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6. Each house to judge of the returns of its own members.Quorum.-Powers of the mi

nority.

1. Organization of house to be prescribed by law.

8. Each house to choose its own officers.-May punish members. -Power of expulsion.

1. Each house to keep a journal.— Majority of all members electmust concur in the passage of laws.

10. Right of entering protest in journal.

11. Vacancies in either house, how filled.

12. Privileges of Senators and Representatives from arrest, freedom of debate.

13. Proceedings to be public unless two-thirds require secrecy.

14. Adjournments restricted. 15. Bills may originate in either house. They

shall

but one subject.

embrace

16. Every bill shall be distinctly read. No bill shall contain more than one subject.

17. Signature of bills and joint ed must concur in the passage of laws.

18. Style of laws.

19. Senators and Representatives not eligible to certain offices during term nor for one year after.

20. General Assembly to fix terms of office and compensation, salaries not to be affected during term.

21. Contested elections to be determined as the law may provide. 22. No money to be drawn from the Treasury except by laws.

23. The house to have sole power of impeachment.-Tried by Senate. Concurrence of twothirds necessary for conviction.

24. Officers who may be impeached, limit of judgments.

25. Beginning of sessions, first ses

sion.

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26. General laws to be uniform in their operation.

27. The election of officers in the filling of vacancies not otherwise provided for, to be made according to law. -The vote to be viva voce.

28. General laws to be passed for certain purposes.

29. Extra compensation to contractors and public officers forbidden.

30. Limit in formation of counties, removal of county seats.

31. Pay of officers and members of General Assembly to be fixed, extra pay in any form not allowed.

32. Divorces not to be granted by General Assembly.

3. Election of return of officers of the same.-In case of tie how decided.

4. Proceeding in case of non-session. The General Assembly January next after election. 5. Supreme executive power vested in the Governor.

6. He may require information of officers in the executive department. He is to see that the laws are faithfully executed.

7. He is to communicate by message. 8. May, on

extraordinary occa

sions, convene the General Assembly.

9. May adjourn General Assembly in case of disagreement.

10. To be commander-in-chief of militia.

11. Pardoning power, limited

in

cases of treason or impeachment.

1. Judicial power, how vested. 2. Supreme Court, how composed, jurisdiction and terms, elec tion of judges.

3. Nine Common Pleas districts to be formed, terms, etc.

4. Jurisdiction of Courts of Common Pleas and of judges to be fixed by law.

5. District Courts, how formed.To be held in each county. 6. Jurisdiction of District Courts. 7. A Probate Court to be established in each county, to be a Court of Record, open at all times. Salary to be paid by the county.

8. Jurisdiction of Probate Courts. 9. Justices of the Peace to be elected, terms and powers to be fixed by law.

10. All judges other than those provided in the Constitution to be elected.-Terms not to exceed five years.

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11. Classification of judges of Supreme Court.

12. Judges of the Court of Common Pleas to reside in their districts.

13. Vacancies in office of judge to be filled by Governor.

14. Salaries of judges not to be increased or diminished, they hold no other office.

15. General Assembly may increase or diminish number of judges, may establish other courts, but not to vacate the office of any judge.

16. Court of Common Pleas to have a clerk elected from each county, his terms and duties. 17. Removal of judges from office. 18. Judges to have powers and jurisdiction of Chambers, as may be directed by law.

19. Courts of Concilliation may be established, parties to agree to abide by their judgment.

20. Style of process.

ARTICLE V.

Elective Franchise.

1. Qualifications of electors. 2. Elections to be by ballot. 3. Privilege of electors from arrest at elections.

4. Exclusion from voting for bribery, perjury or other infamous crime.

5. Persons in military, marine or naval service not to acquire residence by being officially stationed.

6. Idiots and insane persons may not vote.

ARTICLE VI.

Education.

1. Funds granted,or intrusted to State for educational and religious purposes to be inviolate.

2. Funds to be provided for maintaining schools.-No sect to have control of school funds.

6. State

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not to authorize any county, city or township to become a stockholder, or to raise money or to loan credit to corporations.

7. Faith of State pledge for payment of public debt.-Sinking fund.

8. Commissioners of the sinking fund, how organized.

9. Duties of these commissioners, to estimate and make provision for raising and disbursing the fund.

10. Duty to apply fund to the payment of interest and principal of debt.

11. To report semi-annually to the Governor.-To report to Legis

lature.

12. Board of Public Works.-Members to be elected.

13. Powers and duties of Board of

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Public Works to be fixed by law.

ARTICLE IX. Militia.

1. Persons liable to military duty. 2. Officers elected by persons subject to military duty.

3. Appointment of staff officers.Non-commissioned officers and

musicians.

4. Officers to be commissioned by Governor.-He may call out militia, execute the laws, suppress insurrection and repel invasion.

5. General Assembly shall provide by law for the safe keeping and protection of public arms.

ARTICLE X.

County and Township Organization. 1. General Assembly to provide for election of county and township officers.

2. Time of elections.-Term not to exceed three years.

3. Sheriffs and county treasurers, not to hold more than four years in six.

4. Election of township officers.Time.-Towns.

5. Money to be paid from county or township treasury only by law.

6. Removal of justices of the peace and county and township off

cers.

7. Powers of commissioners and counties.-Trustees of townships are to be fixed by law.

ARTICLE XI. Apportionment.

1. To be made once in ten years after 1851.

2. Ratio of counties for Representatives.-How adjusted.

3. Fractions.-How assigned.-Rule prescribed.

4. Counties.-when entitled to separate representation.-Changes only to be made at regular decennial periods.