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. XIV. Each House may punish by imprisonment, during their session, any person not a member, who shall be guilty of disrespect to the House, by any disorderly or contemptuous behavior in their presence; provided such imprisonment shall not at any one time exceed twenty-four hours.

SEC. XV. The doors of each House, and of committees of the whole, shall be kept open, except in such cases as, in the opinion of the House, require secrecy. Neither House shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than two days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting. SEC XVI. Bills may originate in either House, but may be altered, amended or rejected by the other.

SEC. XVII. Every bill shall be read on three different days in cach House, unless in case of urgency, three-fourths of the House, where such bill is so depending, shall deem it expedient to dispense with this rule; and every bill having passed both Houses shall be signed by the Speakers of their respective Houses.

SEC. XVIII. The style of the laws of this State shall be "Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio."

SEC. XXI. The Legislature of this State shall not allow the following officers of government greater annual salaries than as follows, until the year eighteen hundred and eight, to wit: The Governor not more than one thousand dollars; the Judges of the Supreme Court, not more than one thousand dollars each; the Presidents of the Courts of Common Pleas, not more than eight hundred dollars each; the Secretary of State, not more than five hundred dollars; the Auditors of Public accounts, not more than seven hundred and fifty dollars; the Treasurer not more than four hundred and fifty dollars; no member of the Legislature shall receive more than two dollars per day, during his attendance on the Legislature, nor more for every twenty-five miles he shall travel, in going to and returning from the General Assembly.

SEC. XX. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office under this State, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such time.

SEC. XXI. No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law.

SEC. XXII. An accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the public money, shall be attached to, and published with the laws, annually.

SEC. XXIII. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeaching, but a majority of all the members must concur in an impeachment. All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate; and when sitting for that purpose, the Senators shall be upon oath or affirmation, to do justice according to law and evi dence. No person shall be convicted, without the concurrence of two-thirds of all the Senators.

SEC. XXIV. The Governor, and all other civil officers under this State shall be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office; but judgment in such case, shall not extend further than removal from office and disqualification to hold any office of honor, profit or trust, under this State. The party, whether convicted or acquitted, shall, nevertheless, be liable to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law.

Sac. XXV. The first session of the General Assembly shall commence on the first Tuesday of March next; and forever after, the General Assembly shall meet on the first Monday of December, in every year, and at no other period, unless directed by law, or provided for by this Constitution.

Sec. XXVI. No Judge of any Court of Law or Equity, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Register, Clerk of any Court of Record, Sheriff, or Collector, Member of either House of Congress, or person holding any office under the authority of the United States, or any lucrative office under the authority of this State, (provided that appointments in the militia, or Justices of the Peace, shall not be considered lucrative offices,) shall be eligible as a candidate for, or have a seat in, the General Assembly.

SEC. XXVII. No person shall be appointed to any office within any county, who shall not have been a citizen and inhabitant therein one year next before his appointment, if the county shall have been so long erected; but if the county shall not have been so long erected, then within the limits of the county or counties out of which it shall have been taken.

SEC. XXVIII. No person, who heretofore hath been, or hereafter may be, a Collector or holder of public moneys, shall have a seat in either House of the General Assembly, until such person shall have accounted for, and paid into the treasury, all sums for which he may be accountable or liable.

ARTICLE II.

SECTION I. The Supreme Executive power of this State shall be vested in a Governor.

SIC. II. The Governor shall be chosen by the electors of the members of the General Assembly, on the second Tuesday of October, at the same places, and in the same manner, that they shall respectively vote for members thereof. The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of government, by the returning officers, directed to the Speaker of the Senate, who shall open and publish them, in the presence of a majority of the members of each House of the General Assembly: the person having the highest number of votes shall be Governor; but if two or more shall be equal and highest in votes, one of them shall be chosen Governor by joint ballot of both Houses of the General Assembly. Contested elections for Governor shall be determined by both Houses of the General Assembly, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.

SEC. III. The first Governor shall hold his office until the first Monday of December, one thousand eight hundred and five, and until another Governor shall be

elected and qualified to office; and forever after the Governor shall hold his office for the term of two years, and until another Governor shall be elected and qualified; but he shall not be eligible more than six years, in any term of eight years. He shall be at least thirty years of age, and have been a citizen of the United States twelve years, and an inhabitant of this State four years next preceding his election. SEC. IV. He shall, from time to time, give to the General Assembly, information of the state of the Government, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall deem expedient.

SEC. V. He shall have the power to grant reprieves and pardons, after conviction, except in cases of impeachment.

SEC. VI. The Governor shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished, during the term for which he shall have been elected.

SEC. VII. He may require information, in writing, from the officers in the executive department, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective of fices, and shall take care that the laws he faithfully executed.

SEC. VIII. When any officer, the right of whose appointment is, by this Constitution, vested in the General Assembly, shall during the recess die, or his office by any means become vacant, the Governor shall have power to fill such vacancy, by granting a commission, which shall expire at the end of the next session of the Legislature.

SEC. IX. He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the General Assembly, by proclamation, and shall state to them, when assembled, the purposes for which they shall have been convened.

SEC. X. He shall be Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy of this State, and of the militia, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States.

SEC. XI. In case of disagreement between the two Houses, with respect to the time of adjournment, the Governor shall have the power to adjourn the General Assembly to such time as he thinks proper; provided it be not a period beyond the annual meeting of the Legislature.

SEC. XII. In case of the death, impeachment, resignation or removal of the Governor from office, the Speaker of the Senate shall exercise the office of Governor until he be acquitted, or another Governor shall be duly qualified. In case of the impeachment of the Speaker of the Senate, or his death, removal from office, resignation, or absence from the State, the Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives shall succeed to the office, and exercise the duties thereof, until a Governor shall be elected and qualified.

SEC. XIII. No member of Congress, or person holding any office under the United States, or this State, shall execute the office of Governor.

SEC. XIV. There shall be a seal of this State, which shall be kept by the Gov ernor, and used by him officially, and shall be called "The Great Seal of the State of Ohio."

SEC. XV. All grants and commissions shall be in the name and by the authority

of the State of Ohio, sealed with the seal, signed by the Governor, and countersign

ed by the Secretary.

SEC. XVI. A Secretary of State shall be appointed by joint ballot of the Senate and House of Representatives, who shall continue in office three years, if he shall so long behave himself well; he shall keep a fair register of the official acts and proceedings of the Governor, and shall, when required, lay the same, and all papers, minutes and vouchers relative thereto, before either branch of the Legislature; and shall perform such other duties as shall be assigned him by law.

ARTICLE III.

SECTION I. The Judicial power of this State, both as to matters of law and equity, shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in Courts of Common Pleas for each county, in Justices of the Peace, and in such other courts as the Legislature may, from time to time, establish.

Src. II. The Supreme Court shall consist of three Judges, any two of whom shall be a quorum. They shall have original and appellate jurisdiction, both in common law and chancery, in such cases as shall be directed by law; provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the General Assembly from adding another Judge to the Supreme Court, after the term of five years, in which case the Judge may divide the State into two circuits, within which any two of the Judges may hold a Court.

SEC. III. The several Courts of Common Pleas shall consist of a President and Associate Judges. The State shall be divided by law into three circuits. There shall be appointed in each circuit, a President of the Courts, who, during his continuance in office, shall reside therein. There shall be appointed in each county, not more than three nor less than two Associate Judges, who, during their continuance in office, shall reside therein. The President and Associate Judges, in their respective counties, any three of whom shall be a quorum, shall compose the Court of Common Pleas, which Court shall have common law and chancery jurisdiction in all such cases as shall be directed by law: provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the Legislature from increasing the number of circuits and Presidents, after the term of five years.

SEC. IV. The Judge of the Supreme Court and Courts of Common Pleas, shall have complete criminal jurisdiction in such cases and in such manner as may be pointed out by law.

SEC. V. The Court of Common Pleas in each county shall have jurisdiction of all probate and testamentary matters, granting administration, the appointment of guardians, and such other cases as shall be prescribed by law.

SEC. VI. The Judges of the Court of Common Pleas shall, within their respective counties, have the same powers with the Judges of the Supreme Court, to issue writs of certiorari to the Justices of the Peace, and to cause their proceedings to be brought before them, and the like right and justice to be done.

SEC. VII. The Judges of the Supreme Court shall, by virtue of their offices, be

conservators of the peace throughout the State. The Presidents of the Courts of Common Pleas shall, by virtue of their offices, be conservators of the peace in their respective circuits; and the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas shall, by virtue of their offices, be conservators of the peace in their respective counties.

SEC. VIII. The Judges of the Surpeme Court, the Presidents and the Associate Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas, shall be appointed by joint ballot of both Houses of the General Assembly, and shall hold their offices for the term of seven years, if so long they behave well. The Judges of the Supreme Court, and the Presidents of the Courts of Common Pleas, shall, at stated times, receive for their services an adequate compensation, to be fixed by law, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office; but they shall receive no fees or perquisites of office, nor hold any other office of profit or trust, under the authority of this State or the United States.

SEC. IX. Each court shall appoint its own Clerk, for the term of seven years; but no person shall be appointed Clerk, except pro tempore, who shall not produce to the court appointing him, a certificate from a majority of the Judges of the Supreme Court, that they judge him to be well qualified to execute the duties of the office of Clerk to any court of the same dignity with that for which he offers himself. They shall be removable for breach of good behavior, at any time, by the Judges of the respective courts.

SEC. X. The Supreme Court shall be held once a year, in each county, and the Court of Common Pleas shall be holden in each county, at such times and places as shall be prescribed by law.

SEC. XI. A competent number of Justices of the Peace shall be elected by the qualified electors in each township in the several counties, and shall continue in office three years, whose powers and duties shall from time to time be regulated and defined by law.

SEC. XII. The style of all process shall be "The State of Ohio;" all prosecu tions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the State of Ohio; and all indictments shall conclude "against the peace and dignity of the same."

ARTICLE IV.

SEC. 1. In all elections, all white male inhabitants above the age of twenty-one years, having resided in the State one year next preceding the election, and who have paid or are charged with a State or county tax, shall enjoy the right of an elector; but no person shall be entitled to vote, except in the county or district in which he shall actually reside at the time of the election.

SEC. II. All elections shall be by ballot.

SEC. III. Electors shall, in all cases, except treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at elections, and in going to and returning from the same.

SEC. IV. The Legislature shall have full power to exclude from the privilege of electing, or being elected, any person convicted of bribery, perjury or any other infamous crime.