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ARTICLE III.
| THE DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS.
The powers of government shall be divided
into three distinct departmentS-the legislative,
IeXecutive and judicial, each of which shall he
confided 10 Il separate maiistracy: and no per
son, or collection Of persons charged with the
exercise OF powers sproperiy-helongng TO one "l
those departments, snail exercise any power
properly belonging to either of the others. cN-
cep in the instances in this Constitution express
ly directed or permitted.
ARTICLE ".
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
| Section 1. The Legislative power: subjected
| to the limitations herein contained, shall be
vested in Senate and House ofRepresen'ntivGGs, of G
| to be styled s.T-he General Assembly Of the
Stale of Missouri
| REPRE- sENTATIoN AID APPoRrIoSMEST.
| Sec. .. The House of Representatives shall
| consist of members to he chosen every scrond
yeaI by the qualified voters of the several cotln-
| ties and appOrtioncd in the following manner
The ratio of representation shall be ascertaIned
at each apportioning session of the General As
itants of the State, as ascertaineu by the last
decennial census of the United States, by the
ratio or less, shall be entitled 10 one Represen-
tative; each county having two and a halftimes
said ratio, shall be entitled to two Representa-
tives: each county having four times SAID ratio,
shall be entitled to three Representatives; eaci.
county having six times said ratio, shall be EN-
! titled to four Representatives. and SO on above
| that number giving one additional member for
every two and a half additional ratios.
| Sec. 5. When any county shall be entitled to
| more than one Representative. the county court
shall cause such county to be subdivided INTO
| districts Of compact and contiguous territory,
corresponding in number to the Representatiyes
! to which such county is entitled, and III popula-
| tiOn nearly equal rs may be, in ench OF which
| the qualified voters shall elect one Representa-
| tive, who shall be 4 resident OF such district:
Provided, That when any county shall be enti-
| tied to more than ten Representatives. the en-
cult court shall cause such county to he srbdi-
lyi1 1al inf lat q s. n
| not less than Two. nor more than four Represen-
tatlves, who shall be residents Of such district;
the population OF the districts to be proportion
ed to the number of Representatives to he elected
therefrom.
Sec T. No person shall he II member of the
| House Of Representatives who shall not have
| attained the age oftwenty four years, who shall
not be male citizen of the United States, who
shall not have been quailted voter "l ms
| State two years, and inhabitant Of the coun-
| ty district which he may be chosen TO repre-
| sent, one year next before the day Of his elec
| ton, If such county or district shall have been
| so long established; but if not. then OF the
| county or district from which the same shall
| have been taken. and who shall not have paid Il
| State and county tax within one year next pre-
ceding the election.
Sec 5. The Senate shall consist OF thirty -four
/ members, to he chosen by the qualified voters al
| their respectiv. districts for four years For
the election of Senators the State shal be divtt-
| ed into convenient districts, nearly equal IN
population as may be, the same TO be asctrtained
by the last decennial census taken by the United
| States.
| shall not have attained the age fthirty Years,
who shall not he male citizen Of The United
States, who shall not have been qua,liled voief
OF this State three years, and an lnabtan' OF the
| district which he may be chosen to represent
| one year next before the day OF his election, II
such district shall have been so long estabiishsi.
hut il not then of the district or districts from
| which the same shall have been taken, and who
shall not have paid State and county tax With
/ any county shall he entitled to more than one
| Senator, the circuit court shall cause such
county to be sub'livlded into districts of COM
pact and contiguous territory, and of population
Ms nearly equal as may be, corresponding IN
| number with the Senators to which such county
may be entitled; and in each of these one Sena-
| tor, who shall he resident Of such district,
shall be elected by the qualified voters thereof
Sec. Z. Senators ana Representatives shall he
Established in this Constitution, until the next
dccennial census by the United States shall have
| been taken, and the result thereof as TO this
State aScertained, when the appOrtionment shall
| be revised and dusted on the basis of that cen
| sus. and every ten years thereafter upon the
census be not takan, or is delayed, then on the
basis of State census; such apportionment to he
made at the first session of the General assembly
| after each such census: Provided. That II nj
any time, or from any cause. the General AS
sembly shall fail or refuse TO district the state
fol Senators, as required in this section shall
he the duty Of the Governor, Secretary of state
| and Attorney General, within thirty days alter
| the adjournment OF the General Assembly on
which such duty devolved, to perform said duty,
and to file in the office Ofthe Secretary of State
full statement of the districts formed by them,
| including the names OF the counties embraced in
| each district, and the numbers thereof; said
| statement to be signed by them, and attested by
the Great Seal OF the State, and upon the procia-
nation OF the Governor, the same snail DE as
| binding and ehectual as if done by the General
| Assembly.
Sec s. Until an apportonment of Represen-
tatIveS can be made, i'll accordance with the
provisions ofthis article, the House of Rcpresen-
| tatiyes shall consist OF one hundred and forty
| three members. which shall be divided among
nfIaS nf fha Sf.fn mi n "
The county of st. Louis shall haye seventeen: the
county of Jackson four; the county of Buchanan
three; the counties OF Franklin, Greene, john
son, Lafayette, Macon, Marion. Pike ami
| Saline, each two, and each of the other counties
| in the State one
| Sec. 8. Senatorial and Representative Dis
trIcts may be altered, from time to tim, rs
public convenience may require. When any
| Senatorial District shall be composed of two or
| more counties, they shall be contiguous; such
districts to be US compact may be, and in the
formation OF the same no county shall he divi-
ded.
sec. 10. The first election of Senators and
| Representatives, under this Constitution shall
thousand eight hundred and seventy-siN, when
the whole number of Representatives, and the
Senators from the Districts having odd numbers,
Wno shall compose the first class, shall he
chosen; and in one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eiSht the senators from the Districts
having even numbers, who shall compose the
second class, and sO on at each succeeding gen.
eral election, half the Senators provided for by
this Constitution shall be chosen.
Senatorial Districts. in accordance with tn.
provisions of this Artlclc, said Districts shall be
constituted and numbered as follows:
The First District shall be composed of the
: counties sf Andrew, Holt, Nodaway and Atchi-
| son.
Second District-The counties er buchanan,
Dekalb, Gentry and Worth.
Third District-The counties Of Clay, Clinton
and Platte.
Fourth Dis!rict-The counties of Caldwell
. Ray, Dayiess. and Harrison.
Fifth District-The counties of Livingston,
! Grundy,. Mercer and Carroll.
Sixth )istrct-The counties of Linn Sullivan.
Putnam and Charlton.
Seventh Distrct-rhc counties of Randolph,
E Howard and Monroe.
Eighth District-The counties Of A,iair Macon
and Schuyler.
Ninth District The counties OF Audrain,
| Boone and Galloway.
Tenth Disrict-The counties of St Charles and
Warren.
Eleventh District-The counties of T ike, Lin
: Twelfth District = The counties of Lewis
: Clark, Scotland and Knox.
Thirteenth District-Ihe counties OF Marion
shelby and Rails.
! Fourteenth Distrct-The counties Of Bates,
l Cass anu Henry.
Fifteenth DistrIct-The county OF Jackson.
81 >teenth Distri,I-'fhe counties Of Vernon
| Barton, jasper, Newton and Mcdonald.
Seventeenth District-The counties OF I.aily-
| elite ami johnson.
Eighteenth District-The counties Of Greene,
5 | Lawrence. Barry, Stone and Christian.
Nineteenth District-Ihe counties oi Saline,
| Peitis and BENTON.
Twentieth District-The counties of Polk,
Hickory, Dallas, D:rle, Cedar and st. Clair.
twenty first District-1hc counties OF Laclc,le,
Webster, Wright Texas, Douglas. Taney,
r Twenty second District - The counties ol
Phelps, Miller. Maries, Camden Pulaski
Crawford Il Il Dent.
1 Twenty-;hili Disirct-Thc counties of Cape
/ t;irir,ieau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Penlsc1l
DGnklin, StOddar,i and Scott.
} Twenty fourth Disirict-rhe counties of Iron,
, Madison, Bollinser. Wayne, Butter. Reyn"ld,
Carter, Ripley, Oregon aud shannon
| Twenty Nth District-The counties OF Frank
, lin, GascOnadc and Usage.
Iwenty-siNth Distrct-rhe counties of WASH
, ington. Jefferson, st. Francois, Ste Grneyiey,
! and Perry.
Twenty-eighth District - The counties o
, Cooper, MOniteiu Morgan ami Cole
st. Louis county shall Ice divided into sever
E districts. numbered respectively, rs follows:
Twenty ty-seventh. rwenty-ninih, Ihirtie.h
Ihrty-trst, Thrty-second, Thiriy-third an,
1 Thrty-fourth.
Sec. II. No Senator Representative shall
during the term for which he shall have beer
elected, be appointed TO any Office under thl:
State or any municipality thereof; and no mem.
Der OF Congress or person holding any lucrativ,
Office under the United States, or this State o,
y any municipality thereof, (mliti:i officers jus.
D, tices OF the peace and nOtaries public cXcepte,D
snail be eligible To either house OF the Genera;
| Assembly, or remain Il member thereof, aitcl
:, having accepted any such Office seat in ciihel
Il house Of Congress.
Sec. II. Ifany Senator or Representative re.
: move his residence from the district or count,
Tor which lie was elected, his Office shall thereby
n be vacated.
o Sec. IA. Wrts of election to fill such yacan
ces US may occur in either house of the Genera
II Assembly, shall be issued by the Governor.
Sec. lJ. Every Senator and Eeprcsentati.,
ne lies nf