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Sec. 10. Each house shall determine the rules of 

 its own proceedings, and may with the concurrence 

 of two-thirds of all the members elected, expel a 

 member. 



Sec. 11. Each house shall keep a journal of its own 

 proceedings, and publish the same ; and the yeas and 

 nays of the members of either house, on any question, 

 shall, at the desire of any three members present, be 

 entered on the journal. 



Sec. 12. Members of the Legislature shall, in all 

 cases except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, 

 be privileged from arrest, and they shall not be subject 

 to any civil process during the session of the Legisla- 

 ture, nor for fifteen days next before the commence- 

 ment and after the termination of each session. 



Sec. 13. When vacancies occur in either house, the 

 Governor, or the person exercising the functions of 

 the Governor, shall issue writs of election to fill such 

 vacancies. 



Sec. 14. The doors of each house shall be open, 

 except on such occasions as in the opinion of the house 

 may require secrecy. 



Sec. 15. Neither house shall, without the consent 

 of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to 

 any other place than that in which they may be sitting. 



Sec. 16. Any bill may originate in either house of 

 the Legislature, and all bills passed by one house may 

 be amended in the other. 



Sec. 17. Every bill which may have passed the 

 Legislature, shall, before it becomes a law, be pre- 

 sented to the Governor. If he approve it, he shall 

 sign it ; but if not, he shall return it, with his objec- 

 tions, to the house in which it originated, which shall 

 enter the same upon the journal, and proceed to re- 



