The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-18

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SEC. 81. This enumeration of righti
shall not be construed TO impair ol
deny others retained by the people
and all powers not herein delegated
remain with the people.
ARTICLE II.
LEGISLATIVE.
SECTION 1. The legislative power
shall be vested in a general assembly
which shall consist of a senate and
house of representatives
SEC. 2. Senators and representatives
shall be elected biennially by the cleo.
tors in the respective counties or dis
tricts, on the Tuesday succeeding the
first Monday in November; their
terms of office shall commence on the
first day of January next thereafter
and continue two years.
SEC. 3. Senators and representatives
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 service.
SEC. 4. No person holding Office un-
der the authority of the United States,
or any lucrative Office under the au-
thority of this state, shall be eligible
to, or have seat in the general assem-
bly, but this provision shall not ex-
tend to township officers, justices of
the peace, notaries public, or officers
of the militia nor shall any person
interested in a contract with, or unad-
! iusted claim against the state hold a
seat in the general assembly.
SEC. 5. No person convicted of en-
bezzlement of the public funds shall
i hold office in this state nor shall any
person holding public money have a
seat in the general assembly, until he
shall have accounted for such money
and paid it into the treasury. @
SEC. 6. Each house shall be judge of
/ the election, returns and qualifications
of its members; a majority of the
members elected to each house shall
| be a quorum to do business, but a less
number may adjourn from day to day,
and compel the attendance of absent
members, in such manner and under
such penalties as shall be prescribed
by law.
SEC. Z. The mode of organizing the
house of representatives at the COM
mencement 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 deter
mine its rules of proceeding, punish
its members for disorderly conduct,
and, with the concurrence of two
| thirds of the members elected thereto,
expel member, but not second time
for the same cause; and shall have
other powers necessary to provide for
| its safety and the undisturbed transac-
ton of its business. 8
SEC. 8. Each house shall keep a
journal of its proceedings, which shall
be published, and en- which, at the re-
quest 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 entered on the
journal. No bill or joint resolution,
except Joint resolutions relating to
the course of business in the general
assembly, shall be passed in either
house, without the concurrence of a
majority of the members elected there
to.
SEC. 10. Amy member of either
house shall have the right to protest
against any act or resolution thereof,
and such protest, and the reasons
therefor, shall, on being presented to
such house, be entered on~the journal
by the clerk, without alteration, COM
mitment or delay.
SEC. IL. ALI vacancies in either house
shall, for the unexpired term, be filled
by election, as shall be directed by
law.
SEC. II. Senators and representa-
tives, dnnng the session of the general
assembly, and in going to and return
ing 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, with
out the consent of the other, adjourn
for more than two days, Sundays ex-
cluded, nor to any other place than
that in which the two houses shall be
in session.
Sec. 15. 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. l6. 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 clear
ly expressed in its title; and no law
shall be revived or amended, unless
the new act contain the entire act re-
vived, or the section or sections amend
ed and the section or sections so
amended shall be repealed.
SEC. II. The presiding officer of
each house shall sign, publicly, IN the
presence 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 assembly.
SEC. 18. Every bill passed by the
general assembly shall be presented to
the governor. If approved, he shall
! sign it, and thereupon it shall become.
law. If not approved, he shall send
it, with his objections in writing, to
the house where it originated, which
may then reconsider the vote ON the
passage of the same. If three-fifths of
the members elected to that house
then agree to repass the bill, it shall
be sent, with the objections of the
governor, to the other house, which
may also reconsider the vote on its
passage. If three-fifths of the men,
oers elected to that house then agree
to repass the same, it shall
become law but the vote necessary
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, ell
tered on the journal thereof. If bill
shall not be returned by the governor
within ten days, Sundays excepted, af-
ter being presented to him, it shall be-
come law, unless the general assem-
bly, by adjournment prevent its return
in which case it shall be filed by him
with his objections in the Office of the