal by the clerk, without al
teration, commitment or delay.
| SEC. IL. All vacancies in either house
shall, for the unexpired term, be filled by
election, as shall be directed by law.
SEC. II. Senators and Representatives,
during the session of the general assem-
bly,, and in going to and returning from
the same, shall be privileged from arrest
in all cases, except treason, felony or
breach of the peace; and for any speech
or debate, in either house, shall not be
questioned elsewhere.
SEC. 13. The proceedings of both
houses shall be public, except in cases
which, in the opinion of two-thirds of the
members present, require secrecy.
SEC. IA. Neither house shall, without
the consent of the other, adjourn for more
than two days, Sundays excluded, nor to
any other place than that in which the two
houses shall be in session.
SEC. 10. No law shall be passed, ex-
cept by bill. Bills may originate in
either house, but may be altered, amended
or rejected in the other.
SEC. 16. Every bill shall be fully and
distinctly read on three different days,
unless, in case of urgency, three-fourths
of the members elected to the house in
which it shall be pending, by vote by
yeas and nays, entered on the journal,
dispense with this rule; but the reading
of bill on its final passage shall in no
case be dispensed with. No bill shall
contain more than one subject, which shall
be clearly expressed in its title; and no
/ law shall be revived or amended unless
the new act contain the entire act revived,
or the section or sections amended; and
the section or sections so amended shall
be repealed.
SEC. IL. The presiding officer of each
house shall sign, publicly, in the pres
ence of the house over which he presides,
while the same is in session, and capable
of transacting business, all bills and joint
resolutions passed by the general assem-
bly,.
SEC. Is. Every bill passed by the gem
eral assembly shall be presented to the
governor. If approved, he shall sign it,
and thereupon it shall become a law. II
not approved, he shall send it, with his OBJ
jections in writing, to the house where il
originated, which may then reconsider
the yQte on the passage of the same. il
three-fifths of the members elected to thai
house then agree to repass the bill, il
. shall be sent, with the objections of the
governor, to the other house, which may
also reconsider the vote on its passage
If three-ffths of the members elected Il
, that house then agree to repass the same
it shall become law but the vote nee
essary to repass such bill, in each house
shall not be less than that required on the
original passage. The vote in each house
shall be by yeas and nays, entered on the
journal thereof. If a bill shall not be re-
turned by the governor within ten days
Sundays excepted, after being presented
to him, it shall become law, unless the
general assembly by adjournment prevent
/ its return in which case it shall be filed
by him with his objections in the Office of
the secretary of state within ten days
after such adjournment or become a law.
The governor may disapprove any item
or items OF appropriation contained in
bills passed by the general assembly, and
the item or items SO disapproved shall be
stricken therefrom, unless repassed in the
manner herein prescribed in cases of dis
approval of bills Every order or resolu-
tion, in which the concurrence of both
branches of the general assembly may be
necessary, except on questions of adjourn
ment, or pertaining to the transaction OF
business by the houses, shall be presented
to the governor, and, before the same shall
take effect, be approved by him, or, being
disapproved, shall be repassed in the man
ner herein prescribed for the repassage OF
bills.
SCI. 10. 4nc blllc VI lHC laws VI llllc
state shall be, "Be Il enacted 6y the GEN
eral Assembly Of the State Of Ohio"
Sec. 20. No senator or representative
shall, during the term for which he shall
have been elected, or for one year there
after, be appointed TO any civil office un-
der the laws of this state, which shall be
created or the emoluments of which shall
be increased during such term.
SEC. q. The general assembly shall
fix the term of Office and compensation
of officers in cases not provided for in this
constitution ). but shall not extend the
term of Office, or change the salary, fees
or compensation of any person elected or
appointed TO any Office or position after
such persons shall have been elected or
appointed. If any Office be abolished,
the salary or compensation attached
thereto shall thereupon cease.
SEC. %. The general assembly shall
provide by law before what authority and
and in what manner the trial of contest
ed elections shall be conducted.
Sec. %. No money shall be drawn
from the treasury except in pursuance of
specific appropriation made by law, the
purpose of which shall be distinctly
stated in the bill; and no appropriation
shall be for longer period than two
years. On the passage of such bills, or
on concurring in amendments thereto,
separate vote on any item or items there
in shall, on demand of any member, be
had by yeas and nays, entered on the
journal; and every such item, failing to
receive the vote of the requisite majority
of the members elected to the house in
which the bill is pending, shall be strick-
en- therefrom, and each item receiving
such majority shall be declared passed.
SEC. "a. The general assembly shall
prescribe by law the number, duties and
compensation of the officers and employees
of each house; and no payment shall be