Great Falls tribune., 1889-09-28

ence in favor of or AGAINST anvm measure n
proposition, pending or proposed to b
introduced into the legislative assembly
in consideration or upon condition tha
any other person elected to the sam
Legislative assembly will give, or will
promise or assent to give, his vote or in
f1uence in favor of or against any othe
measure or proposition pending or pro
posed to be introduced into such lesisla
tive assembly, the person making sucl
offer or promise shall be deemed guilt,
of solicitation of bribery. If any mem
Der of the legislative assembly shall Civ,
his vote or influence for or against an,
measure or proposition pending or pro
posed to be introduced in such legisla
tive assembly, or offer, promise or assen
so to upon condition that any othe,
I member will give, or will promise OF
assent to give, his vote or influence ir
favor of or against any other measure OF
proposition pending or proposed to be
introduced into such Legislative assembly
or in consideration that any other membe1
hath given his vote or influence for 0,
against any other measure or PROPOSE
ton in such legislative assembly, he
shall be deemed guilty of bribery, anc
any member of the legislative assembly
or person elected thereto, who shall be
guilty of either such offenses shall be
expelled and shall not thereafter be eli
gible to the legislative assembly, and on
the conviction thereof in the civil courts
shall be liable to such further penalty as
may be prescribed by law.
SEC. AZ. 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 be deemed
guilty of bribery, and be punished in
such manner as shall be provided by
law.
SEC. 43. The offense of corrupt solic-
itation of members of the legislative
assembly, or of public officers of the
state, or of any municipal division there
of, and the occupation or 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. A member who has personal
or private interest in any measure or bill
proposed or pending before the legisla-
tive assembly shall disclose the fact to
the house of which he is a member, and
shall not vote thereon.
Sec. As. 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 AND REPRESENTATION,
SECTION 1. One representative in the
Congress of the United States shall be
elected from the State at large, the first
Tuesday in October in 1880, and thereaf-
ter at such times and places, and in such
manner as may be prescribed by law.
When a new apportionment shall be
made by Congress the Legislative AS
sembly shall divide the State into Con-
gressional districts accordingly,
SEC. 2. The Legislative Assembly
shall provide by law for an enumeration
of the inhabitants of the State in the year
1895 and every tenth year thereafter;
and at the session next following such
and also at the ses-
sion next following an enumer-
alton made by the authority of
the United States, shall revise and ad-
Just the apportionment for representa-
tives on the basis of such enumeration
according to ratios to be fixed by law,
SEC. Z. Representative districts NAV
be altered from time to time as public
may require. When a rep
resentative district shall be composed of
two or more counties, they shall be CON
tiguous, and the districts as compact as
may be. No county shall be divided in
The formation of representative districts.
SEC. A, Whenever new counties are
created, each of said counties shall be
entitled to one Senator, but in no case
shall Senatorial district consist of more
han one county,
SEC. (, The Senatorial districts of the
State shall be constituted and numbered
is follows: The county of Beaverhead !
hall constitute the first district, and be
entitled to one Senator. The county of |
Madison shall constitute the second dis |
rict, and be entitled to one Senator. The
:ounty of Gallatin shall constitute the
bird district, and be entitled to one Sem
tor. The county of Jefferson shall con
titute the fourth district and be en- |
tiled to one Senator The county of
Deer Lodge shall constitute the fifth
district, and be entitled to one Senator
The county of Missoula shall constitute
he sixth district, and be entitled to one
;enator. The county of Lewis and
'larke shall constitute the seventh dis
rict, and be entitled to one Senator.
he county of Choteau shall constitute the
ighth district, and be entitled to one
enator. The county of Meagher shall
onstitute the ninth district, and be en-
tiled to one Senator The county of
ilver Bow shall constitute the tenth dis
rict, and be entitled to one Senator.
he county of Custer shall constitute
ae eleventh district, and be entitled to
ne Senator. The county of Yellow
zone shall constitute the twelfth district
nd be entitled to one Senator. The
ounty of Dawson shall constitute the
nirteenth district, and be entitled to one
enator. The county of Fergus. shall
onstitute the fourteenth district, and be
ntitled to one Senator The county of
ark shall constitute the fifteenth dis
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