, 1878-08-24


dates highest in votes shall he elected;
but the Legislature may at any time
after the year 1890, adopt the system
koown ms the preferential system in the
election o. Representatives. and to enact
such laws as will be necessary to carry
it into effect. The terms oi office Of Sena-
tors and Representatives, elected at any
time subsequent TO the first election,
shall commence at the end ot the term
of those in office Mt the time.
Sec 3 Each member of the Lcgisla-
tnre. ns compensation for his services
shall receive four dollars for each days
attendance. and ten cents for each mile
necessary in going to or returning
from toe seat 0f government, and shall
not receive any other compensation, per
qusi'e or allowance whatsoever. No
session ot the Legislature, except the
first. shall exceed forty days. The Leg
iSlature shall never grant any extr,
compensation to any public officer,
agent. servant or contractor. after the
service shall have been rendered, or the
contract entered into; nor shall the com.
pensation or mileage of any offer bc
incrsascd or diminished during his term
office
Sec. o. There shall be biennial srss.
ions of the Legislature. Each House
shall he the Judge of the elections,
returns and qualifications Of its own
members; and majority Of each shall
constit ute n quorum to do business;
hut smaller may adjourn from day to
day. and may compel the attendance Of
absent members. in such manner and
under such penalties as each house may
prescribe.
Sec. 10. Each House shall have
power to determine its rules of proceed
ing, and punish its members or other
persons, for contempt or disorderly he
havior in its presence; to enforce ohedi
encc to It's process; to protect its mem
bers against violence, or offers of bribes
or private solicitations, and-with the
concurrence of two thirds of the mem
bers electcd-to expel member, but
not second time for the same cause;
and shall have all other powers necessary
for coordinate branch of the Legis
lature. A member, expelled for corrupt
ion, shall not thereafter be eligible to
either branch of the same Legislature;
and punishment for contempt or diser-
derly behavior shall not bar criminal
prosecution for the same offense.
Sec. II. The Senate shall, at the
beginning and close of each regular
session, and at such other times as may
be necessary, elect one of its members
as President
Sec, 10. Each house shall keep
journal of its proceedings; and may, in
its discretion, from time to time, pub
lish the same. The doors of each House
shall be kept open, except when the pub
lie welfare shall require secrecy. Mel
ther House shall. without the consent Of
the other, adjourn for over three days,
nor to any other place than that in
which the two houses shall be sitting.
Sec. IL. Members of the Legislature
shall in all cases except treason, felony,
violation of their oath of Office, and
breach OF the peace, be privileged from
arrest, during their attendance at any
session of the Legislature, and in going
to and returning from the same; and no
member shal! be liable in any criminal
action or criminal prosecution whatever
for words spoken in debate.
Sec. ID. No act of the Legislature
shall take effect until ninety days after
it's passage, unless in case of emergency
(Which shall be expressed in the pre-
amble of the act the Legislature shall,
by vote of two. thirds of the members
elected, otherwise direct. No bill, cx-
cept the general appropriation bill, for
the expense of the government, INTRO
duccd into either House after the expi-
ration of the first thirty days of the ses.
sion, shall become a law, unless the
same shall have been recommended by
the governor BY special message; and