Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-09-29
Features Of the Constitution.

| The right OF trial by jury Shall remain
/ inviolate and extend to all cases at law
without regard TO the amount in contro
versy but jury trial may be waived
by parties in all civil cases, and in all
criminal cases less than felony. No re
ligious tests or amount of property shall
ever be required AS qualification fnr
any Office of trust under the state, and
no person shall be rendered incompetent
to give evidence in any court Of law or
| equity in consequence of his opinions
on the subject Of religion. nor shall any
money be drawn from the treasury for
the benefit of religious societies or theo-
logical scininaries no eek post f;.cto'
law, nor impairing the obligation Of con.
tracts, or retrospective in it's operations
or making any irrevocable grant OF
special privilege, franchises or immuni
ties shall ever be passed by the lcgis
lature; no law or duty shall he imposed
nithout the ronsent Of the people OF
ti:cir representatives in the legislature
and all taxation shall be equal and uni
form; no law sh:. / be passed granting TO
any citizen or class Of citizens privileges
Or immuni,ies which, upon the same
terms, shall not equally belong to all
citizens.
The number Of members OF the house
Of representatives shall never be lie; =
than ifty-tive nor more than eighty. and
the number Of senators less than twenty
five nor more than thirty.two The SEES.
sinns of the Legislature shall be biennial
The legislature shall provide for an
enumeration of the Inhabitants cf the
state in 1855 aud every ten years there
after, and at is first regular session after
each enumeration, and also after each
enumeration made 10y the authority of
the United States, bn: at no other time
The legislature shall apporton the sem
a,orS and representatives. according to
the number Of inlla bitants, excluding
Indians not taxed and soliiers ,nd ofii
Gcrs Of the United States army an1
navy. The teruls of members Of tn.
legislature shall chal. be tw" wears, and
their sal,.ry So day and ten cents mile
aye each way that they shal, receive
pay frr no moro than forty days at one
session, except III proceedings for i'm
ptachineL;, and they Shaii receive no
other ptrCuSities. The legislature sh.ll |
meet 81 IN" seat Ut government on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday Of
January. 40 biil except appropriation
bids ,hai! be pasae containing more
than "ne ruhj"ct. The legislature shall
not authorize any games Of chance, lot
..-y, OF ot gin eu'erpr,c under ANY pre-
tense, or for any purp poe wh.tcyer The
ie 'is!ature hall never grant any extra
compensation 10 an pablic officer,
agent, servant or contractor after the
services shall have been rendered or the
contract entered into; nor shall the
Of any public officer be in
creased or diminished during his term Of
Office. The legislature shall not pass
any local or special law authorizing the
creation, repairing or extension Of liens
granting divorces, changing names of
persons or places, laying out or opening
vacating grounds, providing
for the election OF municipal officers, ex
emDting property from taxation, grant
ing TO any private corporation, associa.
ton or individual any special or ex.
elusive privileges, immunities or fran.
chises whatever. No act shall take
efIec, until ninety days after the I'D.
lournment Of the Session ut which it
passed, unless in case OF emergency
Every member Of the legislature who
asks, receives or agrees to receive any
bribc upon any understanding that his
official vote, opinion, judgment or action
shall be influenced thereby, or who
gives or promises any official vote to an.
other member ofthe legislature, shall he
deemed guilty Of felony and be punish
able by imprisonment. The same ex-
tends over the use of any state official
influence to effect pending measures in
the legislature.
The supreme court shall consist of
three judges, to be chosen from districts
by qualified electors ut large. After five
years the number. Of supreme judges
may be increased to five, and their
terms shall he four years. In case of re-
election, it shall he eight years and the
third successors term shall be twelve
years. Provision may be made for the
voluntary retirement ofsupreme judges
at any time after they arrive at the age
Of seventy years, provided that they
have been in the actual discharge of
duties as such judge for at least sixteen
years immediately preceding such re-
tirement. The supreme court districts
are:
First District-All that portion of the
state lying west Of the Missouri river.
SccOnd-All that portion of the state
living east Of the Missouri river and west
Of the Dakota river.
TDird--All that portion Of the state
lying east Of the Dakota river.
The term ola judge of the circuit court
shall he f,,Ir years