Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-08-09
CONsT TUITION Osr '.HE STATE
lF " NASll1NGION.
ART. VII.
LEGISLATIVE.

u this Slate shall be vested IN two dis
inrt branches: the one TO be siylrd the
Senate, and the ether the House i Req
aud brth together. the Leg
sla,ur,. Of the State Of Ws>h,n. .tnn.
The style Of all laws shall be: "lie i
10y the I.egi>latur. Of the State
Dt Washington,
Sic |. The number oi the members
Of the House Of Representatives shall
never he less than eighteen mr. more
than SIXTY. The Senate shall con>isi IT
,ne tilnd The nuo,ber Of members OF the
II u-e of Representatives.
Sic. 3. The i.e-i-t ture shall pro
vide by law fur an enumeration oi the
NH .hl ants OF The s ATE. IL the year Que
/ thousand eigh hun,lred and @ Y ,ty dive,
.ni at The end "t every ten years th,re
after; aud, ut its first s.s.im afser -uch
ruua eratrn, and after each cnumera.
t,nn maize by au'h r,ty of the Unued
States, the Legislature shall app"r!ian
and district IN W tho ,nenbets o. III.
.'enae aud Home Of Rep. e.entative>,
acc. riding to the number Of inhabitants
-xcln3,n. lallr6> u Il taxed and ,llitr>
.nd differs uf the Un,cd States uru,
u d tavy.
SIC. /. Elections Cor members of
t.. lie .i-lature shah he held ennlalI,
When vacancies occlr in cither IL Use
the & v,rnnr shall is Ne writs IL elvc
ton IL fill such vacancies.
SEC D. S.n,tors shall be elected ,
h. term III onr years, aud members at
h. II use ut K pres~nta.ives { tn
tern NJ two years; proUi 'ed that tn,
members IT bath Houses h,st eI c,t,l
shall hp!i tier off rs untll the tin.
| fix d tar the meeting nt the sec nd lie
'>n ure sut II" longer.
SEC. 6. No per,on IN III be mem
her "t tn. i.'. Stature VIII shall nat b,
4 3u,l Il i .sc.r tor "f III" dt>tric' f.
Shch he is .chosrn and wh shall no
t'r AT least 1--WE ve no ,rh> n-xr proceed
IT,. hi. Il eli II, have reside tn rriu
prortde't that amy p rs''n who at ,h'
tine uf the adoption of this Co,s'itu' 10.
/. IA un,lfi d ,ect,r in lie c,un,y u
li-trlct i,r which he shah be chn>e,
III Ill he rli4isle t, tie FIRST Legislature
SIC. I. The tir.t l.".i.l.tnrr shal
iivlde the STATE into al least ten le.i>!,
i've districts in each If hich une Sen
,t"r and three Representatives shall b
= e,ted ~ the yen raj rltcIlon then ney
cn>n'n.; aud the districts shall lie g
convenient cnn,i-.m us territory. to l.
".und-,i BY unity, precinct or var
'ines; an | the "uhl.er may be increas ID
hut shall never exceed twenty tn
le. sIati,e districts shall br nnnbere
u regular serie>. and tie Sena'o,
ch"s.n bv the nd numbered d strict
hall ." out Of cflice II the expr,'i.
Of the second year; and tie Senator
chosen hy the even numbered distr,c,
sh III g' ou' CT flee At the exprati i,
tne fourth year; and thtr-att. r fhe Sci
'tor- shall be chO Ell FIR the teru, 1,
'our years.
Representatives shall hold their off
'or the term at two years. In all eie,
'i"ns OF Rrnresrnt ,tives. after such Il
vision, each qualified elector NAV cast q
manv votes tor one c,u.lii,,e as ther
/ ,r- Reprr>ensati es to b. elected IN III
district. or ne may Distribute the Sam
! r.qnal i,ar's thereof among the c ,ud
lairs. n he shall see f.; aud the c,nd
ia,es hiyleS, in votes shall he e'ecte'
l'u; the l.eeisla'nre may Mt my tin
alter the year 1899, adopt the sys,e
: knew" as preferential system. IN II
rle,tun ot Representatives.. and cna
= -uch laws as will he ecessary to carr
y il iuto feet. The terms ni Office
Senators aud Representatives elected
= an time subsequent to the frt clec,io
y >ha | c"n,,nen"e n, the enl Of the ter
s; i thr'>e III ofii a, the tine.
SEC, 8. Zach member Of the I.eg's
r ture. AS comp 'n.ati"n Tor his servic.
q shall receive (, dollars fnr each d.,
- :, attendance. and ten cents for each IN
n necess s,rily tr,velci in going to or I,
i 'urnin. from the seat If governine,
y md shall not receive any other c"mpe
y sa'ion. 'petqu site or allowance what,
ever. No session of 'hs I.egisl,'u
~ excerpt the fra, shall excel forty da
y The Legislature shall never gr ut a
is Extra conpen.ation +" any pub
:, 'shcer. agent. servant rr cnntract
$ after the service shall have been rend
y ed or the contract entered into; :
shall ths compensation or mileage Of a
public otfirer be increased or diminish
~ during his term If Office.
Sc SIC. 8 There shall be biennial s
is sim. Of the Legislature. Each u,'
:. :. shall be the judge of the elect ms,
" turns AMI qualifications Of its own me
er bers; and majority Of each shall cc
Gf q Ss,pn -. l.