Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-09-22
AR TlCLE v.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

ARTlCLEV.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
Section /. The legislative power shal
be vested in senate and house of rep
rcsentatives.
Sec. 2. The number of the house O.
representatives shall never be less than
fifLy-five nor more than one hundred
The number Of members of the senate
shall never be less than twenty five mol
more than thirty three. The sessions
OF the legislature shall be biennial, ex
cept as otherwise provided in this con
stitution.
Sec. 3. No person shall be eligible tt
the Office of senator or member of the
house of representatives, who shall ne;
have attained the age of TWENTY-FIVE
years and resided one year within the
state, and be a qualified elector in TIE
district which he may be chosen to rep
resent.
Sec. 4. The legislature shall provide
by law for an enumeration of the inbab.
ltants OF the state in the year eighteen
hundred and eighty five and every ten
years thereafter; and at its fist regular
session after each enumeration aud
also after each enumeration made by
authority of the United States, but at nc
other time, the legislature shall appor.
ton the senator's and representatives ac-
cording to the number of Inhabitants.
excluding Indians not taxed, aud sold
lers and officers Of the United States
army and navy.
Sec. 5. The terms of Office of the
members of the Legislature shall be two
years and they shall each receive for
their services until otherwise provided
by law, the sum of three dollars for each
day S attendance during the session and
ten cents for every mile they shall travel
IN gong to aud returning from the place
Of the meeting of the legislature on the
most usual route, but they shall not
receive pay for more than forty days at
any one session. except in proceedings
for impeachments; and they shall re-
ceive no other pay or perquisites except
their per diem and mileage.
Sec. 6. The legislature shall meet at
the seat of government on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday of Jan.
uary, in the year next ensuing the cleo
tion of members thereof, and at no othe,
time except as provided by this consti-
tuition.
Sec. Z. Members of the legislature
and all officers thereof shall before they
enter upon the duties of their respective
offices take aud subscribe an oath or af.
tirmation to support the constitution OF
the United States and the constitution of
the state of Dakota, and faithfully ia
dischar rye the duties of their resp ective
offices to the best Of their ability.
Sec. s. Each house shall be the Judge
of the elections, returns and uualitica.
tions of its own members, and a major.
ity of each house shall constitute a QUO
rum to do business, but a smaller num-
Der may adjourn from day to day, and
may be authorized to compel the attend.
ance of absent members, in such man.
ner and under such penalties as eacl
house may provide.
Sec. 8. Each house shall have power
to determine the rules of its proceeding,
and punish its members or other per
sons for contempt of or dsorde .ly beha
vior in its presence, to enforce obedienc,
to It's process, to protect its member
against violence or offers OF bribes O
private solicitations. and, with the con.
currence Of two-thirds, to expel msmbe
but not the second time for the SAM
cause, and shall have all other power
necessary for the legislature of f1e
state. A member expelled for corrup
tion shall not thereafter be eligible t,
either house, and punishment for con
tempt or disorderly behavior shall no
bar an Indictment for the same offense
Sec. TO- Each house shall choose it
own officers and the senate shall choos
a temporary president to preside whe
the lieutenant governor shall not atteu
as president or shall act as governo,
The secretary Of state shall call th
house of representatives to order at tn
opening of each new legislature, an
preside over it until a temporary pre-
siding officer thereof shall have bee
chosen, and shall have taken his seat.
Sec. IL. In all elections to be mad
by the legislature, the members thereo
shall vote viva voce, and their votes sha
be entered in the journal.
Sec. ~. Each house shall keep
journal OF its proceedings and from tin
to time publish the same, except sue
parts as require secrecy, and the ye;
aud Lays of members on any questio
shall at the desire of one. sixth of tho.
) present be entered on the journal.
Sec. Is. The sessions of each hou
and of committees of the whole shall b
open, unless when the business is sue
as ought to be kept secret.
, Sec. IA. Neither house shall witho,
, the consent of the other, adjourn (
more than three days, nor to any 9th,
l place than that in which the two hous
t shall be sitting.
: Sec. 10. No member of the legisl
t ture shall, during the term for which
$ was elected, be appointed or elected
4 any civil Office in the state, viii
r shall have been created, or the emol
= ments of which shall have been iucrea
: cd, during the term for which he W
y elected.
s Sec. 10. No person holding Office IL
: der tho authority of the United Sta,
!, shall be eligible to or have seat in I
: legislature.
b Sec. II. Members Of the lcGislat,
!, IN all cases except treason, felony a
!, breach Of the peace, shall be privileg
, from arrest during the session Of I
legislature, aud for fifteen days bef,
% the commencement aud after the ter,
IL nation thereof.
,f Sec. Is. Every hill shall be read
I'd length, on three different days in cs
II. house. The bill and all the substitu