THE (WKfaUN A11GUS, resLisuso svasv MTtmutr mossing, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. TERMS Tha Aaou ii furaiiktd al Tarsr ValUri and fifty Cmtt pur annum, in '" advance, to lingU lubirnbrrtTkrii Holluri tack la tlulti itj ten al am office in advance Wktn Ikt muHiv it ml paid in adranit, four ,,, DMart if ill It charged if paid mil kin lit manlkt, and fin dolturi at Ikt tad aj Ikt year. 0T Dalian for tit manlkt Na tuutcrip i. liana rtrtiatJ fur a leu utriad. AIA'KRTIHINO RAT1. Oua square (13 Uue or Imm) m, Insertion, 3,60 - Iwu iitssrktiM, 4,00 - - three Insertions, 6,00 ' V.tnh suUqunt Insertion, 1,00 Reuunsult deductions to tlu who advertise by tli year. tt$fi M JOB PRINTING. Tub rsersisToa or tiis A 110 1' 8 is mrrl iu inloriii tli public that lit has Just rseeivsd a lares stock of JOU TVl'E snd oilier new print- A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Principles of Jeffersonian Democracy, and advocating the Bide of Truth in every issue. inn iimur.nl, and will ha iu ths S.fedy reeeipt itt (dilitioiu nailed Is sll His rrqnlrrmrnu at this lo onliiv. UANDIHM-H, I'OtiTKItM, ItLANKB, C'AKDH, ClltCl'I.AJM, PAMI'llLKT-WOltK sad ullier kinds, done lo onlrr, on short notice. ff Na paper diteantinutd until all arrearnget art paid, ualett at the option of I In puliliekir. Vol. III. OREGON CITY, OREGON, OCTOBER 3, 1857- No. 25, CONSTITUTION OF OREGON, '. ' FRAMED 1Y THE CONVENTION Which met at SuUm on Mtmduy, Auytttl , nth, 1837, and which ii to be lubmilUd for tht adoption of the people on Jlon. v. day, AWmicrOM, 1857. , ; , PREAMBLE. Wt, ill people of tbe State of Ore "on, to the end ilmi justice bo established, order maintained, iind liberty perpeluutcd, do ordain tliit Car.niiution ; 6 ARTICLE I DILL OF BIOHTS. ; SbctioxI. We Jet-hire that all men, when they form a social compact, are equal in rights ; thai all power in inherent iu the people, anil all free government aro found ed on their authority, and instituted fur their peace, safety, and happiness ; ami they havo at all iims a right to aher, re form,, or bnlih the government in audi 'manner at they may think proper, " Sec. 2. All men shall be secured in the .natural ritit to worship Almighty God , according to l ho dictates of their own cos science. , ''' Sue. 3. No law shall in any case what ever control the fieo exercise and enjoy. ,ment of religious oji u iona, or interior 'with tho rights of conscience Sec 4. No religious test thall be ro quired lis a qualification for any office of trust or prolit. " Sec. ft. No money shall be drawn from the treasury fori ho benefit of any religious 'or theological institution, nor ahull any .money be appropriated for the payment ot any religious services in cither house of the ' Legislative Assembly. '- ; Sec. 6. No person shall be rendered in competent a a witness or juror in conse que nee ol bin opinions on mutters of reli gion; nor be questioned in any court of justice touching Ins ri liyimi belief, to af fect the weight of his testimony. v Sec. 7. The moilo of admiuistciing an oath or affirmation shall be riueh a may be most coiisisieul with and binding upon the .conscience of the person to whom such bath or affirmation may be administered. Skc. 8 No law shall be passed ris; rain ing the free expression of opinion, or re- m riding tlm right to speak, write, or print freely on any subject w hatever j but every person shall he responsible for the ubiiso of " ibis right. " ' Sec. 0. No law shall violate tlm right of the people to bo secure in their per. eons, houses, papers, and effects', against . unreasonable search or seizure; and no warrant hull i.s-ue but upon prolmble cause, supported by oa'h or iillinuaMon, and , pjrtiouUi ly ilociliing the place to be -B 'rfn:lieil, iiiii! the pei-on or thing to be 81 liX'il. Sec. 10 No court sliall b secret, but justice shall be administered openly and 'without purchase, emnplet ly mid without delay; and every intin sh.ill have remedy by due cour.-e of law for injury done him ' ill his person, property, or reputation. t 'Sec. 11. In all criminal prosecutions the 'Accused shall have the riglr to public trial by.uii impartial jury in the county in which the off-use shall huve been commit- ted ; to ht heard bv liims' If and i oiiiim-1 ; ' to demand the nature and cause of the ac cusation aguiusl him, ami to have a copy thereof; to meet the witnesses lace to lace, and to have compulsory process for ob taining wini-ssea in i favor. ' Skc. I'-J. No person shall be put in jeop- ardy twice for the same off ne, nor be compelled in any criminal prosecution to testily against hiiusell. , . Sec. 13 . No person arrested or confined in jail shall bo treated with unnecessary rior. 4;, Sec. 14. .Offense except murder and treason shull be bailable bj siiirmient sureties. Murder or treason shull not be 'bailable when the proof is evioeut or the presumption strong. Sec. 15. Laws for the punishment of crime shall be founded on the principle of 'reformation, and not of vindictive justice. Sr.c. 10. Excessive bail shall not be re qu red, nor excessive fines imposed. Cruel ; and unusual punishments shall not be in flicted, but all penalties shall be propor tioned to the offense. In all criminal cases whatever, the jury shall have the right to determine the Uw and the facts under the direction of the court as to the law, and lie right of new trial, as iu civil cases. - Sec. 17. In all civil cases the right of trial byjuryfhall remain inviolate. ? Sec 18. Private property shall not bo taken for public use, nor the particular ser. vice of any man be demanded, without a just compensation ; n"r, except in case of the Statewithout such compensation first ' assessed and tendered. ' Sec. 19- There shall bo no imprison- "nt fur debt, except in case of fraud or ftWoiiOiw" dt,Mori- 'Sec. 20? No .'w lm" " Passed praniing to any citizen or class of titiz-us privileges .or immunities w.'iich, upon .'.' .lne terms, ball not vocally belong to all clti'Jii. Sec. 21. Ho ex post facto law, or jmpairiug the obligation of coulracU, shall .ever be paed ; nor shall any law be passed the laking elf ctof which shall be rnad to depend upon any authority except "a provided in this constitution. Provided tbat law locating the capilol of the Slate, locating county -eal, and submitting town and corporate acts, and other local and spe cial laws, may lake effect, or not, upon a vota ef the electors interested. Sec. 22. The operation of the law shall aver be impended, except by the author ity of the Legi-Iative Assembly. ... Sec. 23. The privilege of the writ ol habeu corpus shall dI be suspended, un less, in ease of rebrllioo or invasion, the public safety rrqni'e it. j. Sec. 24. Treason against the State shall censist onlv in levviim war against it, J- ' bering to its enernie, or giving them aid of emnfort- No person shall be convicted of lrason, unless on the testimony of twe tinasse to the same overt act, or confea f?ca in oro court. Sec 2.). No ronvicinn shall work cor. ruption of blood or forfeiture of estate. Sec. 20. No law slmll be passed re. training any of the Inhabitants of the Slate from aiwerobling together in a pence able manner to Consult for their common good ; nor Imm instructing their re pre entatives; nor from applying to the legi lain re for redress of grievance. Sec. 27, The people shall have the right lo near arms for the efenea of themselves and 'he State, but the military .shall be kept in strict subordination lo the civil power. Sr.c. 28. No soldier "ball In time ef pet.ee be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, except in the manner prescribed by law. Sec. 29. No law shall be passed grant ing any title of nobility or conferring he reditary dial hid ions. Sec. 30. No law shall bn passed prohib iting emigration from the Slate. Sec. 31. White foreigners who are, or who may hereafter become, resident of ibis State, shall enjoy ibe same rights in respect to the possession, enj'yment, and descent of property, as na'ive-bnrn citi zens, and the Legislative Assembly shall huve power to restrain and rogulate the immigration to the State of persons not qualified lo become citizens of the United State. Sec. .12. Xo tax or duty shall be impos ed without the consent of the people or their representatives in the Legislative As-' senibly, and all taxation shull be equal and uniform. Sec. 33. This enumeration of rights and privileges shull not be consulted to impair or deny others retained by the people. AUTICLE II. SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS. Sue. I. All elections shall he free and equul. 2. In all elections not otherwise pro vided for by this constitution, every white male citizen of tho Uniied States, of twen-ty-nnn years and upwards, who shull have resided in the Slate during the six months immediately preceding such election ; and every while mule of foreign birth of the nge of iwoiny-ono years and upwards, who shall have resided in the United Stains one year, and shall Have resided in tins state during ill six mouths immediately prece ding such election, and shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of 'he United States, one year preceding such election, conformably to the laws of the Liii'rd Stales on the subject of naturaliza tion, shall be mulled to vote al ail elec lions amho'iz d by law. o 3. No idiot or insane person shall be entitled to the privileges of an elector; and the privilege of an elcc'or shall be for feited by a conviction of uny crime which is punishable by imprisonment m the pen- iientiurv. & 4. For the purpose of voting, no per sou shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence, by reason of his preseuae or absence while employed in the service of the United State's or of this Slate, nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this StHte or of the United Slates, or of tho hifth seas ; nor while a student of any seminary of learning ; nor while kept at any alms linusn, or oilier asylum, al public expense ; nor while confined in any public prison. $ 0. INo 30lnier, seaman, or marine in the army or navy of ihe United States, or of their allies, shall be deemed to have ac I ui red a residence in the Slate in conse quence of having been stationed within the same; nor shall any such soldier, sea man, or marine have the right to vote. 0. No uegro, Chinaman, or mulatto, shall have the right of sutfrage. & 7. fevcry person shall be disqualified from holding office during the term for which he may have been elected, who shall have given or offered a bribe, threat, or re ward to procure bis election. 6 8. 1 he Legislative Assembly shall enact laws to support the privilege of free suffrage, prescribing the manner of regu lating and conducting elections, and pro hibiting, under adequate penalties, all un due inlluence therein, from power, bribery, tumult, and other improper conduct. 6 9. Kvery person who shall give or accept a challenge to fight a duel, or who shall knowingly carry to another person such challenge, or who shall agree to go out of the Stale to fight a duel, shall be ineligible to uny office of trust or profit. ) 10. INo person holding a lucrative of fice or appointment under the U Hi ted States, or under this State, shall be eligible to a seat in the Legislative Assembly ; nor shall any person bold more tban one lucra tive office at the same time, except as in this constitution expressly prmilled ; pro vided, that office in the- militia, to which there is attached no annuel salary, and tbe office of postmaster, where the compensa tion does not exceed one hundred dollars per annum, shall not be deemed lucrative. 11. No person who may hereafter be a collector or holder of public moneys, shall be eligible to any office of trust or profit un'il he shall Lave accounted ter, and paid over according to law, all sums for which be may be liable. 12. In all case in which it is provided that an office shall not be filled by the same person more than a certain number of years continuously, an appoin'ment pre tempore hsll not be reckoned a part of that term. 13. Ia all eases, except treason, fel ony, and breach of the peace, elector shall be free from arrest in going to elections, durins tbeir attendance there, and in re inrninir from tbe same : and no elector hall be obliged to do duty in the militia on .n Hr of election, except in time of war or nublio danser. 6 14- C'oeral elections si all be held oa the first Mundar of June, biennially. ) 15. 10 all eleciinn oy iwwui'n'nt Assembly, or by either branch I hereof vote h'all be given openly, or viva voce, and not by ballot, forever ; and in all elec tion by the people, votes shall be given openly, or viva voce, until the Legislative Assembly shall otherwise direct 6 10. In all elections held by the people, under this constitution, the person or per son who shull receive the highest number of vote shall be declared duly elected. 17. All qualified elector shall vote in the election precinct in the county where they may reside, for county officers, and in any county in the State for State oflioer, or in any oounty of Congressional dis trict in which such elector may reside, for members of Congress. ARTICLE III. DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS. Skc. I. The power of the government shall be divided into three separa'e depart nietitt iho Legislative, the Executive, in cluding the Administrative, aud the Judi cial ; and no person charged wild official duties under oue of these departments shall exercise any of the functions of another, except as in this constitution expressly provided. ARTICLE IV. LEGISLATIVE. Sec. 1. The legislative authority of the State shull lie vested in the Legislative assembly, which shall consist ef a Senate and Houioof Representatives. The style of every bill shall be Be it enacted by the Legislative assembly of the Slate of Oregon, aud no law shall ba enacted ex cept by bill. g 2.' The Senate shall consist ef sixteen, and the House of Representatives of thirty-four members, which number shall not bo increased until the year eighteen hun dred and sixty, aftor which lime the Leg islative assembly may increase the num ber of Senators and Representatives, al ways keeping as near as may be the same ratio as to the number of Senators and Representatives. Provided that the Sen ate shall never exceed thirty, and the House of Representatives sixty members. 3. The Senators and Representatives shall ba chosen by the electors of the re spective counties, or districts, into which the State may, from time to time, be divid ed by law. 4. The Senators shull be elected for the term of four years, and Representa tives for tho term of two years from the dav next after tbeir treneral election. Provided, however, that the Senators eloct at the fust session of the Legislative as sembly under this constitution shall be di vided by lot inio two equal classes, as near ly as may be, and the seals of Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expi ration of two years, and those of the sec- ond class at the expiration of four years ; so that one-half, ns nearly as possible, shall b chosen biennially, forever I hereafter. And in case of the increase of tho num ber of Senators, they shall be so annexed by lot to one or Ihe other" or the two class es as to keep them as nearly equal as possible. 5. The Legislative assembly shall, in the year eighteen hundred and ,sixty five, and every ten years ufter, cause an enume ration to be made of all the white popula. lion of the State, g 0. The number of Senators and Rep resentatives shall, at the session next fol lowing an enumeration of the inhabitants by the United States or this State be fixed bv law, and apportioned among the several counties according to the number of while population in each. And ihe ratio of Sen ators and Representatives shall be deter mined by dividing the whole numner ot white population by the number of Sena tors ami Kepresen'utives respectively ; aud the cumber of Senators and Represen tatives to which any county or district shall be entitled, shall be determined by dividing tho whole number of white pop ulation of such county or district by such respedive ratios ; and when a fraction shall result from such division which shall ex ceed one-half of said ratio, such county or district shall be entitled a member of such fraction. And in case any county shall not have the requisite population to entitle such oounty to a member, then such comity shall be attached to some adjoining cnuhly for Senatorial or Representative purposes. .7. A Senatorial district, when more than one county shall constitute the same, shull he composed of contiguous counties, and no county shall be divided in creating Senatorial districts. 8. No person shall be a Senator or Representative who, at the time of his election, is not a citizen of the United Slates ; nor any one who hm not been for one year, next preceding his election, an inhabilaut of the county or district whence he may be chosen. Senators and Repre sentatives shall be at least twenty-one years of age. 0. Senators and Representatives, in all cases, except for treason, felony, er breach es of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest during the session of the Legisla tive assembly, and in going to and return ing from the same ; and shall not be sub ject to any civil process during the session of the Legislative assemoiy, nr oiiriiij; the fifteen dav nextbelore the emmence- ment thereof. Nor shall a member, lor words uttered iu debate in either house, be questioned in any other place. 10. The sessions ef the Legislative as sembly shall be held biennially, at the capi tal of the State, commencing on the second Monday ef September, in tbe year 1258, and on the same day of every second year thereafter, unless a diderentday shall have been appointed by law. g 11. Each house, when assembled, shall choose it owe officers, judge of elec tion, qualifications, and return of it own members, determine its nwn rules of pro ceeding, and set upen it own adjo-iminents; but neither house shall, wi'hout the concur rence of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to ny other place than tk.t in B-tiirliit mar be sitting. crM?,.i!uta quorum to do tusine... but a bar been elected, be eligible to any eflic .mailer number m.y meet, adjourn from ! the election to which is rested to the Leg , j. ..a .t it,. .(nitnee of, lslative assembly: nor shall be appointed a 12. Two 'bird of aatb tonse snan . JenrmembV.- lorum being in ... tendance, if either bouse fail toeff ct an l....nl.ali... .ill.!., ll.. r.r., flu. ll.Ar. after, the members of ihe house so failing hall be entitled to no compensation from the end of the uid five day until in er- ionization shall ba been rnectod. 8 13. Each house shall keep a journal of it proceedings, and publish the same. Ibe yea and nay, on any question, shall, at the request of any two member, be en tered together with the name of the mem bers demanding tbe sums, ou the journal ; provided, that on a motion to adjourn, it hall require one tenth of the member present to order the yeas and nays 8 14. The door of each house, and of committee of the whole (hall be kept open, except in auch case a in the opin ion of either bouse may require secrecy. 15. Cither house may punish it member for disorderly behavior, and may, with the concurreuce of two-thirds, expel a member; but oot a iccoud time for ihe same cause. g 10. Either house, during its session, may punish, by imprisonment, any person not a member who shall have been guilty of disrespect to the house by disorderly or coutemptunus behavior in its presence ; but such imprisonment shall not at any lime oxceed twenty-four Lours. g 17. Each Lous shall have all powers necessary for a breach of tbe legislative department of a free and independent Slate. 18. Dills may originate ia either house, but may be amended or rejected in the other, except that bills (or raising rev enue shall originate in the Iloose of Rep resentatives. 19. Every bill shall be read by Mo tions, on three several days, in each house; unless in case of emergency, two thirds of the house, where such bill may bo de pending, shall, by a vole of yeas and nays, deem it expedient to dispense with this rule; but the reading of a bill by sections on its final passage, shull in no case be dispensed with, and the vote on the passage of every hill or joint resolution shall be taken by yeas and nays. 20. Every act shall embrace but one subject, and mutters properly connected therewith, which subject shall be expressed in the title. 13 nt if any subject shall be embraced in an act which shall not be ex pressed in the title, such act shall bo void only as ioso much thereof as shall not be expressed in the title. 21. Every act and joint resolution shall be plainly worded, avoiding, as far as prac ticable, the use of technical terms. 22. No act shall ever be revised or amended by mere reference lo its title; but the act revised, or section amended shall bo jet forth and published at full length. ( 23. The Legislative assembly shall not pass spcciul or local laws, in any of the following enumerated cases, that is to say: Regulnting the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace and of constables ; tor the punishment of Crimea and misde meanors ; regulating the practice in courts of justice ; providing for changing the ven ue iu civil and criiniuul cases ; granting divorces ; changing the names of persons; for laying out, opening and working on highways, aud for the election or appoint ment of supervisors ; vacating roads, town plats, streets, alleys, and public squares; summoning and empanneling grand and petit jurors; for the assessment and col lection of taxes for State, county, township or road purposes ; providing for support ing common schools and for the preserva tion of school funds ; in relation to inter est on money; providing for opening aud conducting elections of state, county, town ship officers and designating the places of voting ; providing for Ihe sale of real es tate belonging to minors, or other persons laboring under legal disabilities, by execu tors, administrators, guardians, or trustees. 24. Provision may be made, by gen eral law, fur bringing suit against the State, as to all liabilities originating after or existing at tbe time of the adoption of this consiitiiiion ; but no special act au thorizing such suit lo bn brought, or milk ing compensation to any person claiming damages aguinst the Slate shall over be passed. 25. A majority of all the members elccteJ to each house shall be necessary to pass every bill or joint resolution ; and ull bills and joint resolutions so passed, shall be signed by tbe presiding officers of ihe re spective houses. 20. Any membcrof either house, shall have the right to protest, and have his pro test with his reasons for dissent, entered on the journsl. & 27. Every statut shall be a public law, unless otherwise declared in the statute itself. 28. No act shall take effect until nine ty days from the end of the session at which the same shall Lave been passed, except incase of emergency; which em ergency shall be declared in the preamble or in tbe body of the law. 29. The members of the Legislative assembly shall receive for their service, a sum not exceeding three dollars a day, fiouj the commencement of the session : but such nay shall not exceed in the ag gregate one hundred and twenty dollars lor ner diem allowance lor any one session When convened in extra session by the Governor, thev shall receive three dollars per day ; but no extra session shall contin ue for a lonirer period than twenty day They shall also receive the sum of three . J - -I .1 L II dollars for every twenty mnes iney snsn travel in going to and returning from tbeir place ef meeting, on tbe most usual route. The presiding ofiicer of the assembly shall, in virtue of bis office, receive an additional cotnpeosa'ion equal to two thirds of tbeir tier diem allowance as members. $ 30. No Senator or Representative shall, during the lime for which be may to.nrcMe5 cf profit wbieh lb.ll h.r, been created, or the emoluments of which shall Lave been Increased during auch term : but this latter provision shall not he construed lo apply to any aftica elect ive by the people. 31. The member of the Legislative assembly shall, before they enter oo the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath t " I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I will support the Constitution of the United Stutes, aud the Constitution of the State of Oregon, and that I wi'l faith fully discharge Ihe duties of Senator (or Representative, as lb case may be,) ac cording to the best of my ability." And uch oatb may be administered by the Uov. ernnr, Secretary of State, or a judge of the Supreme Court. article v. executive. Seellonl. The Chief Executive power of tbe State shall be vested in a Governor, who shall hold his office for ibe term of four years; and na porson shall be eligible to such office mere than eight ia any pe riod of twelve year. 6 2. No person, except a citizen of Iho Uuiled Slates, shall be eligible lo ibe of- fiee of governor, nor shall any person be Itgible lo Hint oltico who shall not have at'.aiued the age of thirty years, and who shall nut Lave been three years, next pre cesding hi election, a resident within ibis Slate. 6 3. No member of Cougresi, or person holding any office under the United States, or under this Stale, or under any other power, shall fill the office ef Governor ; except as may bo otherwise provided in this Constitution. 6 4. The Governor shall be elected by the qualified electors of the Slate at the times and places of ohoosing members of the legislative assembly, and the returns of every election for Governor shall ba sealed up and transmitted to the Secretary of Mate, directed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall open and publish them in the presence of both houses ol the legislative assembly, o. Iho person bavins the highest number of votes for Governor, shall be eleoted ; but in case two or more persons shall have an equal, and the highest num. berof votes for Governor, Ihe two houses of the legislative assembly, at ihe uext regular session thereof, shall forthwith, by joint vote, proceed to elect one of the said person Governor. c G. Contested elections for (ruvcrnor shall be determined by the legislative as sembly in such ruanuor as may be pre soribed by law. 8 7. Ihe official term of ihe Governor shall be four years, and shall commence at such limes as may bo provided by this Constitution or prescribed by law. 6 8. In case of the removal of tbe Gov ernor from office, or of his death, resigna tion, or inability to discharge the duties of the office, tho same shall devolve on the Secretary of State ; and in cuse of the re moval from office, death, resignation, or inability, both of the Governor and Secre tary of State, tho rrcsidcnl ol the benale hall act as Governor until the disability be removed, or a Governor be eluded. 6 9. Ihe Governor slmll be commander- in-chief of th military and naval force of this State, and may call out such forces to execute tho laws, lo suppress insurrec tion, or repel invasion. 6 10. He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. 9 II. He shall fiom time to time give to Iho legislative assembly information touching the condition of the Slate, and recommend such measures as he shall judge to be expedient. 6 12. tie may, on extraordinary occa sions, convene the legislative assembly by proclamation, and shall state to both houses when assembled the purpo&e for which they have been convened. 613. He shall transact all necessary business with the officers of government, and may require information in writing from the oflicnrsof tbe administrative and military derailments upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices. & 14. He shall have power lo grant re prieves, commutations, and pardons, after conviction, for all ollenses except treason, subject lo such regulations as may be pro vided by law. . Upon conviction lor trenson, he slmll have power to suspend tho execu tion of tlm sentence until the esse shall be reported to the Legislative Assembly at its next meeting, when the Legislative As sembly shall either grant a pardon, com mute the sentence, direct tbe execution ol the sentence, or grant a further reprieve. He shall bsve power to remit fines and for feitures, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law ; and shall report to the Legiolative Assembly at its next meeting each case of reprieve, commutation, or pardon eranttd. and the reasons for grant ing the same; and also the names of all persons in whose lavor remission of lines and forfeitures shall have been made, and the several amounts remitted. fi 15. Every bill which shall have passed the legislative assembly, shall, bofore it becomes a law, be presented to tbe uov- . L 111 ' ... ernor. it lie approve, ne snail sign n; but if not, be shall return it, with his ob jections, to that house in which it shall have originated, which oouse snail enier the objections at latge upon Ihe journal, and proceed to reconsider it. ir, alter suc'u reconsideration, two third of tbe members present shall agree to psss the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objection, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of tbe momber present, It shall be come a law. But, ia all och cases, the vote of both bouse shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting forar against the bill shall be entered on ibe journsl of each boose respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor wiihin five days, etastliyi exeeteV), after it sHiU UaV been presented lo him, it shull be a law without hi signature, onlrst general ailjounuiHiit shall prevent its return, in which cse it shull bo a law, unless the Governor, within five days ni xt after Ilia adjournment, Sundays excepted, shall file such bill, with his objections thereto, in the office of tho Secretary of Slate, who shall lav tbeiitme before the Legislative Assem bly at it next cession, in like manner as if it had been roturnrd by the Governor. 4 10. lien, during a recet or Ik I.e. gulaiive Assembly, a vacancy shall hap- pen in auy oflice, Iho apjiointnienl to wlnca is vested in the Legislative Assembly ; or when al any lime a vacancy shall have oo- curred In any othor State oflioo, or in tho office of judge of any court, th Governor hull lili such vacancy by appoiutinent, which shall expire when a successor ahall have been elected and qualified. v 17. lie shall istne writ of election tot fill such vacancies as may hava occurred in the Legislative Assembly. 6 18. All commissions shall issue in tu name of the S:ate, (hall be signed by th Governor, sealed with the seal of the State. aud attested by the Secretary of State. ARTICLE VI. ADMINISTRATIVE. Sec. 1. There shall be elected by tL qualifiod electors of the State at ihe time and places of choosing members of the leg" ! I...f I I.. - U . J IS isiaiive asseniuiy, a oecreiary sou s irns rer of State, who shall severally hold I heir offices for iho term ef four years; but d person shall be eligible to either of said of fices more than eight in any period of twelve 6 3. I ho Secretary t Male snail Keep a fair record of the official acta of the leg islative assembly and executive depart ment of ihe Stale, and shall when required- lay the same, and all matters relative there lo, before either branch ef the legislative assembly. He shall be by virtue of hie office, Auditor of publio accounts, and hall perform such other duties a shall be assigned him by law. v 8. 1 bere shall be a seal of Mate, Kept by the Secretary of State for official pur poses, which shall be called " 1 he seal or the 6l ato oruregon." 4. The powers and dutis of the Treasurer of State shall be such as may be prescribed by law. J fl. The Governor and th Secretary Treasurer of State severally keep the public records, books aud papers in any manner relating to their respective office, at the seat of government, al which place also ihe Secretary of State shall reside. 6. There shall be elected in each coun ty, by the qualified electors therof, at the time of holding general elections, a County Clork, Treasurer, Sheriff, Coroner, and Surveyor, who shall severally hold their offices for tho farm of two years. 7. Such other county, township, pre cinct, and oily officers as may bo neces sary, shall be elected or appointed in such msuner as may be prescribed by law, 8. No person shall be elected or ap pointed to a county office, who shall not be an elector of the county ; and all county township, precinct and city officers ahall keep their respective offices at such place therein and perform such duties as may be prescribed by law. 9. Vacancies in county, township, pre citict and city offices shall be filled in such manner as may be prescribed by law. ARTICLB VII. JUDICIAL. Sec. 1. The judicial power of the State shall be vested in a supreme court, circuit courts, and county courts, which shall be courts of record having general jurisdic tion, to be defiuod, limited and regulated by law in accordance with this constitu tion. Justices of the peace may also be invested wiih limited judicial powers and municipal courts may be crouted to admin ister the regulations of incorporated town and cities. 6 2. Tho Supreme Court shall consist of four justices, to bo obosnn in districts by the electors thereof, who shall be citizen of the United Sta'rs, and who shall have resided in the Slate at least three rears next preceding their election, and after their election to reside in their respective districts. The number of justices and dis tricts may be increased, but shall not ex ceed five until ihe white population of the Slate shull amount to ono hundred thous and, and shall never exceed seven ) and the boundaries of districts may be chang ed, but uo change of districts shall have the effect lo remove a Judge from office, or require linn to change bis residence Willi- out his consent. & 3. The Judges first chosen unoer this constitution shall allot among themselves their terms of office, so that tbe term ot one of them ahull expire in two years, one in four years, and two in six years ! and thereafter ono or more slmll bo chosen every two years to serve for the term ef six years. 4. Every vacancy in the office of Judge of the Supreme Court shall be filled by election for the remSinder of the va cant term, unless it would expire at the next election ; and until so filled, or when, ii would so expire, the Governor shall fill the vacancy by appointment, 6. Tbe Judge who has th shortest term to serve, or the oldest of several hav ing such shortest term, and not holding by appointment, shall be the Chief Justice. 0, The Supreme Court shall have Ju risdiction only lu rev 1st the final decisions of tbe Circuit Courts ; and every cause shall be tried, and every decision shall be made, by iboss Judges only, or a majority of them, who did not try the cause or make the decision in the Circuit Court. tj 7. The terms of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by law; but there shsU be one term at the seat of government an nually. And at ihe close of each term the Judge shall file with the Secretary of Slabs concise written statements of the decis ions made at that term. " $ 8. The Circuit Courts shall be hsld twice at least in each year, in each cooaly organoid tit JudWsl jrurrM, rjw crfa C(