13 GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. The powers of the Government of the State of Kentucky shall be divided into three distinct departments, and each of them be confided to a separate body of Magistracy, to wit: those which are LEGISLATIVE to one; those which are EXECUTIVE to another; and those which are JUDICIARY to another. No person or collection of persons, being of one of those departments, shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others, except in the instances hereinafter expressly directed or permitted.—Constitution of the State, Art. II., sec. 1, 2. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Time of meeting-last day of December, annually, except when said last day may be on Sunday, and then on the day before.-Session Acts, p. 83. 1833. The Legislative power of this Commonwealth B |