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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.......
free suffrage, to be supported by laws regulating.

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laws shall be passed prohibiting bribery, tumult, undue in-
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privileged from arrest......

exempt from militia duty on day of election..........
who disqualified from being..

Embezzlement, to be punished as a felony..

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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
Peace.....

Fines, excessive, not to be imposed.......
Fiscal Year, to commence July first....

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Forgery, disqualifications of persons convicted of.........

Governor, may convene Legislature by proclamation.......

to issue writsof election to fill vacancies in Legislature....
to approve all laws.......

liable to impeachment.....

supreme executive power vested in.........

how and when elected, and term of office......................
qualifications of.....

returns of election for, how made and published...

plurality to elect.........

in case of tie, Legislature to elect..................................
shall be Commander in Chief...........

shall transact all executive business with the officers of Gov-
ernment, etc......

may require information, in writing, from the officers on any
subject relating to their duties.

shall see that the laws are faithfully executed.................
shall have power to fill vacancies in office.....

Governor, may convene the Legislature by proclamation...

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shall communicate, by message, to the Legislature, annually,
the condition of the State, etc..........

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may adjourn the Legislature in case of disagreement between
the two Houses....

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no person holding office under the United States or this State
to exercise the office of.........

shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons......
may suspend execution of sentence for treason......

shall report to the Legislature the reprieves and pardons
granted
Lieutenant Governor to perform duties of, in certain con-
tingency......

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Grants, form of.............

Habeas Corpus.....

may be issued by Judges of Supreme, District, and County
Courts

Homestead, shall be protected

Husband and Wife, property of, how held......

laws shall be passed clearly defining the rights of the wife, etc
registration of wife's property to be provided for. See Mar-
riage......

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..
causes to be removed.........

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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
term.....

ineligible to other office during the term for which elected....
not to charge juries relative to matter of fact.....

Jury, right of trial, secured.

no person to be held to answer for capital crime unless on
presentment, etc......

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....
statement of receipts and expenditures of public moneys to
be published annually with....

every law to embrace but one object, etc...

no law to be revised or amended by reference to the title.......
provision to be made for speedy publication of..........................
free to be published by any person......

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.....

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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...........

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Legislative Department (continued)———

shall establish a system of county and town governments.....
power to provide for Board of Supervisors....

when and where first to assemble and organize........Schedule
returns of first election to be laid before each House...Schedule
to elect officers....

to elect United States Senators........................................
apportionment of

pay of members.......

limitation of powers as to creation of debts.

limitation of powers to make appropriations.......

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ach limitation not to apply to first Legislature....... Schedule
members privileged from arrest.......

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doors of each House to be opened, except when secrecy is
required......

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neither House shall adjourn without consent of the other, for
more than three days, etc.....................

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no bill to become a law till approved by the Governor...

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bill not returned by Governor within ten days to become a
law

Assembly to have sole power of impeachment.......
Senate to try all impeachments....

member not to be appointed to office created during his term
members to receive a fixed compensation, not to be increased
during their 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............................

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qualifications.

in cases of incapacity to perform duties or absence from State,
President of Senate to act.

compensation of, not to be increased or diminished during

term....

Lottery, shall not be authorized, nor the sale of tickets.......

Marriage, contract of, not to be invalidated for want of conformity to any religious sect...

property of wife at, to be her separate property.

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
years, in time of war.....

Military, soldier not to be quartered in house without consent of owner
Governor to be Commander in Chief.....

provision to be made for organizing and disciplining militia..

officers to be appointed as Legislature may direct, and com-
missioned by Governor.....

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.......

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laws shall be passed clearly defining the rights of wife, etc.
See Husband and Wife.....

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Office, member of Legislature not to be appointed to any civil office of
profit created during his term....

person holding lucrative office under the United States, etc.,
to be ineligible to.........

person convicted of embezzlement, etc., to be ineligible to.....
vacancies in, to be filled by Governor..........

oath of.......

duration of......

person convicted of giving or offering bribe, disqualified from
laws shall be made disqualifying persons convicted of certain

crimes

Officers, who impeachable........

how tried for misdemeanors..

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certain, not to receive fees for official duties......................................................

how elected or appointed......

to be supported by county, city, town, etc...

existing, when superseded.....

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terms of certain, not affected by certain amendments to Con-
stitution....

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
Press, liberty of, secured..

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.............................. ........
licentiousness, not allowed....

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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...

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enumeration of, not to impair others retained.................
existing, not to be affected.

Salaries, of Governor and Lieutenant Governor..................................
pay of members of the Legislature......

of certain officers, to be fixed by Legislature.

Schools, fund for support of......

provision to be made for system of common...............................

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appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice, etc., of
the Senate....

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
months

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Senators (continued)

number of..

to be divided by lot into two classes.............

one half chosen annually...

the two classes to be kept as nearly equal as possible..

to try all impeachments.....

number of.......

districts, how formed.......

in Congress, when first to be elected..

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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.....

Suffrage, free, to be supported by law.

right of, who entitled to.....

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persons convicted of certain crimes disqualified from........

Suits against State, how brought...........

Superintendent of Public Instruction, election, term, duties, and com

pensation

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quorum, for business...

Justices, how and when elected....

same, term of office...................

same, to be classified......

same, senior to be Chief Justice

appellate jurisdiction.......

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power to issue certain writs..............

shall be conservators of the peace.................................................................................
Clerk of, election of......

time and place of holding, to be provided for.....

compensation of Justices not to be increased or diminished

during term.......

Justices ineligible to other office during term for which elected

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Town Governments, to be established as nearly uniform as possible

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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 compelled to be witness against himself......

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...

who not entitled to be..........

in all elections by Legislature, vote to be viva voce and en-
tered on journal........

person convicted of certain crimes disqualified as.........................................

Veto, of Governor

Witness, not to be unreasonably detained..

Yeas and Nays, when to be entered on journal........

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