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notwithstanding he may thereafter resign, shall, during the
whole period of time for which he was elected, be eligible to
sany office which shall have been created, or the salary or
profits of which shall have been increased during such term,
or shall, during said whole period of time, be appointed, by
the Executive or General Assembly, to any civil office created
by the Constitution or laws of the State.
Sec. 14. No Senator or Delegate shall be liable in any
civil action or prosecution whatever for words spoken in
debate.
Sec. 15. Each House shall be judge of the qualifications
and elections of its members, as prescribed by the Constitu-
tion and laws of the State; shall appoint its own officers,
determine the rules of its own proceedings, punish a member
for disorderly or disrespectful behavior, and, with the con-
sent of two-thirds of its whole number of members elected
expel a member; but no member shall be expelled a second
time for the same offence.
Sec. 16. A majority of the whole number of members
elected to each House shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
action of 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 each House may
prescribe.
Sec. 17. The doors of each House and of the Committee of
the Whole shall be open, except when the business is such
as ought to be kept secret.
Sec. 18. Each House shall keep a Journal of its proceed-
ings, and cause the same to be published; the yeas and nays
of members on any question shall, at the call of any five of
them in the House of Delegates, or one in the Seaate, be-
entered on the Journal.
Sec. 19. Each House may punish, by imprisonment, dur-
ing the session of the General Assembly, any person not a
member, for disrespectful or disorderly behavior in its pres-
ence, or for obstructing any of its proceedings or any 6f its
officers in the execution of their duties; provided, such,
imprisonment shall not, at any one time, exceed ten days.
Sec. 20. The House of Delegates may inquire, on the oath
of witnesses, into all complaints, grievances and offences, as
the Grand Inquest of the State, and may commit any person
for any crime to the public jail, there to rema'in until dis-
charged by due course of law; they may examine and pass
all accounts of the State, relating either to the collection or
expenditure of the revenue, and appoint auditors to state and
adjust the same; they may call for all public or official papers-
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