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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
Oficers, who impeachable..

how tried for misdemeanors..
certain, not to receive fees for official duties......
how elected or appointed...
to be supported by county, city, town, etc...
existing, when superseded.....

Schedule
term of residence not to apply to certain...

Schedule to be elected at first election...........

..Schedule, when to be installed......

..Schedule
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........

.Schedule
Punishment, cruel or unusual, forbidden........
Religion, freedom of, secured.......

not to render witness incompetent.

licentiousness, not allowed........ 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...... ............. Schedule Rights, natural......

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

.Schedule
Salaries, of Governor and Lieutenant Governor........... .Schedule

pay of members of the Legislature............ .Schedule

of certain officers, to be fixed by Legislature...... .Schedule Schools, fund for support of.....

provision to be made for system of common.. Scientific improvement, to be encouraged........ Searches, etc., security against, provided for....................

warrant for, when to issue.......... Seat of Government, where located...... Secretary of State, liable to impeachment.....

how chosen, term and eligibility....
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.......

.Schedule
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..

persons convicted of certain crimes disqualified from ...... Suits against State, how brought.......... Superintendent of Public Instruction, election, term, duties, and com

pensation Supervisors, Board of, may be created .................

duties, to be prescribed by law ......... Supreme Court, Justices of, liable to impeachment..

how composed.......
quorum, for business.
Justices, how and when elected...
same, term of office......
same, to be classified..
same, senior to be Chieť Justice
appellate jurisdiction......
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 Justicos not to be increased or diminished

during term.....

Justices ineligible to other office during term for which elected Taxation, to be equal and uniform.....

on property, to be according to value.........

Assessors and Collectors, how elected........
Town Governments, to be established as nearly uniform as possible

throughout the State....... Treasurer of State, liable to impeachment.

how chosen, term, and eligibility.
how chosen and elected......

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 pub

lished 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 lite, liberty, etc., without due process of law
University, fund for support of....
Voter, qualifications of.....

residence of, what not to atfect.........
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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PART V.-POLITICAL CODE.

OF THE DEFINITION AND SOURCES OF LAW-EFFECT

AND PUBLICATION OF THE CODES, AND THE EX-
PRESS REPEAL OF STATUTES.

NOTE.—The subjects embraced within this Part will be found carefully annotated and discussed in the Political Code.

TITLE I. DEFINITION AND SOURCES OF THE LAW.

II. EFFECT OF THE CODES.
III. PUBLICATION OF THE CODES AND STATUTES

CONTINUED IN FORCE.
IV. EXPRESS REPEAL OF STATUTES.

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TITLE I.

DEFINITION AND SOURCES OF THE LAW.

SECTION 4466. Definition of law.

4467. How expressed.
4468. Common law, when rule of decision.

of law.

4466. Law is a solemn expression of the will of Definition the supreme power of the State.

4467. The will of the supreme power is expressed: How
1. By the Constitution;
2. By statutes.

expressed.

4468. The common law of England, so far as it is common

law, when not repugnant to or inconsistant with the Constitution rule of

decision. of the United States, or the Constitution or laws of this

State, is the rule of decision in all the Courts of this
State.

TITLE II.

EFFECT OF THE CODES.

SECTION 4478. Construction of the Codes with relation to the laws

passed at the present session. 4479. Laws passed at present session prevail. 4480. Construction of Codes with relation to each other. 4481. Conflicts between Titles, which to prevail. 4482. Conflicts between Chapters, which to prevail. 4483. Conflicts between Articles, which to prevail. 4454. Conflicting sections of the same Title, which to prevail.

Construction of the

relation to the laws passed at

session.

Laws passed at present session provail.

4478. Withe relation to the laws passed at the Cordes with present session of the Legislature, the Political Code,

Civil Code, Code of Civil Procedure, and Penal Code, the present

must be construed as though each had been passed on the first day of the present session.

4479. If the provisions of any law passed at the present session of the Legislature contravene, or are inconsistent with, the provisions of either of the four Codes, the provisions of such law must prevail.

NOTE.—This section is but another form of stating the proposition contained in the preceding one. It is placed here, not because it is necessary, but to convey to the layman the idea what the preceding section con

veys to the professional reader. Construc- 4480. With relation to each other, the provisions tion of Codes with of the four Codes must be construed (except as in the each other. next two sections provided) as though all of such Codes

had been passed at the same moment of time and were parts of the same statute.

4481. If the provisions of any Title conflict with or contravene the provisions of another Title, the provisions of each Title must prevail as to all matters and

relation to

Conflicts between Titles, which to prevail.

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