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lowing classes of persons shall not be permitted 

 to register, vote, or hold any office, or appoint- 

 ment of honor or trust, in this State, to wit : 

 1. Those who shall have been convicted, in 

 any court of competent jurisdiction, of treason 

 against the State, of embezzlement of public 

 funds, malfeasance in office, bribery or larceny, 

 or of any crime involving moral turpitude, pun- 

 ishable by the laws of this State with imprison- 

 ment in the penitentiary, unless such person 

 shall have been pardoned. 2. Idiots and in- 

 sane persona. 



Other important provisions of this article 

 are as follows : 



SECTION IV. 1. No person who is the holder of 

 any public money, contrary to law, shall be eligible 

 to any office in this State, until the same is accounted 

 for and paid into the Treasury. 



2. No person who, after the adoption of this Con- 

 stitution, being a resident of this State, shall have 

 been convicted of fighting a duel in this State, or 

 convicted of sending or accepting a challenge, or 

 convicted of aiding or abetting such duel, shall 

 hold office in this State, unless he shall have been 

 pardoned; and every such person shall, also, be 

 subject to such punishment as may be prescribed by 

 law. 



SEC. V. 1. The General Assembly shall, by law, 

 forbid the sale, distribution, or furnishing of intoxi- 

 cating drinks within two miles of election-precincts, 

 on days of election State, county, or municipal 

 and prescribe punishment for any violation of the 

 same. 



SKO. VI. 1. Returns of election for all civil officers 

 elected by the people, who are to be commissioned 

 by the Governor, and, also, for the members of the 

 General Assembly, shall be made to the Secretary of 

 State, unless otherwise provided by law. 



Article III. relates to the legislative depart- 

 ment. The Senate consists of 44 members, one 

 from each district, and all the districts are de- 

 fined ; but the General Assembly may change 

 them after each census of the United States, 

 without increasing the number. The House of 

 Representatives consists of 175 members, ap* 

 portioned among the several counties ; the 6 

 with the largest population having 3 each; 

 the 26 having the next largest population, 2 

 each ; and the remaining 105 counties, 1 each. 

 The first election for members of the General 

 Assembly was to take place on the first Wed- 

 nesday in December, 1877. The next on the 

 first Wednesday in October, 1880 ; and subse- 

 quently, every two years, on the first Wednes- 

 day in October. The first meeting of the Legis- 

 lature was fixed for the first Wednesday in No- 

 vember, 1878 ; and subsequent meetings on the 

 same day every two years ; but an extra session 

 might be called by the Governor, if , in his opin- 

 ion, the public good should require it. Sessions 

 of the Legislature are limited to 40 days, unless 

 extended by a "two-thirds vote of the whole 

 number of each House." The following re- 

 striction is placed upon the eligibility to the 

 General Assembly: 



SECTION IV. 7. No person holding a military com- 

 mission, or other appointment or office, having any 

 emolument or compensation annexed thereto, under 

 this State, or the United States, or either of them, ex- 

 cept Justices of the Peace and officers of the militia, 

 nor any defaulter for public money, or for any legal 

 taxes required of him, shall have a seat in either 

 House ; nor shall any Senator or Representative, after 



his qualification as such, be elected by the General 

 Assembly, or appointed by the Governor, either with 

 or without the advice and consent of the Senate, to 

 any office or appointment haying any emolument an- 

 nexed thereto during the time for which he shall 

 have been elected. 



Appropriations and public" expenditures are 

 strictly guarded. Restrictions are also placed 

 on the passage of special bills. The per diem 

 of compensation is fixed at $4, and mileage at 



10 cents a mile of necessary travel. The fol- 

 lowing section is contained in the legislative 

 article : 



ie wife at the time 

 'iven to, inherited, 



-. ^ , her separate prop- 

 erty, and notoe liable for the debts of her husband. 



Article IV. relates to the power of taxation, 

 and contains the following provisions : 



