Year: 1869

IL
members to be chosen every four years by
the qualified electors of the several dis
tricts.


Sec. 5. No person shall be Senator
who shall not have attained the age Of
twenty five years who shall not have been
an inhabitant of the State one year, and
who shall not have an actual residence in
the district he may be chosen to represent.
Sec. 6. The political year shall begin
the first Monday Of January, aud the Leg
islature shall meet annually on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in Janu
ary, at the seat oil government. unless soon-
er convened by the Governor, until alter
ed by law.


Sec. 7. All general elections shall be by
ballot, and shall commence and be holden
every two years on the first Tuesday af
ter the first Monday a November, until
altered by law; and the electors, in all
cases except in cases of treason, felony
and breach Of the peace, shall be privil
eyed from arrest during their attendance
on elections, and in going to and returning
thereirom.


Sec. g. Election for members Of the
Legislature shall be held in the several
counties and districts as shall be provided
by law.


Sec. 8. The Governor shall issue writs
of election to fll such vacancies as may
occur in either House of the Legislature,
and the persons thereupon chosen shall
hold their seats for the unexpired term.


Sec. 10. Each house shall appoint its
own officers, and shall judge of the quail
ifcations, returns and election OF its own
members.


Sec. IL. The Senate shall choose a
President pro tempore, to act in the alb
sence or disability Of the Lieutenant Gov
ernor.


Sec. IL. A majority of each house shall
constitute quorum to do business but
less number may adjourn from day to
day and compel the attendance Of absent
members, in such manner and under such
penalties as each house shall provide.


sec. l3. 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 sitting.


sec. IA. Each house may determine rules
of its own proceedings, punish its mem
bers for disorderly behavior and with the
concurrence of two thirds of the members
present, expel member but no member
shall be expelled second time for the
same offense. They shall each, from time
to time, publish journal Of the proceed
ings, except such parts as may, in their
opinion, require secrecy. and the yeas and
nays on any question shall be entered on
the journal at the request of onetenth of
the members present Provided, That the
yeas and nays shall always be entered on
the journal on the passage of bill appro
priating money


sec. Is. 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 per.
sou not member, who shall be guilty Of
disrespect to the House by any Gisor.
derly or contemptuous behavior in their
presence or in any way disturb their delib
erations during the session but such I'M
prisUnment shall not extent beyond the
final adjournment of that session.


sec. l6. No person liable for public
moneys unaccGunted for shall be eligible
to seat in either House of the Leglsla-
ture, or to any office of profit or trust un
til he shall have accounted for and paid
over all sums for which he may have been
liable.


sec. II. No person shall be eligible 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 con
victed of bribery, perjury or other infa-
nous crimes


sec Is. Any person who shall have
been convicted of giving or offering direct
ly or Indirectly, any hrihe to procure his
election OF appointment, and any person
who shall give or offer any bri5e to pro
cure the election or appointment Of any
person to Office shall on conviction there
OF be disqualified from being an elector, or
holding any office of profit or trust under
the laws of this State.


sec. 49, Senators and Representatives
shall IN all cases. except treason, felony or
breach Of the peace, be privileged from ar
rest during the session of the Legislature,
and for fifteen days before the commence
ment and after the termination of each
session.


sec. 20. The members Of the Legisla.
ture shall severaly receive from the public
treasury compensation for their services.
which may be increased or diminished
but no alteration Of such compensation OF
shall take effect during the ses-
sion at which it is made


sec. 81 The Legislature shall direct 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 divorce but may
prescribe by law the manner in which ca
ses shall be investigated in the courts Of
Justice, and divorces granted.


sec. %. Bills may originate in either
House, and be amended or rejected 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 speaker Of the House of Rep
in open session.


eec. "a. Every bill which has passed