The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-05-08
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LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

Section /. The legislative power il vested in
a Senate and House Of Representatives.
Sec 2. The Senate shall consist of thirty
three members. Senate districts shall be ar
ranged by the Legislature, and not less than
two shall be formed of the territory known as
the Upper Peninsula. They shall be num-
bered consecntvely, and each district shall
elect one Senator. At the fret election under
this Constitution. Senators in the odd num-
bered districts shall be chosen for two
years. and in the even numbered districts for
four years, and thereafter all Senators shall
be elected for four years. No county shall
be divided III the formation of Senate dis
tricts, unless such county shall be equitably
entitled to more than one Senator.
Sec 3. The House of Representatives shall
consist of one hundred and ten members. to
! be apportioned among the several counties
and districts, according to an equal ratio of
population, az near az may be. Each county
having ratio of representation, and frac-
ton over equal to one-third of such ratio
shall be entitled to two Representatives, aud
above that number, one additional Represen-
tative for each additional ratio; but every
| organized county containing population of
not less than one-third of the ratio of repre-
! sentation, and every two or more contiguous
organized counties containing a like popula-
| ton. shall be entitled to a Representative.
| Every unorganized county shall be attached
! to Representative district. Representatives
| shall DO chosen for two years and by single
districts. In every county entitled To more
| than one Representative, the Board of Super
vlsors shall assemble at such time and place
az may be provided by law, and divide the
same into Representative districts equal to
the number of Representatives TO which such
county is entitled by law, and shall cause to
be filed in the offices Of the Secretary of State
and Clerk of such county, a description Of
such Representative districts, specifying the
| M har Of ~ rir ba ~ ~
thereof according to the last enumeration
Such division into Representative districts
shall remain unaltered until the return of an
other enumeration, unless otherwise provided
| by law.
Sec. 4. The Legislature after each enumer-
alton of inhabitants under the authority Of
this State, and by the authority of the United
States. shall rearrange the Senate districts
and apportion anew the Representatives among
the counties and districts according to the
number of inhabitants. But no rearrange-
ment of Senate districts shall vacate the seat
of any Senator. Each apportionment shall
remain unaltered until the return of another
enumeration. No ward or township shall be
divided in the formation of a Senatorial or
Representative district. boundaries of mu-
inequalities may be changed by law, but if
thereby any territory embraced within a Sem
atorial or Representative district shall be de-
tached therefrom, elections shall be held for
be, in the territory 80 detached, until tho re-
turn of another enumeration and apportion-
ment, the same az though such change in
boundaries had not been made. No law here
tofore enacted, making a change in the bound
aries of any municipality, shall be held void
for the reason that the same altered Senate
rial or Representative district, and all such
laws are hereby declared to be valid and con-
tirmed.
Sec. 8. Every Senator and Representative
shall be citizen of the United States and a
qualified elector OF the district he represents
A removal from his district shall be deemed a
vacation OF his office. Senators and Repre-
sentatives elected to fill vacancies shall hold
their office for the residue of the unexpired
term.
Sec. 6. No person holding any elective State
office, and no person holding the Office of Pro-
bate Judge, County Clerk, Register of Deeds,
County Treasurer, Sheriff, County Superin-
tendent of Schools, Prosecuting Attorney,
County Auditor, or any Office to which he was
appointed by the President of the United
States, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate ehall be allowed to take or hold
seat in either house of the Legislature.
Sec T. Senators and Representatives shall,
in all cases, except treason, felony, or breach
of the peace be privileged from arrest during
sessions OF the Legislature. They shall not
be subiect to any civil process during any ses-
sion. nor for fifteen days next before the COM
mencement and after the termination thereof.
They shall not be questioned in any other
place for any speech III either mouse.
Sec. 4. A majority of each house shall con-
stitute n quorum to do business; but smaller
number may adjourn from day to day and
compel the attendance of absent members, In
such manner and under such penalties as each
house may prescribe. III.
Sec. 8. Each house, except as otherwise
provided in this Constitution, shall choose ts