the powers of government for redress of grievances, by petition or remonstrance.

Sec. 30. That no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.

Sec. 31. That there cannot be in this State either slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.

Sec. 32. The enumeration in this Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny, impair or disparage others retained by the people.

ARTICLE III.

The Distribution of Powers.

The powers of government shall be divided into three distinct departments - the legislative, executive and judicial each of which shall be confided to a separate magistracy, and no person, or collection of persons, charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of those departments, shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others, except in the instances in this Constitution expressly directed or permitted.

ARTICLE IV.

Legislative Department.

Section 1. The legislative power, subject to the limitations herein contained, shall be vested in a Senate and House of Representatives, to be styled "The General Assembly of the State of Missouri."

Representation and Apportionment.

Sec. 2. The House of Representatives shall consist of members to be chosen every second year by the qualified voters of the several counties, and apportioned in the following manner: The ratio of representation shall be ascertained at each apportioning session of the General Assembly, by dividing the whole number of inhabitants of the State, as ascertained by the last decennial census of the United States, by the number two hundred. Each county having one ratio, or less, shall be entitled to one Representative; each county having two and a half times said ratio shall be entitled to two Representatives; each county having four times said ratio shall be entitled to three Representatives; each county having six times such ratio shall be

entitled to four Representatives, and so on above that number, giving one additional member for every two and a half additional ratios.

Sec. 3. When any county shall be entitled to more than one Representative, the county court shall cause such county to be subdivided into districts of compact and contiguous territory, corresponding in number to the Representatives to which such county is entitled, and in population as nearly equal as may be, in each of which the qualified voters shall elect one Representative, who shall be a resident of such district: Provided, that when any county shall be entitled to more than ten Repre sentative, the circuit court shall cause such county to be subdivided into districts, so as to give each district not less than two nor more than four Representatives, who shall be residents of such district-the population of the districts to be propor tioned to the number of Representatives to be elected there from.

Sec. 4. No person shall be a member of the House of Rep resentatives who shall not have attained the age of twentyfour years, who shall not be a male citizen of the United States, who shall not have been a qualified voter of this State two years, and an inhabitant of the county or district which he may be chosen to represent one year next before the day of his election-if such county or district shall have been so long cstablished, but if not, then of the county or district from which the same shall have been taken-and who shall not have paid a State and county tax within one year next preceding the election.

Sec. 5. The Senate shall consist of thirty-four members, to be chosen by the qualified voters of their respective districts for four years. For the election of Senators, the State shall be divided into convenient districts, as nearly equal in population as may be, the same to be ascertained by the last decennial census taken by the United States.

Sec. 6. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, who shall not be a male citi zen of the United States, who shall not have been a qualified voter of this State three years, and an inhabitant of the district which he may be chosen to represent one year next before the day of his election-if such district shall have been so long established, but if not, then of the district or districts from

which the same shall have been taken-and who shall not have paid a State and county tax within one year next preceding the election. When any county shall be entitled to more than one Senator, the circuit court shall cause such county to be subdivided into districts of compact and contiguous territory, and of population as nearly equal as may be, corresponding in number with the Senators to which such county may be entitled', and in each of these one Senator, who shall be a resident of such district, shall be elected by the qualified voters thereof.

Sec. 7. Senators and Representatives shall be chosen according to the rule of apportionment established in this Constitution, until the next decennial census by the United States shall have been taken, and the result thereof as to this State ascer ained, when the apportionment shall be revised and adjusted ›n the basis of that census, and every ten years thereafter upon the basis of the United States census, or if such census be not taken, or is delayed, then on the basis of a State census-such apportionment to be made at the first session of the General Assembly after each such census: Provided, that if at any time, or from any cause, the General Assembly shall fail or refuse to district the State for Senators, as required in this section, it shall be the duty of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney-General, within thirty days after the adjournment of the General Assembly on which such duty devolved, to perform said duty, and to file in the office of the Secretary of State a full statement of the districts formed by them, including the names of the counties embraced in each district, and the numbers thereof said statement to be signed by them, and attested by the Great Seal of the State, and upon the proclamation of the Governor, the same shall be as binding and effectual as if done by the General Assembly.

Sec. 8. Until an apportionment of Representatives can be ade, in accordance with the provisions of this article, the House of Representatives shall consist of one hundred and fortythree members, which shall be divided among the several counties of the State as follows: The county of St. Louis shall have seventeen; the county of Jackson four; the county of Buchanan three; the counties of Franklin, Greene, Johnson, Lafayette, Macon, Marion, Pike and Saline, each two, and each of the other counties in the State one.

Sec. 9. Senatorial and representative districts may be altered, from time to time, as public convenience may require. When any senatorial district shall be composed of two or more counties, they shall be contiguous-such districts to be as compact as may be and in the formation of the same no county shall be divided.

Sec. 10. The first election of Senators and Representatives, under this Constitution, shall be held at the general election in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, when the whole number of Representatives, and the Senators from the districts having odd numbers, who shall compose the first class, shall be chosen; and in one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, the Senators from the districts having even numbers, who shall compose the second class; and so on at each succeeding general election, half the senators provided for by this Constitution shall be chosen.

Sec. 11. Until the State shall be divided into senatorial districts, in accordance with the provisions of this article, said districts shall be constituted and numbered as follows:

The First district shall be composed of the counties of Andrew, Holt, Nodaway and Atchison.

Second district-The counties of Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry and Worth.

Third district

-The counties of Clay, Clinton and Platte. Fourth district - The courties of Caldwell, Ray, Daviess and Harrison.

Fifth district-The counties of Livingston, Grundy, Mercer and Carroll.

Sixth district - The counties of Linn, Sullivan, Putnam and Chariton.

Seventh district-The counties of Randolph, Howard and Monroe.

Eighth district-The counties of Adair, Macon and Schuyler. Ninth district-The counties of Audrian, Boone and Callaway. Tenth district - The counties of St. Charles and Warren. Eleventh district - The counties of Pike, Lincoln and Montgomery.

Twelfth district and Knox.

The counties of Lewis, Clark, Scotland

Thirteenth district-The counties of Marion, Shelby and Ralls. Fourteenth district-The counties of Bates, Cass and Henry. Fifteenth district-The county of Jackson.

Sixteenth district-The counties of Vernon, Barton, Jasper, Newton and McDonald.

Seventeenth district-The counties of Lafayette and Johnson. Eighteenth district-The counties of Greene, Lawrence, Barry, Stone and Christian.

Nineteenth district-The counties of Saline, Pettis and Ben

ton.

Twentieth district-The counties of Polk, Hickory, Dallas, Dade, Cedar and St. Clair.

Twenty-first district - The counties of Laclede, Webster, Wright, Texas, Douglas, Taney, Ozark and Howell.

Twenty-second district - The counties of Phelps, Miller, Maries, Camden, Pulaski, Crawford and Dent.

Twenty-third district-The counties of Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Stoddard and Scott.

Twenty-fourth district-The counties of Iron, Madison, Bollinger, Wayne, Butler, Reynolds, Carter, Ripley, Oregon and Shannon.

Twenty-fifth district-The counties of Franklin, Gasconade and Osage.

Twenty-sixth district The counties of Washington, Jeffer son, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve and Perry.

Twenty-eighth district - The counties of Cooper, Moniteau, Morgan and Cole.

St. Louis county shall be divided into seven districts, numbered, respectively, as follows:

Twenty-seventh, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Thirty second, Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth.

Sec. 12. No Senator or Representative shall, during the term for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any office under this State, or any municipality thereof; and no member of Congress or person holding any lucrative office under the United States, or this State, or any municipality thereof (militia officers, justices of the peace and notaries public excepted), shall be eligible to either house of the General Assembly, or remain a member thereof, after having accepted any such office or seat in either house of Congress.

Sec. 13. If any Senator or Representative remove his residence from the district or county for which he was elected, his office shall thereby be vacated.