SEC. 4. The general congress shall, at their first session, and every three year:; thereafter, until the year eighteen hundred and fifty, then every six years, cause an enumeration to be made of the inhabitants of the republic. At the first session, after making such enumeration, the number of representatives shall be fixed and ap- . portioned among the sev~ral counties entitled to separate repre- sentation, according to the respective number of citizens, and the said apportionment, when made, shall not be subject to altera- tion until after the census shall be taken. SEC. 5. 'l'he house of representatives shall not consist of less than twenty-four, nor more than forty members, until the popu- lation amounts to more thnn one hundred thousand, (100,000,) after that, the whole number of representatives shall never be less than forty members, nor more than one hundred; Provided, how- ever, That each county shall be entitled to 'one representative. • SEC. 6. The house of representatives shall choose their own speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of im- peachment. SEC. 7. 'l'he senators shall be chosen by districts, as nearly equal in number of white inhabitants as may be; each district shall be entitled to one representative and no more; Provided, That the number of senators shall never be less than one-third, nor more than one-half, of the whole number of representatives. SEC. 8. Senators shall be chosen for the term of three years, and shall reside in the district for which they w~re elected; and shall have attained the age of thirty years. SEC. 9. At the first session of congress, after the adoption of the constitution, the senators shall be divided, by lot, into three classes as equal as may be. The seats of the senators of the first class r,hall be vacated at the end of the first year, of the second at the end of the second year, of the third class at the end of th~ third year, so that one-third shall be chosen every year. SEC. 10. The vice president of the republic shall be president Jf the senate, but shall not vote unless they be equally divided. SEC. 11. The senate shall choose their other officers, and their president pro tempore, in the absence of the vice president, or when he exercises the office of president; shall have the sole power of impeachments; when sitting for that purpose shall be under oath, and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present. S1w. 12. Indictment, in cases of impeachment, shall not extend further than removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office of honor, truEt or profit under this government. But the party convicted shall be liable to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law. SF.o. 13. Each house shall be the judge of the elections, quali- fications, and returns of its own members. Two thirds of P.A'11
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