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between Cape Fanshaw and the north side of Pybus Bay; that area of Admiralty Island drained by streams flowing into Frederick Sound; that area of Baranof Island drained by streams flowing into Chatham Strait to but not including that area drained by streams flowing into Peril Strait; and including Kupreanof, Mitkof, Kuiu and Coronation Islands and other smaller adjacent islands.

4. Sitka: Those parts of Admiralty, Chichagof, and Baranof Islands not included in Election Districts No. 3, 5 and 6; and Kruzof Island and other smaller adjacent islands.

5. Juneau: The mainland north of Election District No. 3 up to and including the area drained by streams flowing into Berners Bay on the north; and that area of Admiralty Island north of Election District No. 3 and drained by streams flowing into Stephens Passage, Seymour Canal, Lynn Canal, and their tributaries; and including Douglas, Chelter, and Benjamin Islands, and other small adjacent islands.

6. Lynn Canal-Icy Straits: That part of the mainland, not included in Election District No. 5, drained by streams flowing into Lynn Canal, Glacier Bay, Icy Strait, Cross Sound, and their tributaries, and the Pacific Ocean, to and including the area drained into Icy Bay to the west; those parts of Admiralty and Chicagof Islands drained by streams flowing into Icy Strait, Cross Sound, and their tributaries; and Yakobi, Lemesurier, and Pleasant Islands, and other smaller adjacent islands.

7. Cordova-McCarthy: That area draining into the Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound, from but not including that area draining into the south side of Icy Bay on the east, to Knowles Head on the west, including Hawkins, Hinchinbrook, Kayak, and Middleton Islands, and other smaller adjacent islands; and that area drained by the Copper River and its tributaries up to and not including the Tiekel River on the west, and up to and including the Chitina River on the east.

8. Valdez-Chitina-Whittier: That area drained by all streams flowing into Prince William Sound from Cape Junken on the west to Knowles Head on the east, including Montague, Latouche, and Knight Islands, and adjacent smaller islands; and all of the area drained by the Copper River and its tributaries above and including the Tiekel River on the west, and above but not including the Chitina River on the east.

9. Palmer-Wasilla-Talkeetna: That area from and including Susitna on the south, drained by the Susitna River and its tributaries; and that area drained by the Little Susitna River from and including Flat Lake on the south; and that area draining into Knik Arm from and including Fish Creek and its tributaries on the west side of Knik Arm, to and including the area draining into the Knik River from the north, and from the south to the highway bridge.

10. Anchorage: That area around Turnagain Arm and east of Knik Arm drained by streams flowing into Turnagain Arm and Knik Arm, from and including Placer River on the south, to and including the Knik River highway bridge on the north; that area east of Knik Arm and north of Cook Inlet drained by Goose Creek and its tributaries on the east, and the Little Susitna River south of Flat Lake, and the Susitna River south of but not including Susitna; the area west of Cook Inlet drained by Ivan, Lewis, Theodore Rivers and their tributaries, to but not including Beluga River on the south.

11. Seward: That part of Kenai Peninsula draining into the Gulf of Alaska from Gore Point on the west to Cape Junken on the east; and the area draining into Turnagain Arm from and including the drainage of Resurrection Creek on the west to but not including Placer River on the east, and to and including the confluence of the Kenai and Russian Rivers on the west.

12. Kenai-Cook Inlet: That area of Kenai Peninsula drained by streams flowing into the Gulf of Alaska, Cook Inlet, and Turnagain Arm, from and including the area drained into Port Dick on the south to Gore Point, to but not including Resurrection Creek on the north, and the area east of the confluence of the Kenai and Russian Rivers; and that area west of Cook Inlet drained by all streams flowing into Cook Inlet from Cape Douglas on the south, to and including the Beluga River; including Elizabeth Island and adjacent islands in Cook Inlet. 13. Kodiak: The part of the Alaska Peninsula drained by all streams flowing into the Pacific Ocean from Cape Douglas on the east to but not including Kujulik Bay on the west; and all adjacent off-shore islands, including the Semidi Islands and Kodiak, Afognak, Trinity, Chirikof Islands, and other smaller islands in the immediate vicinity, such as the Barren Islands and the Chugach Islands.

14. Aleutian Islands: The part of the Alaska Peninsula west of and including the drainage of Meshik River and Kujulik Bay; and all of the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands and adjacent off-shore islands west of and excluding the Semid: Islands and Sutwik Island.

15. Bristol Bay: The area drained by all streams flowing into Bristol Bay from Cape Newenham on the west to but not including the Meshik River on the south.

16. Bethel: The area drained by all streams flowing into Baird Inlet. Etolin Strait, and Kuskokwim Bay; that area drained by the Kuskokwim River and its tributaries up to, and including, the area drained by the Tuluksak River on the east bank of the Kuskokwim River; and the area drained by tributaries up to the opposite point on the west bank of the Kuskokwim River; and including Nunivak Island and St. Matthew Island and adjacent islands.

17. Kuskokwin: The area drained by the Kuskokwim River and its tributaries above and not including the area drained by the Tuluksak River on the east bank; and the area drained by tributaries above the opposite point on the west bank of the Kuskokwim River; and the area drained by the Yukon River from Tuckers Slough, to but not including the area drained by the Khotol River. 18. Yukon-Koyukuk: The area drained by all streams and their tributaries flowing into the Yukon River from and including Khotol River on the west to and including Hess Creek on the east; and that area drained by the Tanana River and its tributaries up to but not including Clear Creek, near Blair Lakes, on the east; and that part of Goldstream Creek up to but not including Nugget Creek and Spinach Creek: and that portion drained by the Chatanika River up to but not including Vault Creek.

19. Fairbanks: That area drained by the Tanana River and its tributaries from and including Clear Creek, near Blair Lakes, on the west, to the AlaskaCanada boundary on the east; and also that area drained by Goldstream Creek and its tributaries up stream from, and including, Nugget Creek and Spinach Creek; and that portion drained by the Chatanika River and its tributaries up stream from, and including, Vault Creek.

20. Upper Yukon: That area drained by the Yukon River and its tributaries from, but not including, Hess Creek on the west, to the Alaska-Canada boundary: and that area drained by streams flowing into the Arctic Ocean from, but not including, Kuparuk River on the west, to the Alaska boundary.

21. Barrow: The area drained by all streams flowing into the Arctic Ocean from Cape Lisburne on the west, to and including the area drained by the Kuparuk River and its tributaries on the east.

22. Kobuk: The area drained by all streams flowing into the Arctic Ocean and Kotzebue Sound, from Cape Lisburne on the north, to and including the area drained by the Goodhope River and its tributaries on the south.

23. Nome: That part of the Seward Peninsula and adjacent areas drained by all streams flowing into the Kotzebue Sound, Bering Strait and Norton Sound. from, but not including, the area drained by the Goodhope River and its tributaries on the north, to but not including, the area drained by the Pastolik River on the south; and King, Little Diomede, St. Lawrence, Sledge, and Stuart Islands, as well as adjacent off-shore islands.

24. Wade Hampton: The area drained by the lower Yukon River and its tributaries, from Tuckers Slough to the mouth at the Bering Sea; and the area drained by all streams flowing into the Bering Sea and Norton Sound, from and including Hazen Bay on the south, to and including the Pastolik River on the north.

Reapportionment and redistricting.-A proclamation of the governor dated December 7, 1961, provides that:

The legal descriptions of the election districts shall be as follows:

1. Ketchikan-Prince of Wales (combination of 1958 Districts No. 1 and 2).That area of the mainland drained by streams flowing into Revillagigedo Channel, Behm Canal, Burroughs Bay and the east side of *

CONSTITUTION: ARIZONA

that in the belief of the affiant each signer was a qualified elector of the State, or in the case of a city, town, or county measure, of the city, town, or county affected by the measure so proposed to be initiated or referred to the people.

(10) When any initiative or referendum petition or any measure referred to the people by the legislature shall be filed, in accordance with this section, with the secretary of state, he shall cause to be printed on the official ballot at the next regular general election the title and number of said measure, together with the words "Yes" and "No" in such manner that the electors may express at the polls their approval or disapproval of the measure.

(11) The text of all measures to be submitted shall be published as proposed amendments to the constitution are published, and in submitting such measures and proposed amendments the secretary of state and all other officers shall be guided by the general law until legislation shall be especially provided therefor. (12) If two or more conflicting measures or amendments to the constitution shall be approved by the people at the same election, the measure or amendment receiving the greatest number of affirmative votes shall prevail in all particulars as to which there is conflict.

(13) It shall be the duty of the secretary of state, in the presence of the governor and the chief justice of the supreme court, to canvass the votes for and against each such measure or proposed amendment to the constitution within 30 days after the election, and upon the completion of the canvass the governor shall forthwith issue a proclamation, giving the whole number of votes cast for and against each measure or proposed amendment, and declaring such measures or amendments as are approved by a majority of those voting thereon to be law. (14) This section shall not be construed to deprive the legislature of the right to enact any measure.

(15) This section of the constitution shall be, in all respects, self-executing. SEC. 2. The legislature shall provide a penalty for any willful violation of any of the provisions of the preceding section.

2. THE LEGISLATURE

SECTION 1. Until otherwise provided by law, the senate shall consist of 19 members and the house of representatives of 35 members, and senators and representatives shall be apportioned among the several counties as follows: Apache County, 1 senator, 1 representative; Cochise County, 2 senators, 7 representatives; Coconino County, 1 senator, 1 representative; Gila County, 2 senators, 3 representatives; Graham County, 1 senator, 2 representatives; Greenlee County, 1 senator, 2 representatives; Maricopa County, 2 senators, 6 representatives; Mohave County, 1 senator, 1 representative; Navajo County, 1 senator, 1 representative; Pima County, 2 senators, 3 representatives; Pinal County, 1 senator, 1 representative; Santa Cruz County, 1 senator, 1 representative; Yavapai County, 2 senators, 4 representatives; Yuma County, 1 senator, 2 representatives.

SEC. 2. No person shall be a member of the legislature unless he shall be a citizen of the United States at the time of his election, nor unless he shall be at least 25 years of age and shall have been a resident of Arizona at least three years and of the county from which he is elected at least one year before his election.

SEC. 3. The sessions of the legislature shall be held biennially at the capitol of the State, and except as to the first session thereof shall commence on the second Monday of January next after the election of members of the legislature. The first session shall convene not less than 30 nor more than 60 days after the admission of the State into the Union. The governor may call a special session whenever in his judgment, it is advisable. In calling such special session the governor shall specify the subjects to be considered at such session, and at such session no laws shall be enacted except such as relate to the subjects mentioned in such call.

SEC. 4. No person holding any public office of profit or trust under the authority of the United States, or of this State, shall be a member of the legislature: Provided, That appointments in the State militia and the offices of notary public, justice of the peace, United States commissioner, and postmaster of the fourth class shall not work disqualification for membership within the meaning of this section.

SEC. 5. No member of the legislature, during the term for which he shall have been elected, shall be appointed or elected to any civil office of profit under this State which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased, during said term.

SEC. 6. Members of the legislature shall be privileged from arrest in all cases except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, and they shall not be subject to

any civil process during the session of the legislature, nor for 15 days next before the commencement of each session.

SEC. 7. No member of the legislature shall be liable in any civil or criminal prosecution for words spoken in debate.

SEC. 8. Each house, when assembled, shall choose its own officers, judge of the election and qualification of its own members, and determine its own rules of procedure.

SEC. 9. The majority of the members of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may meet, adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each house may prescribe. Neither house shall adjourn for more than three days, nor to any place other than that in which it may be sitting, without the consent of the other.

SEC. 10. Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and at the request of two members the ayes and nays on roll call on any question shall be entered. SEC. 11. Each house may punish its members for disorderly behavior, and may. with the concurrence of two-thirds of its members, expel any member.

SEC. 12. Every bill shall be read by sections on three different days, unless in case of emergency, two-thirds of either house deem it expedient to dispense with this rule; but the reading of a bill by sections on its final passage shall in no case be dispensed with, and the vote on the final passage of any bill or joint resolution shall be taken by ayes and nays on roll call. Every measure when finally passed shall be presented to the governor for his approval or disapproval SEC. 13. Every act shall embrace but one subject and matters properly connected therewith, which subject shall be expressed in *

CONSTITUTION: ARKANSAS-1836

SEC. 30. The style of the laws of this State shall be "Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Arkansas."

SEC. 31. The State shall from time to time be divided into convenient districts in such manner that the senate shall be based upon the free white male inhabitants of the State, each senator representing an equal number, as nearly as prac ticable; and until the first enumeration of the inhabitants shall be taken, the districts shall be arranged as follows:

The county of Washington shall compose one district, and elect two senators: The counties of Carroll, Searcy and Izard shall compose one district, and elect one senator.

The counties of Independence and Jackson shall compose one district, and elect one senator.

The counties of Lawrence and Randolph shall compose one district, and elect one senator.

The counties of Johnson and Pope shall compose one district, and elect one senator.

The counties of Crawford and Scott shall compose one district, and elect one

senator.

The counties of Conway and Van Buren shall compose one district, and elect one senator.

The counties of Pulaski, White and Saline shall compose one district, and elect one senator.

The counties of Hot Spring, Clark and Pipe shall compose one district, and elect one senator.

The counties of Hempstead and Lafayette shall compose one district, and elect one senator.

The counties of Sevier and Miller shall compose one district, and elect one senator.

The counties of Chicot and Union shall compose one district, and elect one senator.

The counties of Arkansas and Jefferson shall compose one district, and elect one senator.

The counties of Phillips and Monroe shall compose one district, and elect one

senator.

The counties of Saint Francis and Greene shall compose one district, and elect one senator.

The counties of Crittenden and Missisisppi shall compose one district, and elect one senator.

And the senate shall never consist of less than seventeen nor more than thirtythree members; and as soon as the senate shall met after the first election to be held under this constitution, they shall cause the senators to be divided by lot into two classes-nine of the first class and eight of the second; and the seats of the first class shall be vacated at the end of two years from the time of their election, and the the seats of the second class at the end of four years from the time of their election; in order that one class of the senators may be elected every two years.

SEC. 32. An enumeration of the inhabitants of the State shall be taken under the direction of the general assembly, on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and at the end of every four years thereafter; and the general assembly shall, at the first session after the return of every enumeration, so alter and arrange the senatorial districts that each district shall contain, as nearly as practicable, an equal number of free white male inhabitants: Provided, That Washington County, as long as its population shall justify the same, may, according to its numbers, elect more than one senator; and such districts shall then remain unaltered, until the return of another enumeration, and shall at all times consist of contiuguous territory; and no county shall be divided in the formation of a senatorial district.

SEC. 33. The ratio of representation in the senate, shall be fifteen hundred free white male inhabitants to each senator, until the senators amount to twentyfive in number; and then they shall be equally apportioned, upon the same basis, throughout the State, in such ratio as the increased numbers of free white male inhabitants may require, without increasing the senators to a greater number than twenty-five, until the population of the State amounts to five hundred thousand souls; and when an increase of senators takes place, they shall, from time to time, be divided by lot, and classed as prescribed above.

SEC. 34. The house of representatives shall consist of not less than fifty-four, nor more than one hundred representatives, to be apportioned among the several counties in this State, according to the number of free white male inhabitants therein, taking five hundred as the ratio, until the number of representatives amounts to seventy-five; and when they amount to seventy-five, they shall not be further increased until the population of the State amounts to five hundred thousand souls: Provided, That each county now organized shall, although its popluation may not give the existing ratio, always be entitled to one representative; and until the first enumeration shall be taken, the representatives shall be apportioned among the several counties, as follows:

The county of Washington shall elect six representatives.
The county of Scott shall elect one representative.
The county of Johnson shall elect two representatives.
The county of Pope shall elect two representatives.
The county of Conway shall elect one representative.
The county of Van Buren shall elect one representative.
The county of Carroll shall elect two representatives.
The county of Searcy shall elect one representative.
The county of Izard shall elect one representative.
The county of Independence shall elect two representatives.
The county of Crawford shall elect three representatives.
The county of Jackson shall elect one representative.
The county of Lawrence shall elect two representatives.
The county of Randolph shall elect two representatives.
The county of White shall elect one representative.
The county of Pulaski shall elect two representatives.
The county of Saline shall elect one representative.
The county of Hot Springs shall elect one representative.
The county of Clarke shall elect one representative.
The county of Saint Francis shall elect two representatives.
The county of Pike shall elect one representative.

The county of Hempstead shall elect two representatives.
The county of Miller shall elect one representative.
The county of Sevier shall elect one representative.
The county of Lafayette shall elect one representative.
The county of Union shall elect one representative.
The county of Arkansas shall elect two representatives.
The county of Jefferson shall elect one representative.

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