Year: 1866




Senate and House Commons
Sec The Senate shall fifty representatives,
biennaly chosen by ballot and elected by Districts which
districts shall remain they until the first session of the
General Assembly after the year thousand eight hundred
and seventone and at such session. and then every
years thereafter shall be laid off by the General Assembly
in proportion to the public paid the Treasury of
the State by the citizens thereof and the average of the
public paid by each county into the Treasury of the
State for the three years preceding the laying off of the
districts shall be considered its proportion of the public
taxes and constitute the basis of appoonment roUded
That county shall be divided in the formation of
Senatorial district; and when there
ties, having of taxation above the form
Senatorial district adjoining county counties deficient


such ratio the aforesaid shall be added
to the taxation of the county counties deficient and if
with such addition the county counties receiving it shall
have the requisite ratio such county and counties each shall
constitute a Senatorial district.


SEC. The House of Commons shall be composed of
hundred and twenty representatives bennialy chosen by
ballot to be elected by the counties respectively according
their entire respective white populations and each county
shall have at least member the House of CoInpns,
although may not contain the requisite ratio Of white
population.


Sec f. This apporonment shall be made by General
Assembly, at the respective times and periods when the
districts for the Senate hereinbeoie directed laid
off, and the said apportionmen SHALL be made according
enumeration to be ordered by the General Assembly,
according the which may be taken by order
Congress- next preceding the period of making appor
tionment


Sec O. In making the apportlonnent in the House of
Commons the ratio Of representation shall be sertaned by
dividing the of the white population the State
after deducting that coprehended within those counties,
which do severa contain the hundred and TWEEN
teth part of the entire white population aforesaid by the
number of representatives less the number assigned the
said counties. To each containing the said ratio,
and twice the said ratio there shall be assigned
each county containing twice. but three
times the said rato there shall be assigned two
tves, and progressively; and then the remaining



having the largest fractions.


Sec g. No county shall be formed established,
there shall be, within the proposed boundaries there
Of the hundred and twentieth part of the entire white
population of the State the population of the county,
any of the countless from which may be proposed form
md establish the shall thereby be reduced below the
hundred and twentieth part of the entire white popula-
/ ton of the State
SEQ Z Each member the Senate shall be less
thirty years of shall have resided the State FIVE years.
shall have usually resided in the destrc for which he
chosen year Immediately preceding his election
the time shall have possessed and shall continue to
possess in the district which he represents not less than three
hundred of land in tee freehold of not less value
than thousand dollars -
Sec s. Each member of the House of Commons shall be
less than twentyone years of shall have resided in
the State five years. and shall have usually resided the
county in which he is chosen, for year Immediately
preceding his election, and for the time shall have
possessed and shall continue possess the county which
he represents freehold of hundred of land the
value of three hundred dollars x


Sec 9. Every of the age of wenty-one years who
have been nhabtant the State for twelve months
and Of the district in which he proposes vote months
before the day of election and shall have paid pub
lie taxes shall be entitled to vote for member of the Senate
for the district in which he may then reside,


SEC. TO- Every of the age of years. who
may have been inabtant the State twelve months
before the day of election of the eonty in which
he proposes for months before the day of
election and shall have paid pebc taxes shall be entitled
to members the House of ComoHs the county
in which he shall then reside.


Sec H. Each person elected to the Senate House of
Commons, shall hold his from the te Of bis election
until the next biennial election


SEC. 12 The Senate and House of Commons shall meet
biennally whesa assembled shall be denomipated the
General Assembly. -


Sec 13. The House of Gorfaons shall choose their
speaker and other officers. ssss, = -


Sec A. The Lieutenant Governor shall preside in the
Senate bat Vote unless they be equally
vded. = So


SEC The Senate shall choose their officers and
also speaker pro the absence of Iieatenant
Goyernor when he shall exercise the office Of Governor


SEC I6- Each House shall be Judge of the qualifications
and elections of its members; shall sit upon its
from day to day prepare bills to be passed
laws direct writs for supplying intermediate vacancies;
and may also jointly adjourn future day place.


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