Year: 1868




writs Of election to fill such vacancies
as may occur in either house Of the
Legislature, and the persons there.
upon chosen shall hold their seats for
the unexpired term.


Sec. 10, No person holding any
civil office of profit under this State
or the United States, shall, during his
continuance in cfice, be Senator or
Representative.


Sec. IL. Each house shall appoint
its own officers, and shall Judge of the
qualifications, returns and election of
its own members.


Sec. l2. The Senate shall choose a
President pro tempore, to act in the
absence or disability of the Lieuten,
ant Governor.


Sec. 13. A majority Of each house
shall constitute a quorum to do busi~
ness but a less number may adjourn
from day to day, and compel the att
tendance of absent members, in such
manner and under such penalties as
each houses shall provide.


Sec, IA. Neither house shall, with
out consent of the other, adjourn for
more than three days, nor to any
other place than that in which the
two houses shall be sitting.


Sec. 10. Each house may deter
mine rules of its own proceedings,
punish its members for disorderly be.
havior and with the concurrence of
two thirds of the members present,
expel member; but no member
shall be expelled a second time for
the same offense. They shall each,
from time to time, publish journal
of their proceedings, except such
parts as may, in their opinion, require
secrecy, and the yeas and nays on any
question shall be entered on the
journals at the request of one-tenth
Of the members present; Provided,
That the yeas and nays shall al
ways be entered on the journal on the
passage of bill appropriating
money.


Sec. 16. The doors of each house
when in session, or in committee of
the whole, shall be kept open, except
in cases which may require secrecy
and each house may punish by fine
and Imprisonment any person not
member, who shall be guilty Of dis
respect to the house, by any disorder.
Iy or contemptuOus behavior in their
presence or in any way disturb their
deliberations during the session ; but
such Imprisonment shall not extend
beyond the final adjournment of that
session.


Sec. II, No person liable for pubs
lie moneys unaccounted for shall be
eligible to a seat in either house of the
Legislature, or to any Office of profit
or trust until he shall have accounted
for and paid over all sums for which
he may have been liable.


Sec. IS. No person shall be eligi4
Bile to any Office of profit Or trust, nor
shall he be permitted to exercise the
right of suffrage within this State,
who shall have been convicted of
bribery, perjury Or other infamous
crimes.


Sec. 10. Any person who shall
have been convicted of giving or Of
fering directly or indirectly, any bribe
to procure his election or appoint
ment, and any person who shall give.
or offer any bribe to procure the elec-.
tion or appointment of any person.
shall on conviction thereof, be dis,
qualified from being an elector, or
holding any office of profit or trust
under the laws Of this State.


Sec. 20 Senators and Representa-
tives shall in all cases, except treason,
felony Or breach of the peace, be
privileged from arrest during the
session Of the Legislature, and for
fifteen days before the commencement
and after termination of each session.


Sec. 21. The members of the Leg
islature shall seyerally receive from
the public treasury compensation for
their services, which may be increased
or diminished but no alteration of
such compensation of members shall
take effect during the session at which
it is made.


SEC. %. The Legislature shall di-
rect by law in what courts and in
what manner suits may be brought
against the State.


Sec. %. The Legislature shall not
have power to pass any bill of di-
vorce but may prescribe by law the
manner in which cases shall be inv es-
tigated In the courts Of justice, and
divorces granted.


Sec. "a. Bills may originate in Ell
ther house and be amended or reject
ed in the other; and every bill shall
be read on three different days, in
each house, unless two~thirds of the
house where the same is pending.
shall dispense with the rules and
every bill having passed both houses.
shall be signed by the President Of
the Senate and the Speaker of the
House Of Representatives, in open
session.


Sec. 25. Every bill which has
passed both Houses shall be present
ed to the Governor of the State. II
he approves, he shall sign it, but il
he does not approve, he shall return
it with his objections, to the house
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