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... effect until ninety days after the final adjournment of the session of the legislature which passed such act , except such acts making appropriations and such acts im- mediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace ...
... effect until ninety days after the final adjournment of the session of the legislature which passed such act , except such acts making appropriations and such acts im- mediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace ...
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... effect until and unless approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon . Any act submitted to the people by either initiative or referendum petition and approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon at any election ...
... effect until and unless approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon . Any act submitted to the people by either initiative or referendum petition and approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon at any election ...
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... effect or be in force until the expiration of ninety days from the end of the session at which the same is passed , except that the legislature may give immediate effect to acts making appropriations and acts immediately necessary for ...
... effect or be in force until the expiration of ninety days from the end of the session at which the same is passed , except that the legislature may give immediate effect to acts making appropriations and acts immediately necessary for ...
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... effect until approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon in the district to be affected . SEC . 31. The legislature shall not authorize by private or special law the sale or conveyance of any real estate belonging to any ...
... effect until approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon in the district to be affected . SEC . 31. The legislature shall not authorize by private or special law the sale or conveyance of any real estate belonging to any ...
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... effect to remove a judge from office . SEC . 9. Circuit judges shall be elected on the first Monday in April , nineteen hundred eleven , and every sixth year thereafter . They shall hold office for a term of six years and until their ...
... effect to remove a judge from office . SEC . 9. Circuit judges shall be elected on the first Monday in April , nineteen hundred eleven , and every sixth year thereafter . They shall hold office for a term of six years and until their ...
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Page 31 - ... on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation : "I do solemnly swear [or affirm...
Page 12 - A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner, and under such penalties, as each house may provide.
Page 12 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish the same, except such parts as may require secrecy. The doors of each house shall be kept open, except when the public welfare shall require secrecy. Neither house shall, without the consent, of the other, adjourn for more than two days.
Page 27 - ... office for two years, two for four years and two for six years.
Page 28 - The term corporations as used in this article, shall be construed to include all associations and joint stock companies having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships.
Page 8 - No elector shall be obliged to perform militia duty on the day of election, except in time of war or public danger.
Page 29 - When private property shall be taken for any public use, the compensation to be made therefor, when such compensation is not made by the State, shall be ascertained by a jury or by not less than three commissioners appointed by a court of record, as shall be prescribed by law.
Page 16 - In case of the impeachment of the Governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, resignation, or absence from the State, the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the Lieutenant-Governor for the residue of the term, or until the disability shall cease.
Page 7 - Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war against it, or in adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 14 - ... the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journals of each house respectively.