The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13

ment of each regular session shall be
prescribed by law.
SEC. s. Each house, except as other
wise provided in this constitution, shall
choose its officers; may determine its
rules of proceeding, punish its members
for 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.
SEC. g. 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 ma
iority 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. II. All vacancies in either house
shall, for the unexpired term, be filled by
election, as shall be directed by law.
SEC. r. 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 OF
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. ID. 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. Is. 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 a vote by
yeas and nays, entered on the journal,
dispense with this rule; but the reading
of a bill on its final passage shall in no
case be dispensed with. No bill shall
contain more than one sub ject, which shall
be clearly expressed in its title; and nc
law shall be revived or amended unles;
the new act contain the entire act revived
or the section or sections amended; and
the section or sections 50 amended shall
be repealed.
SEC. II. The presiding officer of each
house shall sign, publicly, III the pres
ence of the house over which he presides
while the same is in session, and capable
of transacting business, all bills and john
! resolutions passed by the general assem-
bly,.
Sec. IS. Every bill passed by the gen
eral assembly shall be presented TO the
governor. Ii approved, he shall sign it
and thereupon it shall become law. L
not approved, he shall sendit, with his OBJ
iections in writing, to the house where i
originated, which may then re consider
the vote on the passage Of the same. l.
three-ffths of the members elected to tha
house then agree to repass the bill, II
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 t.
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 thu
original passage. The vote i'll each hous'
shall be by yeas and nays, entered on thu
journal thereof. If 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 preyen
It's return; in which case it shall be flee
by him with his objections in the office O
the secretary of state within ten days
after such adjournment, or become law
The governor may disapprove any item
or items of appropriation contained IL
bills passed by the general assembly, anC
the item or items so disapproved shall b.
stricken therefrom, unless repassed in th'
manner herein prescribed In cases OF dis
approval of bills. Every order or resolu,
ti0n, in which the concurrence OF bOtf
branches of the general assembly may bC
necessary, except on questions OF adjourn
ment, or pertaining to the transaction o
/ 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 o.
bills.
SEC. 10. The style Of the laws Of this
state shall be, "Be It enacted By the Gen
eral assembly Of the State Of Ohio"
SEC. 90. 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 i'll this
constitution but shall not extend the
term of office, or change the salary, fees
or compensation of any person elected Ol
appointed to any Office or position after
such persons shall have been elected ol
appointed. If any Office be abolished
the salary or compensation attached
thereto shall thereupon cease.
SEC. %. The general assembly shal!
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 a longer period than two
years. On the passage OF such bills, or
on concurring in amendments thereto, 8
separate vote on any item or items there
in shall, on demand of any member, b.
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