2. That all officers, civil and military, now in commission under the State of Virginia, shall continue to hold and exercise their offices until the tenth day of August next, and no longer.

3. That until the first enumeration shall be made, as directed by the sixth section of the first article of this constitution, the county of Jefferson shall be entitled to elect three representatives; the county of Lincoln, four representatives; the county of Fayette, nine representatives; the county of Nelson, six representatives; the county of Mercer, four representatives; the county of Madison, three representatives; the county of Bourbon, five representatives; the county of Woodford, four representatives; and the county of Mason, two representatives. 4. The general assembly shall meet at Lexington on the fourth day of June next.

5. All returns herein directed to be made to the secretary shall, previous to his appointment, be made to the clerk of the supreme court for the district of Kentucky.

6. Until a seal shall be provided for the State, the governor shall be at liberty to use his private seal.

7. The oaths of office herein directed to be taken may be administered by any justice of the peace, until the legislature shall otherwise direct.

8. All bonds given by any officer within the district of Kentucky, payable to the governor of Virginia, may be prosecuted in the name of the governor of Kentucky. 9. All offences against the laws of Virginia, which have been committed within the present district of Kentucky, or which may be committed within the same before the first day of June next, shall be cognizable in the courts of this State in the same manner that they would be if they were committed within this State, after the said first day of June.

10. At the elections herein directed to be held in May next, the sheriff of each county, or in case of his absence one of his deputies. shall preside, and if they neglect or refuse to act, the said elections shall be held by any one of the justices of the peace for the county *

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in the county for which he may be chosen or in the district for which he is elected in case the said counties may be divided into separate districts of election, and has not held for one year in the said county or district landed property to the value of five hundred dollars agreeably to the last list.

SECT. 5th. Elections for Representatives for the several counties entitled to representation, shall be held at the places of holding their respecting courts, or in the several election precincts, into which the Legislature may think proper, from time to time, to divide any or all of those counties.

SECT. 6th. Representation shall be equal and uniform in this state, and shall be forever regulated and ascertained by the number of qualified electors therein. In the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen and every fourth year thereafter, an enumeration of all the electors shall be made in such manner as shall be directed by law. The number of Representatives shall, in the several years of making these enumerations be so fixed as not to be less than twenty five nor more than fifty.

SECT. 7th. The House of Representatives shall choose its speaker and other officers.

SECT. 8th. In all elections for Representatives every free white male citizen of the United States, who at the time being, hath attained to the age of twenty one years and resided in the county in which he offers to vote one year not preceding the election, and who in the last six months prior to the said election, shall have paid a state tax, shall enjoy the right of an elector: provided however that every free white male citizen of the United States who shall have purchased land from the United States, shall have the right of voting whenever he shall have the other qualifications of age and residence above prescribed-Electors shall in all cases, except treason, felony, breach of surety of peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at, going to or returning from elections.

SECT. 9th. The members of the Senate shall be chosen for the term of four years, and when assembled shall have the power to choose its officers annually. SEOT. 10th. The State shall be divided in fourteen senatorial districts, which shall forever remain indivisible, as follows; the Parish of St. Bernard and Plaquemine including the country above as far as the land (Des Pécheurs) on the east of the Mississippi and on the west as far as Bernoudy's canal shall form

one district. The city of New-Orleans beginning at the Nuns' Plantation alova and extending below as far as the above mentioned canal (Des Pécheurs) inending the inhabitants of the Bayou St. John, shall form the second district. *** remainder of the county of Orleans shall form the third district. The counties of German Coast, Acadia, Lafourche, Iberville, Point Coupée, Concordia, Ara kapas, Opelousas, Rapides, Natchitoches and Ovachita, shall each form cre district, and each district shall elect a senator.

SECT. 11th. At the Session of the General Assembly after this constitution 'takes effect, the Senators shall be divided by lot, as equally as may be, into pro classes; the seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expira tion of the second year, of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year so that one half shall be chosen every two years, and a rotation thereby kept "; perpetually.

SCHEDULE

SECT. 1. That no inconveniences may arise from the change of a territorial to permanent state government, it is declared by the Convention that all rights, suits, actions, prosecutions, claims and contracts, both as it respects individuas and bodies corporate, shall continue as if no change had taken place in his government in virtue of the laws now in force.

SECT. 2. All fines, penalties and forfeitures, due and owing to the territory of Orleans shall inure to the use of the state. All bonds executed to the governer or any other officer in his official capacity in the territory, shall pass over to the governor or to the officers of the State and their successors in office, for the ge of the State, by him or by them to be respectively assigned over to the use of those concerned, as the case may be.

SECT. 3. The governor, secretary and judges, and all other officers under the territorial government, shall continue in the exercise of their duties of their respective departments until the said officers are superceded under the authority of this Constitution.

SECT. 4. All laws now in force in this territory, not inconsistent with this constitution, shall continue and remain in full effect until repealed by the legislature.

SECT. 5. The governor of this state shall make use of his private seal, until state seal be procured.

SECT. 6. The oaths of office herein directed to be taken, may be administered by any justice of the peace, until the legislature shall otherwise direct.

SECT. 7. At the expiration of the time after which this constitution is to g into operation, or immediately after official information shall have been receive that congress have approved of the same, the president of the Convention ZA issue writs of election to the proper officers in the different counties, enjoiting them to cause an election to be held for governor and members of the generi assembly, in each of their respective districts. The election shall comrerie on the fourth Monday following the day of the date of the President's prociata tion, and shall take place on the same day throughout the state. The mode at duration of the said election shall be determined by the laws now in fore Provided however, that in case of absence or disability of the President of the Convention, to cause the said election to be carried into effect, the Secretary & the Convention shall discharge the duties hereby imposed on the President, and that in case of absence of the secretary a committee of Messrs. Blanque, Broar and Urquhart or a majority of them, shall discharge the duties herein ilpred on the secretary of the convention-and the members of the general assecdet thus elected shall assemble on the fourth Monday thereafter at the seat of gorernment. The governor and members of the general assembly for this time wit shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices, immediately after ther election, and shall continue in office in the same manner and during the sale period they would have done had they been elected on the first Monday of July 1812.

SECT. 8. untill the first enumeration shall be made as directed in the sh section of the second article of this Constitution, the, county of Orleans sai be entitled to Six Representatives to be elected as follows: one by the first setttorial district within the said county, four by the second district, and one hr the third district-The county of German Coast, to two Representatives, "b" county of Acadia, to two Representatives; the county of Iberville, to two Repre

sentatives; the county of Lafourche, to two Representatives; to be elected as follows: one by the parish of the assumption, and the other by the parish of the interior; the county of Rapides, to two Representatives; the county of Natchitoches, to one Representative; the county of Concordia, to one Representative: the county of Ouachitta, to one Representative; the county of Opelloussas, to two Representatives; the county of Attakapas, to three Representatives to be elected as follows: two by the parish of St. Martin and the third by the parish of St. Mary, and the respective senatorial districts created by this Constitution, to one senator each.

Done in Convention, at New Orleans, the twenty second day of the month of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and of the independence of the United States of America, the thirty-sixth.

ELIGIUS FROMENTIN,

J. POYDRAS, President of the Convention.

Secretary of the Convention.

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office of the secretary of state aforesaid, on or before the first day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four and on or before the fifteenth day of November annually thereafter forever. The legislature of this State may pass any law additional to the foregoing provisions, if any shall, in practice, be found necessary in order more fully to carry into effect the purpose thereof.

ARTICLE III

DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS

SEC. 1. The powers of this government shall be divided into three distinct departments, the Legislative, Executive and Judicial.

SEC. 2. No person or persons, belonging to one of these departments, shall exercise any of the powers properly belonging to either of the others, except in the cases herein expressly directed or permitted.

ARTICLE IV.-PART FIRST

LEGISLATIVE POWER.-HOUSE OF REPRSENTATIVES

SEC. 1. The legislative power shall be vested in two distinct branches, a House of Representatives, and a Senate, each to have a negative on the other, and both to be styled the Legislature of Maine and the style of their acts and laws shall be, "BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN LEGISLATURE ASSEMBLED."

SEC. The House of Representatives shall consist of one hundred and fifty-one members, to be elected by the qualified electors, for one year from the day next preceding the annual meeting of the Legislature. The Legislature, which shall first be convened under this Constitution, shall, on or before the fifteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, and the Legislature, within every subsequent period of at most ten years, and at least five, cause the number of the inhabitants of the State to be ascertained, exclusive of foreigners not naturalized and Indians not taxed. The number of Representatives shall, at the several periods of makin gsuch enumeration, be fixed and apportioned among the several counties as near as may be, according to the number of inhabitants, having regard to the relative increase of population. The number of representatives shall, on said first apportionment, be not less than one hundred nor more than one hundred and fifty.

SEC. 3. Each town having fifteen hundred inhabitants may elect one representative; each town having three thousand seven hundred and fifty may elect two each town having six thousand seven hundred and fifty may elect three; each town having ten thousand five hundred may elect four; each town having fifteen thousand may elect five; each town having twenty thousand two hundred and fifty may elect six; each town having twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty may elect seven; but no town shall ever be entitled to more than seven representatives; and towns and plantations duly organized, not having fifteen hundred

ARTICLE 4

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

SECTION 1. The supreme executive power of this State shall be vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be styled the Governor of the State of Iowa.

SECTION 2. The Governor shall be elected by the qualified electors at the tire and place of voting for members of the General Assembly, and shall hold t office four years from the time of his installation, and until his successor shali be qualified.

SECTION 3. No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor, who has neg been a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the State two years Ler: preceding the election, and attained the age of thirty years, at the time of said election.

SECTION 4. The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of government, directed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall, during the first week of the session, open and publish them in presence of both houses of the General Assembly. The person having the highest number of votes shall be Governor; but in case any two or more have an equal and the highest number of votes, the General Assembly shall, by joit vote, choose one of said persons so having an equal and the highest number of votes, for Governor.

SECTION 5. The Governor shall be commander-in-chief of the militia, the army and navy of this State.

SECTION 6. He shall transact all executive business with the officers of govƏrnment, civil and military, and may require information in writing from the officers of the executive department upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices.

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*** capacity, shall pass over to the governor of the state, or other proper state authority, and to their successors in office, for the uses therein respectivel expressed, and may be sued for an recovered accordingly.All criminal prosecutions and penal actions which may have arisen, or may arise, before the organizata © of the judicial department under this constitution, and which shall then be pending, may be prosecuted to judgment and execution in the name of the State SECTION 5. All officers, civil and military, now holding their offices and ap pointments in this territory under the authority of the United States, or under the authority of this territory, shall continue to hold and execute their respective offices and appointments until superseded under this constitution.

SECTION 6. The first general election under this constitution shall be Nil at such time as the governor of the territory, by proclamation may ap{wuz” within three months after its adoption, for the election of a governor, two reper sentatives in the Congress of the United States, (unless Congress shall provide for the election of one representative,) members of the general assembly and one auditor, treasurer and secretary of state. Said election shall be conducted in accordance with the existing laws of this territory: and said goverzor representatives in the Congress of the United States, auditor, treasurer, and secretary of state, duly elected at said election, shall continue to dischare duties of their respective offices for the time prescribed by this constitution and until their successors are elected and qualified. The returns of said ele-ti a shall be made in conformity to the existing laws of this territory. SECTION 7. Until the first enumeration of the inhabitants of this state, as directed by this constitution, the following shall be the apportionment of the Gezera: Assembly:

The county of Jefferson, one Senator and three Representatives.

The county of Lee shall be entitled to two Senators and five Representatives; The county of Van Buren, two Senators and four Representatives:

The counties of Davis and Appanoose, one Senator and one Representative, jointly;

The counties of Wapello and Monroe, one Senator jointly, and one Repre sentative each;

The counties af Marian, Polk, Dallas and Jasper, one Senator and two Repre sentatives, jointly;

The county of Des Moines, two Senators and four Representatives;

The county of Henry, one Senator and three Representatives;

The counties of Louisa and Washington, one Senator jointly, and one Representative each;

The counties of Keokuk and Mahaska, one Senator jointly and one Represenative each;

The counties of Muscatine, Johnson and Iowa, one Senator and one Representative jointly, and Muscatine one Representative, and Johnson and Iowa one Representative jointly;

The counties of Scott and Clinton, one Senator jointly, and one Representative each;

The counties of Cedar, Linn and Benton, one Senator jointly; the county of Cedar, one Representative, and the counties of Linn and Benton, one Representative jointly:

The counties of Jackson and Jones, one Senator and two Representatives;

The counites of Dubuque, Delaware, Clayton, Fayette, Buchanan, and Blackhawk, two Senators and two Representatives jointly;

And any county attached to any county for judicial purposes, shall, unless otherwise provided for, be considered as forming part of such county for election purposes.

SECTION 8. The first meeting of the General Assembly under this Constitution shall be at such times as the Governor of the territory may by proclamation appoint, within four months after its ratification by the people, in Iowa City, in Johnson county, which place shall be the seat of government of the State of Iowa, until removed by law.

Done in convention at Iowa City, this eighteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the seventieth.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names:

Attest:

WM. THOMPSON, Secretary.

ENOS LOWE, President.

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We, the People of the State of Iowa, grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of those blessings, do ordain and establish a free and independent government, by the name of The State of Iowa, and boundaries whereof shall be as follows:

Begining in the middle of the main channel of the Missisippi river, at a point due east of the middle of the mouth of the main channel of the Des Moines river; thence up the middle of the main channel of the said Des Moines river, to a point on said river where the northern boundary line of the State of Missouri-as established by the Constitution of that State, adopted June 12th, 1820 crosses the said middle of the main channel of the said Des Moines river; thence westwardly along the said northern boundary line of the State of Missouri, as established at the time aforesaid, until an extension of said line intersects the middle of the main channel of the Missouri river; thence up the middle of the main channel of the said Missouri river to a point opposite the middle of the main channel of the Big Sioux river, according to Nicollett's map; thence up the main channel of the said Big Sioux river, according to the said map, until it is intersected by the parallel of forty-three degrees and thirty minutes north latitude; thence east along said parallel of forty-three degrees and thirty minutes, until said parallel intersects the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi river; thence down the middle of the main channel of the said Mississippi river to the place of beginning.

Verified by "The Constitution of the State of Iowa. Adopted March 5, 1857.-with Subsequent Amendments. Printed from the Original Enrollment. Compiled by Frank D. Jackson, Secretary of State. Des Moines, Iowa: G. H. Ragsdale, State printer. 1889." And from the Official Register, 1906.