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the duties of their respective offices, which information shall be given upon oath whenever so required; he may also require information in writing at any time, under oath, from all officers and managers of State institutions, upon any subject relating to the condition, management and expenses of their respective offices and institutions. The governor shall, at the commencement of each session, and from time to time, by message, give to the general assembly information of the condition of the State, and shall recommend such measures as he shall deem expedient. He shall also send to the general assembly a statement, with vouchers, of the expenditures of all moneys belonging to the State, and paid out by him. He shall, also, at the commencement of each session, present estimates of the amount of money required to be raised by taxation for all purposes of the State.

SEC. 9. The governor may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the general assembly, by proclamation, stating therein the purpose for which it is to assemble; but at such special session no business shall be transacted, other than that specially named in the proclamation. He may, by proclamation, convene the senate in extraordinary session for the transaction of executive business.

SEC. 10. The governor, in case of a disagreement between the two houses as to the time of adjournment, may, upon the same being certified to him by the house last moving adjournment, adjourn the general assembly to a day not later than the first day of the next regular session.

SEC. 11. Every bill passed by the general assembly shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor. If he approve, he shall sign it, and thereupon it shall become a law; but if he do not approve, he shall return it, with his objections, to the house in which it originated, which house shall enter the objections at large upon its journal, and proceed to reconsider the bill. If then two-thirds of the members elected agree to pass the same, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of the members elected to that house, it shall become a law, notwithstanding the objections of the governor. In all such cases the vote of each house shall be determined by ayes and noes, to be entered upon the journal. If any bill shall not be returned by the governor within ten days after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the general assembly shall, by

their adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall be filed, with his objections, in the office of the secretary of state, within thirty days after such adjournment, or else become a law.

SEC. 12. The governor shall have power to disapprove of any item or items of any bill making appropriations of money, embracing distinct items, and the part or parts of the bill approved shall be law, and the item or items disapproved shall be void, unless enacted in manner following: If the general assembly be in session, he shall transmit to the house in which the bill originated, a copy of the item or items thereof disapproved, together with his objections thereto, and the items objected to shall be separately reconsidered, and each item shall then take the same course as is prescribed for the passage of bills over the executive veto.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

SEC. 13. In case of the death, impeachment, or conviction of felony or infamous misdemeanor, failure to qualify, resignation, absence from the State, or other disability of the governor, the powers, duties, and emoluments of the office, for the residue of the term, or until the disability be removed, shall devolve upon the lieutenant governor.

SEC. 14. The lieutenant governor shall be president of the senate, and shall vote only when the senate is equally divided. In case of the absence, impeachment, or disqualification from any cause of the lieutenant governor, or when he shall hold the office of governor, then the president pro tempore of the senate shall perform the duties of the lieutenant governor, until the vacancy is filled or the disability removed.

SEC. 15. In case of the failure to qualify in his office, death, resignation, absence from the State, impeachment, conviction of felony, or infamous misdemeanor, or disqualification from any cause, of both the governor and lieutenant governor, the duties of the governor shall devolve on the president of the senate pro tempore, until such disqualification of either the governor or lieutenant governor be removed, or the vacancy be filled; and if the president of the senate, for any of the above named causes, shall become incapable of performing the duties of governor, the same shall devolve upon the speaker of the house.

SEC 16. An account shall be kept by the officers of the executive department and of all public institutions of the State, of all

moneys received by them severally from all sources, and for every service performed, and of all moneys disbursed by them severally, and a semi-annual report thereof shall be made to the governor, under oath.

SEC. 17. The officers of the executive department, and of all public institutions of the State, shall at least twenty days preceding each regular session of the general assembly, make full and com- . plete report of their actions to the governor, who shall transmit the same to the general assembly.

SEC. 18. There shall be a seal of the State, which shall be kept by the secretary of State, and shall be called the "Great Seal of the State of Colorado." The seal of the territory of Colorado, as now used, shall be the seal of the State until otherwise provided by law. SEC. 19. The officers named in section one of this article, shall receive for their services a salary to be established by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during their official terms. It shall be the duty of all such officers to collect in advance all fees prescribed by law for services rendered by them severally, and pay the same into the State treasury.

SEC. 20. The superintendent of public instruction shall be, ex officio, state librarian.

SEC. 21. Neither the State treasurer nor State auditor shall be eligible for re-election as his own immediate successor.

ARTICLE V.

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

SECTION 1. The legislative power shall be vested in the general assembly, which shall consist of a senate and house of representatives, both to be elected by the people.

SEC. 2. An election for members of the general assembly shall be held on the first Tuesday in October, in the years of our Lord 1876 and 1878, and in each alternate year thereafter, on such day, at such places in each county as now are or hereafter may be provided by law. The first election for members of the general assembly under the State organization shall be conducted in the manner pre-' scribed by the laws of Colorado Territory regulating elections for members of the legislative assembly thereof. When vacancies occur

in either house, the governor, or person exercising the powers of governor, shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.

SEC. 3. Senators shall be elected for the term of four years except as hereinafter provided, and representatives for the term of two years. SEC. 4. No person shall be a representative or senator who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, who shall not be a citizen of the United States, who shall not for at least twelve months next preceding his election have resided within the territory included in the limits of the county or district in which. he shall be chosen; provided, that any person who at the time of the adoption of this Constitution was a qualified elector under the Territorial laws, shall be eligible to the first general assembly.

SEC. 5. The senators, at their first session, shall be divided into two classes. Those elected in districts designated by even numbers shall constitute one class; those elected in districts designated by odd numbers shall constitute the other class, except that senators elected in each of the districts having more than one senator shall be equally divided between the two classes. The senators of one class shall hold for two years; those of the other class shall hold for four years to be decided by lot between the two classes, so that one-half of the senators, as near as practicable, may be biennially chosen forever thereafter.

· SEC. 6. Each member of the first general assembly, as a compensation for his services, shall receive four dollars for each day's attendance, and fifteen cents for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the seat of government; and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance whatsoever. No session of the general assembly, after the first, shall exceed forty days. After the first session, the compensation of the members of the general assembly shall be as provided by law; provided that no general assembly shall fix its own compensation.

SEC. 7. The general assembly shall meet at 12 o'clock, noon, on the first Wednesday in November, A. D., 1876; and at twelve o'clock noon, on the first Wednesday in January, A. D., 1879, and at twelve o'clock, noon, on the first Wednesday in January of each alternate year forever thereafter, and at other times when convened by the governor. The term of service of the members thereof shall begin on the first Wednesday of November next after their election, until otherwise provided by law.

SEC. 8. No senator or representative shall, during the time for

which he shall have been elected; be appointed to any civil office under this State; and no member of congress, or other person holding any office (except of attorney-at-law, notary public, or in the militia) under the United States, or this State, shall be a member of either house during his continuance in office.

SEC. 9. No member of either house shall, during the term for which he may have been elected, receive any increase of salary or mileage, under any law passed during such term.

SEC. 10. The senate shall, at the beginning and close of each regular session, and at such other times as may be necessary, elect one of its members President pro tempore. The house of representatives shall elect one of its members as speaker. Each house shall choose its other officers, and shall judge of the election and qualification of its members.

SEC. 11. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members.

SEC. 12. Each house shall have power to determine the rules of its proceedings and punish its members or other persons for contempt or disorderly behavior in its presence; to enforce obedience to its process; to protect its members against violence, or offers of bribes or private solicitation, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, to expel a member, but not a second time for the same cause, and shall have all other powers necessary for the legislature of a free State. A member expelled for corruption, shall not thereafter be eligible to either house of the same general assembly, and punishment for contempt or disorderly behavior shall not bar an indictment for the same. offense.

SEC. 13. Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings and may in its discretion, from time to time, publish the same, except such parts as require secrecy, and the ayes and noes on any question shall, at the desire of any two members, be entered on the journal. SEC. 14. The sessions of each house, and of the committees of the whole, shall be open, unless when the business is such as ought to be kept secret.

SEC. 15. Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting.

SEC. 16. The members of the general assembly shall, in all cases except treason, felony, violation of their oath of office, and breach or

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