Article IV.
Legislative Department

Section 13. Quorum

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Quorum

A majority of each house constitutes a quorum to transact business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members in the manner and under the penalties it may provide.

Qualifications of Legislators; Judging Election Returns and Eligibility

Senators and representatives shall be qualified voters of the state, and shall have resided one year in the state and six months immediately preceding the election in the district from which elected. Each house shall be the judge of the election returns and eligibility of its own members. The legislature shall prescribe by law the manner for taking evidence in cases of contested seats in either house.

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1858 Article IV. Section 3

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1858 Article IV. Section 17

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1858 Article IV. Section 25

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Eligibility of Members -- Quorum

Each House shall be the judge of the election returns, and eligibility of its own members; a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to transact business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as it may provide.

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1975 Article IV. Section 6

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1975 Article IV. Section 13

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