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Sec. 9. In case of death, disqualification, resignation,, re-
fusal to act, expulsion or removal from -the' coupty or city
for which he shall have been elected, of any person who
shall have been chosen as a Delegate or'Senator, or in case of
a tie between two or more such qualified persons, a warrant
of election shall be issued by the Speaker of the House
of Delegates or President of the Senate, as the case
may be for the election of another person in his place,
of which election not less than ten day's notice shall be given
exclusive of the day of the publication of the notice, and of
the day of election; and in case ef such designation or re-
fusal to act being communicated in writing to the Governor
by the person so resigning or refusing to act, or if such
death occur daring the legislative recess, and more than ten
days before its termination, it shall be ths duty of the Gov-
ernor to issue a warrant of election to supply the va-
cancy thus created in the same manner the said Speaker
or President might have done during the session of the Gen-
eral Assembly; provided, however, that unless a meeting ,of
the General Assembly may intervene, the election this order-
ed to fill such vacancy shall be held on the day of the ensuing
election for Delegates and Senators.
See, 10. The General Assembly shall meet on the first
Wednesday of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,
and on the same day in every second year thereafter, and at
no other time, unless convened by proclamation of the Gov-
ernor.
Sec. 11. The General Assembly may continue its session
so long as in its judgment the public interest may require for
a period of not longer than ninety days; and each member
thereof shall receive a compensation of five dollars per diem,
for every day he shall attend the session, but not for such
days as he may be absent, unless absent on account of sick-
ness, or by leave of the House of which he is a member ;
and he shall also receive such mileage as may be allowed by
law, not exceeding twenty cents per mile; and the presiding
officer of each House shall receive an additional compensa-
tion of three dollars per day; when the General Assembly
shall be convened by proclamation of the Governor, the ses-
sion shall not continue longer than thirty days; and in such
case, the compensation shall be the same as herein pre-
scribed.
Sec. 12. No book, or other printed matter, not appertain-
ing to the business of the session, shall be purchased or sub-
scribed for for the use of the members of the General
Assembly, or be distributed among them at the public
expense.
Sec. 13. No Senator or Delegate, after qualifying as such
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