The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-08-29

q Sm8ltcr numOcr may a0JOufn from DAY
to day, and may compel the attendance Of
der such q penalty,a as may be prescribed by
law.
SEC. Al. Each house shall be the Judge
Of the election returns and qualifications Of
its own members.
power to determine the rules of proceed
ing, and punish its members or other per-
sons for contempt or disOrderly behavior
in its presence; to protect its members
against violence or offers of brides, or
private solicitation, and with the concur
renee of t%wo-thirds, to expeI a member;
and usual in the Legislative Assembly Of
q free state. But no imprisonment by
either house shall continue beyond thirty
days. Punishment for contempt or dis
orderly behavior shall not bar a criminal
prosecution for the same offense.
al Of its proceedings, and the yeas and
nays on any question shall be taken and
| entered on the journal at the request of
one.sixth Of those present. 49,
SEC. 80. The sessions Of each house and
of the committee Of the whole shall be
open unless the business is such as ought
to be kept secret. :,
SEC. 81. Neither house shall, without the
consent of the other, adjourn for more than
three days nor to any other place than
! that in which the two houses shall be sit
ting, except in case of epidemic, pestilence,
or other great danger. e..
sentatives jointly shall be designated as
the Legislative Assembly of the State of
| North Dakota. e.. >;
SEc.5S. The Legislative Assembly shall
meet at the seat OF government at IL o'clock
noon, on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in January, in the year next fol-
| 1nwin0 fha olo0finn nf the mQmhprc fhpranf
Sec. 81. In all elections to be made by
the Legislative Assembly, or either house
thereof, the members she'll vote viva voce,
and their votes shall lie entered in the
SEC. IS. The sessions of the Legislative
Assembly shall be biennial, except as 9TH
erwise provided in this Constitution.
SEC. ST. No regular sessions of the Leg
| islative Assembly shall exceed sixty days.
except in case Of impeachment, but the
first session Of the Legislative Assembly
may continue for a period Of one hundred
and twenty days.
SEC. 81 Any bill may originate in either
house OF the Legislative Assembly, and a
bill passed by n house may be amended
by the other.
SEC. SO. No law shall be passed, except
by a bill adopted by both houses. and no
bill shall be so altered and amended on its
passage through either house as to change
its original purpose.
SEC. SO. The ~enacting clause OF every
law shall be as follows: Be it enacted by
the Legislative Assembly Of the State Of
SEC. 50. No bill for the appropriation of
money, except for the expenses of the gov
eminent, shall be introduced after the
fortieth day Of the session, except by
unanimous consent of the house in which
1t is sought to be introduced. .
SEC. 81. No bill shall embrace more
than n subject, which shall be expressed
in its title, but a bill which violates this
| provision shall be invalidated thereby only
as to so much thereof as shall not be SO
expressed. = t.r reaz .#-. ,
SEC. 62. The general appropriation bill
shall embrace nothing but appropriations
for the expenses of the executive, legisla-
tive and judicial departments Of the state,
interest on the public de',t, ard for pub
lie schools. All other appropriations shall
but one subject.
SEC. So. Every bill shall be read three
| several times, but the first and second
reading, and those only, may be upon the
| same day; and the second reading may be
by title Of the bill unless a reading at
length be demanded. The first and third
readings shall be at length: No legislative
Sec. g.. No bill shall be revised or
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ed or Incorporated in any other bill by
reference to it's title only. but 81 much
| thereof as is revised, amended nor extended
or so incorporated snail be re-enacted and
published at length. H.
SEC. IS. No bill shall become a law ex-
bers elect IN each house, nor unless, OH its
final passage, the vote be taken by yeas
and nays, and the names of those voting
be entered on the journal.
SEC. 66. The presiding officer of each
house shall, in the presence Of the house
over which he presides: sign, all bills and
Assembly; Immediately before such sign
ing their title shall be publicly read and
the fact of signing shall be at once
entered on the journal.
SEC. 81. No act of the Legislative AS
sembly shall take effect until July LIST,
after the close of the session, unless in
case Of emergency (which shall be ex-
pressed in the preamble or body Of the act)
the Legislative Assembly shall, by a vote
of two-Jhirds of all the members present
in each house, otherwise direct.
SEC. IS. The Legislative Assembly shall
pass all laws necessary to carry into eff
SEC. SO. The Legislative Assembly shall
not pass local or special laws in any OF the
following enumerated cases, that is to say:
I. For granting divorces.
z. laying OUT, opening, alCorlng or
working roads or highways, vacating roads.
town -plats, streets. alleys or public
grounds. III. @
8. Locating or changing county seats.
4. Regulating county or township
affairs. . !
s. Regulating the practice of courts of
justice.
6. Regulating the jurisdiction and
duties of justices of the peace, police magis-
trates or constables.
Z. Changing the rules OF evidence in
any trial or inquiry. g go D.
8. Providing for changes of venue in
civil or criminal cases.
9. Declaring amy person of age.
10. For limitation OF civil actions, or
giving effect to informal or invalid deed.
II. Summoning or i~mpanneling grand
or petit juries. =
II. Providing for the management of
common schools. &
Is. Regulating the rate of interest on
money.
IL. The opening or conducting Of any
election or designating the place OF voting.
16. The sale or mortgage of real estate
belonging to minors or others under disa-
bility.
is. Chartering or licensing ferries. toll!
4 bridges or toll roads.
II. Renting fines, penalties or for
FIXTURES.
Is. Creating, increasing or decreasing
fees, percentages or allowances Of public
officers.