Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-25


in consideration or upon condition that
any other person elected to the same
legislative assembly will give. or will
promise or assent to give. his vote or in,
fiucncc in favor Of or against any other
measure or proposition pending or pro.
posed to be into such legisla.
tive assembly, the person making such
offer or promise shall he deemed guilty
of solicitation of bribery. IL any mem.
Der of the legislative assembly shall give
his vote or influence for or against any
measure or proposition pending or pro-
posed to be introduced in such legisla,
tive assembly, or offer, promise or assent
so To upon condition that n other
member will give, or will promise or
assent To- give, his vote or influence in
favor of or against any other measure or
proposition pending or proposed to be
introduced into such Legislative assembly,
or in consideration that any other member
| hath given his vote or influence for or
against any other measure or PROPOSE
ton in such legislative assembly, he
shall be deemed guilty of bribery, and
any member of the Legislative assembly,
or person elected thereto, who shall be
guilty of either such offenscs shall be
| expelled and shall not thereafter be eli
giblc to the legislative assembly, and on
the conviction thereof in the civil courts
shall be liable to such further penalty a.
may he prescribed by law.
SEC. ~. ANY person who shall directly
or Indirectly offer, give or promise any
money or thing of value, testimonial,
privilege or personal advantage. to any
executive or judicial officer or member
of the legislative assembly, to influence
him in the performance of any of his
| official or public duties, shall he deemed
guilty of bribery. and be punished in
such manner a. shall be provided by
law.
SEC "A. The ohcnsc of corrupt solic-
itation of members of he legislative
assembly, or of public officers of the
state, or of any municipal division there
of, and the occupation OF practice of so
licitation of such members or officers to
influence their official action shall be de
fined by law, and shall be punishable by
fine and imprisonment.
SEC. "A. y member who has a personal
or private interest in any measure or bill
proposed or pending before the lcgi>la-
live assembly shall disclose the fact TO
the house of which he j. a member, and
shall not vote thereon.
SEC. az. When vacancies occur in
either house the governor or the person
exercising the functions of the governor
shall issue writs of election to fill the
same.
ARTICLE vi.
APPoRTIoNMENT MI REPRESENTATIONS.
SECTIoN /. One representative in the
Congress of the United States shall be
elected from the State ut large, the first
Tuesday in October in 1889, and thcrcaf-
ter at such times and places, and in such
manner a. may be prescribed by law.
When a new apportionmcnt shall be
made by Congress the Legislative AS
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grcssional districts accordingly.
SEC. ,. The Legislative Assembly
shall provide by law for an enumeration
of the inhabitants of the State in the year
$50 and every tenth year thereafter;
and at the session next following UGH
enumeration and also at the Scs-
sion next following an cnumer-
alton made by the authority of
the United States, shall revise and ad-
ljust the ap-portionment for representa-
2tivcs on the basis of such enumcration
according to ratios TO be liked by law.
SEC. !. Representative districts may
be altered from time to time as public
convenience may require. When a rep
rcscntative district shali be composed of
two or more counties, they shall be on
tiguous, and the districts as compact as
may be. No county shall be divided i'm
the formation of representative districts.
SEC. 4. Whenever new counties are
created, each of said counties shall be
entitled to one Senator, but in no case
shall a Senatorial district consist of more
than one county.
SEC. (. The Senatorial districts of the
State shall be constituted and numbered
as follows: The county of BcavcThcad
shall constitute the first district, and be
entitled to one Senator. The county of
Madison shall constit ute the second dis
trict, and be entitled to one Senator. The
county of Gallatin shall constitute the
third district, and be entitled to one Sen
ator. The county of Jefferson shall con
stiiute the fourth district, and be en-
titled to one Senator. The county OF
Deer Lodge shall constitute the fifth
district, and he entitled TO one Senator.
The county of Missoula shall constitute
the sixth district, and be entitled to one
Senator. The county of Lewis and
Clarke shall constitute the seventh dis
trict, and be entitled to one Senator.
The county of Choteau shall constitute the
eighth district, and be entitled to one
Senator. The county of Meaghcr shall
constitute the ninth district, and be en-
titled to one Senator. The county of
Silver Bow shall constitute the tenth dis
trict, and be entitled to one Senator.
The county of Custer shall constitute
the eleventh district, and be entitled to
one Senator. The county of Yellow
stone shall constitute the twelfth district
and be entitled to one Senator. The
county of Dawson shall constitute the
thirteenth district, and be entitled to one
Senator. The county Of Fergus shall
constitute the fourteenth district, and be
entitled to one Senator. The county of
Park shall constitute the fifteenth dis
trict, and be entitled 10 one Senator.
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the sixteenth district, and be entitled to
one Senator.
SEC. 6. Uutil an apportionmcnt of Rep
resentativcs be made in accordance with
the provisions of this article, they shall
be divided among the several counties of
the State in the following manners:
The county of Bcaverhead shall have
two (2l. The county of Madison shall
have two (2) The county of Gallatin
shall have two (,l. The county of Jeffer-
son shall have three 90. The county of
Deer Lodge shall have seven Cd. Thu
| county of Missoula shall have five ~.
The county of Lewis and Clarke shall
have eight (S(. The county of Choteau
shall have two (2C. The county of Mica
Cher shall nave two (2l The county of
Silver Bow shall have ten (IoC. The
county of Custer shall have two (2).
The county of Yellowstone shall have
one ~ The county of Fergus shall
have two (2(. The county of Park shall
have two (,l. The county of Cascade
shall have two (2l. The counties of
| Dawson and Cascade shall have one ()
Jointly. The counties of Deer Lodge
md Bcaverhcad shall have one u)
jointly. The counties Of Jefferson and
Gallatin hall have one (I) jointly.
ARTICLE VII.
DEPARTMENT.
SECTION 4. The executive depart
ment shall consist of a governor, lieu
tcnant-governor, secretary of state,
encouragement, state treasurer, state
auditor and superintendent of public in
strucjon, each of whom shall hold his
office for four years, or until his successor
is elected and qualified, beginning on