SEC. 14. Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, which, except ase of executive sessions, shall be published, and the yeas and nays on any stion, at the request of five members of such house, shall be entered upon the rnal. SEC. 15. All sessions of the Legislature, except those of the Senate while ing in executive session, shall be public; and neither house, without the sent of the other, shall adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other e than that in which it may be holding session. SEC. 16. No regular session of the Legislature (except the first, which may ninety days) shall exceed sixty days, except in cases of impeachment. No ial sessions shall exceed thirty days, and in such special session, or when a lar session of the Legislature trying cases of impeachment exceeds sixty s, the members shall receive for compensation only the usual per diem and age. SEC. 17. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of imchment, but in order to impeach, two-thirds of all the members elected must therefor. SEC. 18. All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate, and senators, when ing for that purpose, shall take oath or make affirmation to do justice accordto the law and the evidence. When the Governor is on trial, the Chief fice of the Supreme Court shall preside. No person shall be convicted withthe concurrence of two-thirds of the senators elected. SEC. 19. The Governor and other State and Judicial officers, except justices he peace, shall be liable to impeachment for high crimes, misdemeanors, or feasance in office; but judgment in such cases shall extend only to removal n office, and disqualification to hold any office of honor, trust or profit in State. The party, whether convicted or acquitted, shall, nevertheless, be le to prosecution, trial and punishment according to law. SEC. 20. No person shall be tried on impeachment, unless he shall have a served with a copy of the articles thereof, at least ten days before the 1, and after such service he shall not exercise the duties of his office until he I have been acquitted. SEC. 21. All officers not liable to impeachment shall be removed for any of offenses specified in this article, in such manner as may be provided by law. SEC. 22. The enacting clause of every law shall be, “Be it enacted by the slature of the State of Utah." Except such laws as may be passed by the of the electors as provided in subdivision 2, section 1 of this article, and laws shall begin as follows: "Be it enacted by the people of the State of h." No bill or joint resolution shall be passed, except with the assent of the ority of all the members elected to each house of the Legislature, and after s been read three times. The Vote upon the final passage of all bills shall y yeas and nays; and no law shall be revised or amended by reference to itle only; but the act as revised, or section as amended, shall be re-enacted published at length." SEC. 23. Except general appropriation bills, and bills for the codification general revision of laws, no bill shall be passed containing more than one ect, which shall be clearly expressed in its title. SEC. 24. The presiding officer of each house, in the presence of the house which he presides, shall sign all bills and joint resolutions passed by the slature, after their titles have been publicly read immediately before signand the fact of such signing shall be entered upon the journal. SEC. 25. All acts shall be officially published, and no act shall take effect so published, nor until sixty days after the adjournment of the session at h it passed, unless the Legislature by a vote of two-thirds of all the memelected to each house, shall otherwise direct. SEC. 26. The Legislature is prohibited from enacting any private or special in the following cases: 1. Granting divorce. Amendment proposed by the legislature of 1899 and ratified on November 6, 1900. 2. Changing the names of persons or places, or constituting one perse the heir-at-law of another. Locating or changing county seats. Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of Justices of the Peace. Regulating the practice of courts of justice. 7. S. 9. 10. Providing for a change of venue in civil or criminal actions, Regulating the interest on money. Changing the law of descent or succession. 11. Regulating county and township affairs. 12. Incorporating cities, towns or villages; changing or amending the charter of any city, town or village: laying out, opening, vacating or altering town plats, highways, streets, wards, alleys or public grounds. 13. Providing for sale or mortgage of real estate belonging to minors or others under disability. 14. Authorizing persons to keep ferries across streams within the State 15. Remitting fines, penalties, or forfeitures. 16. Granting to an individual, association or corporation any privit immunity or franchise. 17. Providing for the management of common schools. 18. Creating, increasing or decreasing fees, percentages or allowances de 1: public officers during the term for which said officers are elected or appointed The Legislature may repeal any existing special law relating to the foregoire subdivisions. In all cases where a general law can be applicable, no special law shall enacted. Nothing in this section shall be construed to deny or restrict the power of the Legislature to establish and regulate the compensation and fees county and township officers; to establish and regulate the rates of freight passage, toll and charges of railroads, toll roads, ditch, flume and tunnel co panies, incorporated under the laws of the State or doing business therein. SEC. 27. The Legislature shall have no power to release or extinguish, whole or in part, the indebtedness, liability or obligation of any corporation person to the State, or to any, municipal corporation therein. SEC. 28. The Legislature shall not authorize any game of chance, lotter or gift enterprise under any pretense or for any purpose. SEC. 29. The Legislature shall not delegate to any special commissi private corporation or association, any power to make, supervise or interfe with any municipal improvement, money, property or effects, whether held my! trust or otherwise, to levy taxes, to select a capitol site, or to perform at a municipal functions. SEC. 30. The Legislature shall have no power to grant, or authorize an county or municipal authority to grant, any extra compensation, fee or allow ance to any public officer, agent, servant or, contractor, after service has been rendered or a contract has been entered into and performed in whole or part, nor pay or authorize the payment of any claim hereafter created agains the State, or any county or municipality of the State, under any agreeme“ or contract made without authority of law; Provided, That this section shal not apply to claims incurred by public officers in the execution of the laws the State. SEC. 31. The Legislature shall not authorize the State, or any county, eit town, township, district or other political subdivision of the State to lend its credit or subscribe to stock or bonds in aid of any railroad, telegraph or other private individual or corporate enterprise or undertaking. ARTICLE VII. EXECUTIVE. SECTION 1. The Executive Department shall consist of Governor, Secretary of State. State Auditor, State Treasurer, Attorney General, and Superintenden“ ublic Instruction, each of whom shall hold his office for four years, beginning he first Monday of January next after his election, except that the terms ffice of those elected at the first election shall begin when the State shall dmitted into the Union, and shall end on the first Monday in January, A. D.. The officers of the Executive Department, during their terms of office, reside at the seat of government, where they shall keep the public records, is and papers. They shall perform such duties as are prescribed by this stitution and as may be prescribed by law. SEC. 2. The officers provided for in section one of this article, shall be ed by the qualified electors of the State at the time and place of voting members of the Legislature, and the persons respectively having the highest ber of votes cast for the office voted for shall be elected; but if two or more I have an equal and the highest number of votes for any one of said offices. two houses of the Legislature, at its next regular session, shall elect forthby joint ballot one of such persons for said office. SEC. 3. No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor or Secretary tate unless he shall have attained the age of thirty years at the time of his tion, nor to the office of Attorney-General unless he shall have attained the of twenty-five years at the time of his election, and have been admitted to tice in the Supreme Court of the Territory or of the State of Utah, nor ss he shall be in good standing at the bar at the time of his election. No on shall be eligible to any of the offices provided for in section one of this le, unless at the time of his election he shall be a qualified elector, and I have been a resident citizen of the State or Territory for five years next eding his election. The State Auditor and State Treasurer shall be ineligible lection as their own successors. SEC. 4. The Governor shall be Commander-in-Chief of the military forces he State, except when they shall be called into the service of the United es. He shall have power to call out the militia to execute the laws, to sups insurrection, or to repel invasion. SEC. 5. The Governor shall see that the laws are faithfully executed; he I transact all executive business with the officers of the government, civi! military, and may require information in writing from the officers of the utive Department, and from the officers and managers of State Institutions any subject relating to the condition, management, and expenses of their ective offices and institutions, and at any time when the Legislative Assemis not in session, may, if he deem it necessary, appoint a committee to ingate and report to him upon the condition of any executive office or State itution. He shall communicate by message the condition of the State to Legislature at every regular session, and recommend such measures as he deem expedient. SEC. 6. On extraordinary occasions, the governor may convene the Legisre by proclamation, in which shall be stated the purpose for which the slature is to be convened, and it shall transact no legislative business except for which it was specially convened, or such other legislative business as Governor may call to its attention while in session. The Legislature, how, may provide for the expenses of the session and other matters incidental eto. The Governor may also by proclamation convene the Senate in extraorry session for the transaction of executive business. SEC. 7. In case of a disagreement between the two houses of the Legisla at any special session, with respect to the time of adjournment, the Govr shall have power to adjourn the Legislature to such time as he may k proper; Provided, it be not beyond the time fixed for the convening of next Legislature. SEC. 8. Every bill passed by the Legislature, before it becomes a law, shall resented to the Governor; if he approve, he shall sign it, and thereupon it 1 become a law; but if he do not approve, he shall return it with his objecs to the house in which it originated, which house shall enter the objections arge upon its journal and proceed to reconsider the bill. If. after such nsideration, it again passes both houses by a yea and nay vote of two thirds of the members elected to each house, it shall become a law, notwit standing the Governor's objections. If any bill be not returned within five days after it shall have been presented to him. (Sunday, and the day on which received it excepted.) the same shall be a law in like manner as if he lo signed it. unless the Legislature by its final adjournment prevent such retur in which case it shall be filed with his objections in the office of the Secretary of State within ten days after such adjournment (Sunday excepted) or leve a law. If any bill presented to the Governor contains several items of api priations of money, he may object to one or more such items, while approvis other portions of the bill; in such case he shall append to the bill at the time. signing it. a statement of the item or items which he declines to approve, gether with his reasons therefor, and such item or items shall not take efet unless passed over the Governor's objection as in this section provided. SEC. 9. When any State or district office shall become vacant, and no mo is provided by the Constitution and laws for filling such vacancy, the Gover shall have the power to fill the same by granting a commission, which shal expire at the next election, and upon qualification of the person elected to sl office. SEC. 10. The Governor shall nominate, and by and with the consent of Senate, appoint all State and district officers, whose offices are established this Constitution, or which may be created by law, and whose appointmen election is not otherwise provided for. If, during the recess of the Senate vacancy occur in any State or district office, the Governor shall appoint s fit person to discharge the duties thereof until the next meeting of the Sex when he shall nominate some person to fill such office. If the office of just of the supreme or district court. Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Tres urer. Attorney-General or Superintendent of Public Instruction be vacate death, resignation or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Governor to fill the same by appointment, and the appointee shall hold his office until his success shall be elected and qualified, as may be by law provided. SEC. 11. In case of the death of the Governor, or his impeachment. moval from office, inability to discharge the duties of his office, resignation absence from the State, the powers and duties of said office shall devolve the Secretary of State, until the disability shall cease, or until the next gea election, when the vacancy shall be filled by election. If, during a vacan the office of Governor, the Secretary of State resign, die or become incapabe performing the duties of the office, or be displaced, or be absent from the Str the President pro tempore of the senate shall act as Governor until the vaen be filled or the disability cease. While performing the duties of the Gover as in this section provided, the Secretary of State, or the President pro temer of the senate, as the case may be, except in cases of temporary disability, of absence from the State, shall be entitled to the salary and emoluments of the Governor. SEC. 12. Until otherwise provided by law, the Governor, Justices of 15 Supreme Court and Attorney-General shall constitute a Board of Pardes majority of whom, including the Governor, upon such conditions, and with si limitations and restrictions as they deem proper, may remit fines and forfeitur commute punishments, and grant pardons after convictions, in all cases ex treason and impeachments, subject to such regulations as may be provided law, relative to the manner of applying for pardons; but no fine or forfe!!! shall be remitted, and no commutation or pardon granted, except after a f hearing before the Board, in open session, after previous notice of the time place of such hearing has been given. The proceedings and decisions of t Board, with the reasons therefor in each case, together with the dissent of member who may disagree, shall be reduced to writing, and filed, with papers used upon the hearing, in the office of the Secretary of State. The Governor shall have power to grant respites or reprieves in all s of convictions for offenses against the State, except treason or conviction · impeachment; but such respites or reprieves shall not extend beyond the l session of the Board of Pardons; and such Board, at such session, shall et ue or determine such respite or reprieve, or they may commute the punishent, or pardon the offense as herein provided. In case of conviction for ason, the Governor shall have the power to suspend execution of the sentence, til the case shall be reported to the Legislature at its next regular session, en the Legislature shall either pardon, or commute the sentence, or direct its ecution; he shall communicate to the Legislature at each regular session, each se of remission of fine or forfeiture, reprieve, commutation or pardon granted ce the last previous report, stating the name of the convict, the crime for ich he was convicted, the sentence and its date, the date of remission, comtation, pardon, or reprieve, with the reasons for granting the same, and the ections, if any, of any member of the Board made thereto. SEC. 13. Until otherwise provided by law, the Governor, Secretary of State 1 Attorney-General shall constitute a Board of State Prison Commissioners, ich Board shall have such supervision of all matters connected with the te Prison as may be provided by law. They shall, also, constitute a Board Examiners, with power to examine all claims against the State except salaries compensation of officers fixed by law, and perform such other duties as may prescribed by law; and no claim against the State, except for salaries and apensation of officers fixed by law, shall be passed upon by the Legislature hout having been considered and acted upon by the said Board of Examiners. SEC. 14. Until otherwise provided by law, the Governor, State Treasurer 1 State Auditor shall constitute a Board of Insane Asylum Commissioners. d Board shall have such supervision of all matters connected with the State ane Asylum as may be provided by law. SEC. 15. Until otherwise provided by law, the Governor, Attorney-General 1 Superintendent of Public Instruction shall constitute a Board of Reform ool Commissioners. Said Board shall have such supervision of all matters nected with the State Reform School as may be provided by law. SEC. 16. The Secretary of State shall keep a record of the official acts the Legislature and Executive Department of the State, and, when required, I lay the same and all matters relative thereto before either branch of the islature, and shall perform such other duties as may be provided by law. SEC. 17. The Auditor shall be Auditor of Public Accounts, and the Treasr shall be the custodian of public moneys, and each shall perform such other ies as may be provided by law. SEC. 18. The Attorney-General shall be the legal adviser of the State cers, and shall perform such other duties as may be provided by law. SEC. 19. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall perform such ies as may be provided by law. SEC. 20. The Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorneyeral, Superintendent of Public Instruction and such other State and district ers as may be provided for by law, shall receive for their services quarterly, ompensation as fixed by law, which shall not be diminished or increased so to affect the salary of any officer during his term, or the term next ensuing er the adoption of this Constitution, unless a vacancy occur, in which case successor of the former incumbent shall receive only such salary as may be vided by law at the time of his election or appointment. The compensation the officers provided for by this article, until otherwise provided by law, ixed as follows: Governor, Two Thousand Dollars per annum. Secretary of State, Two Thousand Dollars per annum. Superintendent of Public Instruction, Fifteen Hundred Dollars per annum, The compensation for said officers as prescribed in this section, and in all s enacted pursuant to this Constitution, shall be in full for all services dered by said officers, respectively, in any official capacity or employment ing their respective terms of office. No such officer shall receive for the formance of any official duty any fee for his own use, but all fees fixed by |