SEC. 4. The senators shall be chosen by districts, to be formed by the legislature. each district containing such a number of taxable inhabitants as shall be entitled to elect not more than three senators. When a district shall be composed of ta or more counties they shall be adjoining and no county shall be divided in forming a district. SEC. 5. The first election for senators and representatives shall commence (E the second Thursday of March next, and shall continue for that and the sa ceeding day, and the next election shall commence on the first Thursday of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and shall continue on that and the succeeding day; and forever after elections shall be held once in tw. Fears, commencing on the first Thursday in August and terminating the su reeding day. SEC. 6. The first session of the general assembly shall commence on the las Monday of March next; the second on the third Monday of September, ote thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven; and for ever after the general as sembly shall meet on the third Monday of September next ensuing the then election, and at no other period, unless as provided for by this constitution. SEC. 7. That no person shall be eligible to a seat in the general assembly unless he shall have resided three years in the State and one year in the county in mediately preceding the election, and shall possess in his own right in the county which he represents not less than two hundred acres of land, and shall have attained to the age of twenty-one years. SEC. 8. The senate and house of representatives, when assembled, shall each choose a speaker and its other officers, be judges of the qualifications and e'ections of its members, and sit upon its own adjournments from day to day Two-thirds of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized by law to conj», the attendance of absent members. SEC. 9. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds expel a member, but not a second time for the same offence, and shall have all other powers necessary for the legislature of a free State. SEC. 10. Senators and representatives shall, in all cases, except treason, felony. or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during the session of the general assembly, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either house, they shall not be questioned in any other place. SEC. 11. Each house may punish, by imprisonment, during their session, any person, not a member, who shall be guilty of disrespect to *** of the late Congress for the government of the territory northwest of the Ohio; provided nothing herein contained shall extend to affect the claim or clains of individuals to any part of the soil which is recognized to them by the aforesaid cession act. SCHEDULE SECTION 1. That no inconvenience may arise from a change of the temporary to a permanent State government, it is declared that all rights, actions, pre tions, claims, and contracts, as well of individuals as of bodies-corporate, sha" continue as if no change had taken place in the administration of government SEC. 2. All fines, penalties and forfeitures, due and owing to the territory of the United States of America south of the river Ohio, shall inure to the of the State. All bonds for performance, executed to the governor of the said territory, shall be and pass over to the governor of this State, and his successors in office, for the use of the State, or by him or them respectively to be assigned over to the use of those concerned, as the case may be. SEC. 3. The governor, secretary, judges, and brigadiers-general have a right by virtue of their appointments, under the authority of the United States ti continue in the exercise of the duties of their respective offices in their soveral departments until the said officers are superseded under the authority of th Constitution. SEC. 4. All officers, civil and military, who have been appointed by the governor, shall continue to exercise their respective offices until the secre Monday in June, and until successors in office shall be appointed under the authority of this constitution and duly qualified. SEC. 5. The governor shall make use of his private seal until a State seal shall be provided. SEC. 6. Until the first enumeration shall be made, as directed in the second section of the first article of this constitution, the several counties shall be respectively entitled to elect one senator and two representatives: Provided, That no new county shall be entitled to separate representation previous to taking the enumeration. SEC. 7. That the next election for representatives and other officers to be held for the county of Tennessee shall be held at the house of William Miles. SEC. 8. Until a land-office shall be opened, so as to enable the citizens south of French Broad and Holston, between the rivers Tennessee and Big Pigeon, to obtain titles upon their claims of occupancy and preemption, those who hold land by virtue of such claims shall be eligible to serve in all capacities where a freehold is by this constitution made a requisite qualification. Done in convention at Knoxville, by unanimous consent, on the sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twentieth. In testimony whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names. WILLIAM BLOUNT, President. CONSTITUTION: TEXAS-1845 nor shall at the same time hold or exercise any two offices, agencies, or appointments of trust or profit under this State: Provided, That offices of the militia, to which there is attached no annual salary, or the office of justice of the peace, shall not be deemed lucrative. SEC. 26. No person who at any time may have been a collector of taxes, or who may have been otherwise intrusted with public money, shall be eligible to the legislature or to any office of profit or trust under the State government, until he shall have obtained a discharge for the amount of such collections, and for all public moneys with which he may have been intrusted. SEC. 27. Ministers of the gospel, being by their profession dedicated to God and the care of souls, ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their functions; therefore, no minister of the gospel or priest of any denomination whatever, shall be eligible to the legislature. SEC. 28. Elections for senators and representatives shall be general throughout the State, and shall be regulated by law. SEC. 29. The legislature shall at their first meeting, and in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight and fifty, and every eight years thereafter, cause an enumeration to be made of all the free inhabitants (Indians not taxed, Africans and descendants of Africans excepted) of the State, designating particularly the number of qualified electors; and the whole number of representatives shall, at the several periods of making such enumeration, be fixed by the legislature, and apportioned among the several counties, cities, or towns, according to the number of free population in each; and shall not be less than fortyfive, nor more than ninety. SEC. 30. Until the first enumeration and apportionment under this constitution, the following shall be the apportionment of representatives amongst the several counties, viz: The county of Montgomery shall elect four representatives. The counties of Red River, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Harris, and Washington shall elect three representatives each. The counties of Fannin, Lamar, Bowie, Shelby, San Augustine, Rusk, Houston, Sabine, Liberty, Robertson, Galveston, Brazoria, Fayette, Colorado, Austin, Gonzales, and Bexar, two representatives each. The counties of Jefferson, Jasper, Brazos, Milam, Bastrop, Travis, Matagorda, Jackson, Fort Bend, Victoria, Refugio, Goliad, and San Patricio, one representa tive each. SEC. 31. The whole number of senators shall, at the next session after the several periods of making the enumeration, be fixed by the legislature, and apportioned among the several districts to be established by law, according to the number of qualified electors, and shall never be less than nineteen, nor more than thirty-three. SEC. 32. Until the first enumeration, as provided for by this constitution, the senatorial districts shall be as follows, to wit: The counties of Fannin and Lamar shall constitute the first district, and elect one senator; The counties of Red River and Bowie, the second district, and elect one senator; The counties of Fannin, Lamar, Red River, and Bowie, conjointly shall elect one senator; The county of Harrison, the third district, shall elect one senator; The counties of Nacogdoches, Rusk, and Houston, the fourth district, shai elect two senators; The counties of San Augustine and Shelby, the fifth district, shall elect one senator; The counties of Sabine and Jasper, the sixth district, shall elect one senator The counties of Liberty and Jefferson, the seventh district, shall elect one senator; The counties of Robertson and Brazos, the eighth district, shall elect one senator; The county of Montgomery, the ninth district, shall elect one senator; The county of Galveston, the eleventh district, shall elect one senator; The counties of Brazoria and Matagorda, the twelfth district, shall elect onsenator; The counties of Austin and Fort Bend, the thirteenth district, shall elect on senator; The counties of Colorado and Fayette, the fourteenth district, shall elect one senator; The counties of Bastrop and Travis, the fifteenth district, shall elect one senator; The counties of Washington and Milam, the sixteenth district, shall elect one senator; The counties of Victoria, Gonzales, and Jackson, the seventeenth district, sha. elect one senator; The county of Bexar, the eighteenth district, shall elect one senator; and The counties of Goliad, Refugio, and San Patricio, the nineteenth distra“ shall elect one senator. SEC. 33. The first session of the legislature after the adoption of this coust, tution by the Congress of the United States shall be held at the city of Austr the present seat of government, and thereafter until the year one thousand eiz: hundred and fifty; after which period the seat of government shall be perianently located by the people. SEC. 34. The members of the legislature shall, at their first session, receive from the treasury of the State, as their compensation, three dollars for each day they shall be in attendance on, and three dollars for every twenty-five miles traveling to and from the place of convening the legislature. SEC. 35. In order to settle permanently the seat of government, an election shall be holden throughout the State, at the usual places of holding elections, on the first Monday in March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, which shall be conducted according to law; at which time the people shall vote for such plac as they may see proper for the seat of government. The returns of said ele tion to be transmitted to the governor by the first Monday in June: if either place voted for shall have a majority of the whole number of votes cast, then the same shall be the permanent seat of government until the year one thonsand eight hundred and seventy, unless the State shall CONSTITUTION: UTAH-1895 SEC. 26. It shall be the duty of the court to prepare a syllabus of all the points adjudicated in each case, which shall be concurred in by a majority of the judges thereof, and it shall be prefixed in the published reports in the case. SEC. 27. Any judicial officer who shall absent himself from the State of district for more than ninety consecutive days shall be deemed to have forfeited his office: Provided, That in case of extreme necessity the governor may extend the leave of absence to such time as the necessity therefor shall exist. ARTICLE IX CONGRESSIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT SECTION 1. One representative in the Congress of the United States shall be elected from the State at large on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, A.D. 1895, and thereafter 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 legislature shall divide the State into Congressional districts accordingly. SEC. 2. The legislature shall provide by law for an enumeration of the inhabitants of the State A.D. 1905, and every tenth year thereafter, and at the session next following such enumeration, and also at the session next following an enumeration made by the authority of the United States, shall revise and adjust the apportionment for senators and representatives on the basis of such enumeration, according to ratios to be fixed by law. SEC. 3. The senate shall consist of eighteen members and the house of representatives of forty-five members. The legislature may increase the number of senators and representatives, but the senators shall never exceed thirty in number, and the number of representatives shall never be less than twice nor greater than three times the number of senators. SEC. 4. When more than one county shall constitute a senatorial district, such counties shall be contiguous, and no county shall be divided in the formation of such districts unless such county contains sufficient population within itself to form two or more districts, nor shall a part of any county be united with any other county in forming any district. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS Until otherwise provided by law, representatives shall be apportioned among the several counties of the State as follows: Provided, That in any future apportionment made by the legislature each county shall be entitled to at least one representative: The county of Boxelder shall constitute the first representative district, and be entitled to one representative. The county of Cache shall constitute the second representative district, and be entitled to three representatives. The county of Rich shall constitute the third representative district, and be entitled to one representative. The county of Weber shall constitute the fourth representative district, and be entitled to four representatives. The county of Morgan shall constitute the fifth representative district, and be entitled to one representative. The county of David shall constitute the sixth representative district, and be entitled to one representative. The county of Tooele shall constitute the seventh representative district, and be entitled to one representative. The county of Salt Lake shall constitute the eighth representative district, and be entitled to ten representatives. The county of Summit shall constitute the ninth representative district, and be entitled to one representative. The county of Wasatch shall constitute the tenth representative district, and be entitled to one representative. The county of Utah shall constitute the eleventh representative district, and be entitled to four representatives. The county of Uinta shall constitute the twelfth representative district, and be entitled to one representative. The county of Juab shall constitute the thirteenth representative district, and be entitled to one representative. The county of Sanpete shall constitute the fourteenth representative district, and be entitled to two representatives. The county of Carbon shall constitute the fifteenth representative district, and be entitled to one representative. The county of Emery shall constitute the sixteenth representative district, and be entitled to one representative. The county of Grand shall constitute the seventeenth representative district, and be entitled to one representative. 48-124-65-78 The county of Sevier shall constitute the eighteenth representative district, and be entitled to one representative. The county of Millard shall constitute the nineteenth representative district. and be entitled to one representative. The county of Beaver shall constitute the twentieth representative district. and be entitled to one representative. The county of Piute shall constitute the twenty-first representative distra t and be entitled to one representative. The county of Wayne shall constitute the twenty-second representative de trict, and be entitled to one representative. The county of Garfield shall constitute the twenty-third representative ditrict, and be entitled to one representative. The county of Iron shall constitute the twenty-fourth representative district. and be entitled to one representative. The county of Washington shall constitute the twenty-fifth representative dis trict, and be entitled to one representative. The county of Kane shall constitute the twenty-sixth representative district and be entitled to one representative. The county of San Juan shall constitute the twenty-seventh representative district, and be entitled to one representative. SENATORIAL DISTRICTS Until otherwise provided by law, the senatorial districts shall be constituted and numbered as follows The counties of Boxelder and Tooele shall constitute the first district, and ber entitled to one senator. The county of Cache shall constitute the second district, and be entitled t one senator. The counties of Rich, Morgan, and Davis shall constitute the third district, and be entitled to one senator. CONSTITUTION: VERMONT-1793 of the County Courts, in their respective counties, by virtue of their office. except in the trial of such causes as may be appealed to the County Court. SECTION 5. A future Legislature may, when they shall conceive the same to be expedient and necessary, erect a Court of Chancery, with such powers as are usually exercised by that Court, or as shall appear for the interest of the Commonwealth.-Provided they do not constitute themselves the Judges of the said court. SECTION 6. The Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary departments, shall be separate and distinct, so that neither exercise the powers properly belonging to the other. SECTION 7. In order that the freemen of this State might enjoy the benefit of election of equally as may be, each town within this State, that consists, or may consist of eighty taxable inhabitants, within one septenary or seven years next after the establishing this Constitution, may hold elections therein, and choose each two Representatives; and each other inhabited town in this State. may, in like manner, choose each one Representative to represent them in Genera. Assembly, during the said septenary, or seven years, and after that, each inhabited town may, in like manner hold such election, and choose each one Representative forever thereafter. • SECTION 8. The House of Representatives of the Freemen of this State, shal consist of persons most noted for wisdom and virtue, to be chosen by ballot, by the freemen of every town in this State, respectively, on the first Tuesday of September annually, forever. SECTION 9. The Representatives so chosen (a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum for transacting any other business than raising a State tax, for which two thirds of the members elected shall be present) shall meet on the second Thursday of the succeeding October, and shall be styled The General Assembly of the State of Vermont : they shall have power to choose their Speaker Secretary of State, their Clerk, and other necessary officers of the House sit on their own adjournments-prepare bills and enact them into laws-judge of See Amendment 24. * See Amendments 2, 3, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 24, 26. |