Liberia <^ 



Representatives of the Republic of Liberia in legislature 

 assembled." 



Section i. The representatives shall be elected by and 

 for the inhabitants of the several counties of Liberia, and shall 

 be apportioned among the several counties of Liberia as follows. 

 The county of Montserrado shall have four representatives, 

 the county of Grand Bassa shall have three, and the county 

 of Sino shall have one, and all counties thereafter which shall 

 be admitted in the repuMic shall have one representative, 

 and for every ten thousand inhabitants one representative 

 shall be added. No person shall be a representative who 

 has not resided in the county two whole years previous to 

 his election, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant 

 of the county, and does not own real estate of less value 

 than one hundred and fifty dollars in the county in which 

 he resides, and who shall not have attained the age of twenty- 

 three years. The representatives shall be elected biennially, 

 and shall serve two years from the time of their election. 



Section 3. When a vacancy occurs in the representation 

 of any county by death, resignation, or otherwise, it shall be 

 filled by a new election. 



Section 4. The House of Representatives shall elect 

 their own Speaker and other officers ; they shall also have the 

 sole power of impeachment. 



Section 5, The Senate shall consist of two members from 

 Montserrado county, two from Bassa county, and two from 

 Sino county, and two from each county which may be hereafter 

 incorporated in this republic. No person shall be a senator 

 who shall not have resided three whole years immediately 

 previous to his election in the republic of Liberia and who 

 shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of the county which 

 he represents, and who shall not have attained the age of 



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