Art. Sec. Election, who entitled to vote at............. voter privileged from arrest.......... exempt from military duty on day of election......... residence not to be affected by presence or absence in employ of Government....... who not entitled to vote at............. to be by ballot................ by Legislature, to be viva voce and entered on journal...... laws shall be passed prohibiting bribery, tumult, undue in- 11 plurality to elect......... who entitled to vote at first..... .Schedule for adoption of the Constitution, how conducted......Schedule ...Schedule Electors, qualification of...... privileged from arrest....... exempt from militia duty on day of election..... Foreigners, rights of property of, secured.. Governor, may convene Legislature by proclamation... Embezzlement, to be punished as a felony... person guilty of, incapacitated from holding office...... Executive Department, supreme executive power vested in the Gov ernor.... Ex post facto law, forbidden........... Fees, not to be received by certain officers to their own use..... not to be received by judicial officers, except Justices of the Fines, excessive, not to be imposed..... Fiscal Year, to commence July first........ Forgery, disqualifications of persons convicted of... to issue writsof election to fill vacancies in Legislature..... supreme executive power vested in........ liable to impeachment....... 19 shall transact all executive business with the officers of Gov- 1687823+ may require information, in writing, from the officers on any shall see that the laws are faithfully executed..................................... Governor, may convene the Legislature by proclamation...... may adjourn the Legislature in case of disagreement between no person holding office under the United States or this State shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons..... shall report to the Legislature the reprieves and pardons Lieutenant Governor to perform duties of, in certain con- Art. Sec. Grants, form of............. Habeas Corpus..... may be issued by Judges of Supreme, District, and County Homestead, shall be protected Husband and Wife, property of, how held...... laws shall be passed clearly defining the rights of the wife, etc Impeachment, how tried......... who liable to...... judgment on.......... Imprisonment for Debt, forbidden, unless in cases of fraud....... Indictment, person not to be held to answer for capital offense, unless on prosecutions, in what name to be conducted... Intellectual Improvement, to be encouraged....... Judicial Department, power where vested...... tribunals for conciliations may be established, powers, etc.. .Schedule Judicial Decisions, provision to be made for their publication...................... free for publication to any person........... Judges, not to receive fees to their own use....... compensation of, not to be increased or diminished during ineligible to other office during the term for which elected.... Jury, right of trial, secured. no person to be held to answer for capital crime unless on charge to, how to be made........ persons convicted of certain crimes disqualified from....... Justices of the Peace, number, power, duty, etc., to be fixed by law.. appeals from, to be fixed by law..... Laws, to have uniform operation........ ex post facto, forbidden.... impairing obligations of contracts forbidden........... bill of attainder, forbidden. enacting clauses of......... must be approved by Governor.......................................... how passed over Governor's veto.......... how bill may become a law without approval of Governor.... every law to embrace but one object, etc... no law to be revised or amended by reference to the title....... existing, not in conflict with Constitution, not affected. to be published in English and Spanish....... Legislative Department, vested in Senate and Assembly. sessions to be biennial.... may be convened by Governor..... .Schedule 11 each House to choose its own officers and judge of the elec tion of its members....... quorum to do business..... each House to determine the rules of its proceedings... how member may be expelled.......... each House to keep and publish a Journal....... apportionment of members of.......... shall prohibit banking, by law.... in all elections by vote, to be viva voce........ may be convened by Governor........... 1444 4444AAAA 17 12 Legislative Department (continued)— shall establish a system of county and town governments..... when and where first to assemble and organize........Schedule to elect United States Senators... apportionment of ........ pay of members.............. ...................... limitation of powers as to creation of debts.. limitation of powers to make appropriations.. .Schedule ..Schedule Schedule uch limitation not to apply to first Legislature.......Schedule exemption from civil process.... vacancies, how filled....... doors of each House to be opened, except when secrecy is neither House shall adjourn without consent of the other, for nor to any other place........ any bill may originate in either House, etc.... no bill to become a law till approved by the Governor..... bill not returned by Governor within ten days to become a Assembly to have sole power of impeachment.... Senate to try all impeachments.... member not to be appointed to office created during his term every law to embrace but one object.... no law to be amended by reference to the title.. basis of representation in.... Libel, evidence on indictment for........ Lieutenant Governor, liable to impeachment............................... when and how elected.......... term of office..... powers and duties........ qualifications......... in cases of incapacity to perform duties or absence from State, compensation of, not to be increased or diminished during term... Lottery, shall not be authorized, nor the sale of tickets....... property of wife at, to be her separate property.. laws shall be passed clearly defining the rights of wife, etc. Military, to be subordinate to civil power... standing army not to be kept in time of peace. appropriation for standing army not to be for longer than two Military, soldier not to be quartered in house without consent of owner provision to be made for organizing and disciplining militia.. officers to be appointed as Legislature may direct, and com- Governor to have power to call out, for certain purposes.... Moneys, Public, statement of receipts and expenditures to be published annually with laws....... Moral improvement, to be encouraged... Oath of Office, form of............ 56-VOL. II.-POL. Art. Sec. Office, member of Legislature not to be appointed to any civil office of person holding lucrative office under the United States, etc., person convicted of embezzlement, etc., to be ineligible to..... oath of....... duration of...... person convicted of giving or offering bribe, disqualified from crimes Officers, who impeachable........ how tried for misdemeanors.. .Schedule Schedule! .Schedule ..Schedule certain, not to receive fees for official duties...................................................... how elected or appointed...... to be supported by county, city, town, etc... existing, when superseded..... terms of certain, not affected by certain amendments to Con- Pardons, may be granted by Governor......... Perjury, disqualifications of persons convicted of.............................. .............................................. Perpetuities, not allowed-exception....... Petition, right of, secured... Power, political, inherent in the people........ Powers of Government, distribution of.... President of Senate, to perform duties of Governor in certain contingency Process, style of.... Property, private, not to be taken for public use, without just compen sation...... Prosecutions, existing, not affected.. Punishment, cruel or unusual, forbidden.... Religion, freedom of, secured....... not to render witness incompetent.............................. ........ .Schedule Representation, to be apportioned according to population. Residence, for the purpose of voting, what not to affect..... absence from State on business of State, not to affect.... term of, not to apply to certain officers...... Rights, natural... 39 13 18 16 16 9 18 19 enumeration of, not to impair others retained................. Salaries, of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.................................. of certain officers, to be fixed by Legislature. Schools, fund for support of...... provision to be made for system of common............................... appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice, etc., of Secretary of State, duties of....... compensation of, not to be increased or diminished, etc....... Senators, to be qualified electors...... chosen for two years. must be citizen of the State one year, and of the district six to try all impeachments.. number of........ districts, how formed. in Congress, when first to be elected. 6 18 30 .Schedule 11 12 7 18 to be furnished with copies of the Constitution........Schedule Sheriff, election of, to be provided for.... Slavery, forbidden-exception Spanish language, laws, etc., to be published in....... ........... Speech, liberty of, secured...... right of, who entitled to.... Suffrage, free, to be supported by law............................................... persons convicted of certain crimes disqualified from........ Suits against State, how brought......... Superintendent of Public Instruction, election, term, duties, and com Supreme Court, Justices of, liable to impeachment....... shall be conservators of the peace..................................... time and place of holding, to be provided for, compensation of Justices not to be increased or diminished Justices ineligible to other office during term for which elected Taration, to be equal and uniform...... Town Governments, to be established as nearly uniform as possible Treasurer of State, liable to impeachment.... how chosen, term, and eligibility. how chosen and elected........ compensation of, not to be increased or diminished during term Treasury, no money to be drawn from, but by appropriations..... an accurate statement of receipts and expenditures to be published annually, with the laws.... members of Legislature to be paid out of........................ Trial, rights of accused... no person to be twice tried for the same offense.......... nor deprived of life, liberty, etc., without due process of law University, fund for support of.. Voter, qualifications of...... residence of, what not to affect..................................... ............................... in all elections by Legislature, vote to be viva voce and en- person convicted of certain crimes disqualified as.......... |