Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-10-16


Section l. The general election shall be held
biennially the Tuesday next following the
first Monday in November. The first general
that day. in the year one thousand eight hundred
and seyenty-siX; but the General Asspmbi,
may, by law, iix u Il. .A>rent day-tw0-thirds oi
thereto.
Sec 2. Every male citizen of the United
States, and every IN ile person of foreign birth,
u citizen OF the United States according to law
not less than one year nor more than five years
before he is allowed to vote, who is over the age
qualifications shall bc entitled to vote at all cleo
First-He shall have resided il the State one
year Immediately preceding the election al
which he offers to vote.
Second-Hc shall have resided III the county
city or town where he shall offer to vote, at
least sixty days Immediately proceeding the
election.
Sec. ). All elections by the people shall h,
in the Ortler in which it shall be received, and
the number recorded by the election officers on
the list of voters, opposite the name .of the voter
who presents the ballot. The election officer,
shall be sworn or affirmed not to disclose how
any voter shall have voted, unless required TO do
SO rs witnesses in a Judicial proceeding: Pro-
yided, That in all cases of contested elections
the ballots cast may be counted, compared will
the list of voters, and examined under such
safeguards and regulations as may be prescribed
by law.
Sec. 4. Voters shall in ull cases, except trca.
son, felony breach of the peace, be prIvi-
legged from arrest during their attendance at
elections, and in going to and returning there
from.
Sec. 3. The General Assembly shall provid
by law for the registration of all voters in CITIES
one hundred thousand Inhabitants, and may
provide Tor such registration in cities having
population exceeding twenty-five thousand in
haDitants and not exceeding Odc hundred thou
sandbut, not otherwise.
Sec. 6. All elections, by person in u repre-
sentative calacity, shall be viva voce.
shall be deemed to have gained residence b.
reason of his presence. or lost it by reason OF
ms aosfnSe, while enpioynGd n IN the seryi,. ~
United Stats, nor while engaged in the naviIa- :
ton Of the waters OF the State, Or oil the United
States, or of the high seas. nor while u student,
Of amy institution Of learning, nor while kept in
" poor-house. or other asylum at public eN-
pense, nor while confined IN public prison.
house, or other asylum at public expense, nor
while confined in public prison, shall be enti-
tied to vote at any election under the laws OF this
State.
sec. o. The trial and determination OF con-
tested elections of all public officers, whether
state. judicial. municipal or local, except Coy
ernor and Lieutenant Governor, shall be by til,
courts OF law, or by one or more of the judges
thereof. The General Assembly shall. by gen.
eral law, designate the court or judge by whom
the several Glasses of election contests shall be
tried, und regulate the manner of trial and all
matters inciueut thereto; but no such law,
signing Jurisdiction or regulating its exercise,
shall apply to any contest arising out OF an,
election Ii Id before said law shall take effect.
Sec. ~. The General Assembly may enact
laws excluding from the right of voting a!l per-
crime, or misdemeanors connected ith the eN-
ercise Of the right of suffrage.
Sec. IL. No officer, soldier or murine, in the
regular army or navy OF the United States,
shall be enti'lel to vote at any election in this
state.
Sec la. No person shall he elected or ap-
ff In irI in f.lfn tXril rlI
tary. who Is not Il citizen OF the Unitcd States,
and who shall not haye resided in this State one
year next preceding his election or appoint
ment
ARTICLE TX.
COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS.
Section |. The several counties of this State,
as they now exist, are hereby recognized as le-
gal subdivisions OF the State.
Sec. ,. The General Assembly shall have no
power TO remove the county seat of any county,
b the removal OF county seats shall be proyl-
ded for by general law; and no county seat shal
he removed unless two thirds of the qualitet
voters OF the county, voting on tie proposition
proposition shall be submitted oftenrr than once
in five years All additions to 4 town, which is
u county seat, shall be included, considered ami
regarded as part of the county seat.
sec. ). The General Assembly shall have no
power 10 establish any new county with Ter
ritory OF less than four hundred and ten sqHarc
miles; nor to reduce any county, now cstab-
lished, TO Il less area or less population than re-
quired for Il ratiO OF repres, niation existing at
the time; but when new county is form, d
having population less than ratio OF repre-
sentation, it shall be attached for representative
purposes to the county from which the greatest
shall be obtained. No county shall je div .de,i
or have any portion stricken thcrefrom, without
submitting the question to Il vote of the people
OF the county, nor u.le,s 4 majority OF all the
qualified voters Of tue county or counties thus
affected, voting on the question, shall vote
therefor; nor shall any new county be establish
| q q nha n N " .pn m l,S
OF the then existing county seat OF any county
In all cases Of the establishment of any new
county, the new county shall be held for and OBJ
liSel to pay It's ratable proportion oi all the la-
bilities then existing OF the county or counties
from which said new county shall be formed.
Sec. (. No part of the territory ol any coun-
ty shall be stricken Iand added 10 any uijOn- l.
ing county, without submitting the que ton to
the qualified voters of the counties Immediately
interested, nor unless ma jority OF all the quail
flied voters Of the counties thus affected, voting
on the question, shall vote therefor When any
part OF a county IS stri' k,n OF ahd attached tu
anothcr county, the part stricken OF shall be
holslcn ior and Obliged 10 pay, its proportion OF
all the liabilities then existing of the county from
which II is taken.
Sec j. When any new county. formed tlnu
contiguous territory taken from u.dcr counties,
or when any county, to which territory shall bt
| added AIKEN from an adjoining county. shall fail
10 pay Tie proportion OF Indebtedness OF suci
territory, TO the county or counties from which
1t Is taken, then il may be lawful for any count
from which such territory has been taken, t,
levy and collect, by taxation, the due proper
ton OF indebtedness oi such territory, in tn,
same manner as II the territory had not been
stricken Oil.
Sec q \" county, township, city Other
municipality, shall hereafter become Il subscri.
Der TO the capital stock oi any railroad or Other
corporation or association; or make apprupria-
ton OF donation, or loan It's credit to, or IN Il il
OF amy such corporation association, or to OIL
| III aid OF any college or institution oil learning
ur other institution, whether created Tor or TO b,
controlled by the State or others. All auIhurli,
heretofore Conferred for any of the purpose:
aforesaid by the General Assembly, or by lii.
Charter OF any corporation, Is hereby repealed
PROVIDED, however, that nothing in this Consti.
tuition contained shall affect the right OF any sucl
municipality to make such subscription. wher,
| tne same has been authorized under existin,
prior to ita adQntiop 10 nreyeni IN. ,sl.,.. y