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so long established, and if not, then in the County from
which, in whole or in part, the same may have been formed;
nor shall any person be eligible as a Senator unless he shall
have attained the age of twenty-five years, nor as a Delegate
unless he shall have attained the age of twenty-one years,
at the time of his election.
Sec. 8. No member of Congress or person holding any
civil or military office under the United Slates, shall be eligi-
ble as a Senator or Delegate; and if any person shall, after
his election as a Senator or Delegate, be elected to Congress,
or be appointed to any office, civil or military under the
government of the United States, his acceptance thereof shall
vacate his seat.
Sec. 9. No minister or preacher of the Gospel of any de-
nomination, or of any religious persuasion, society or sect,
while he continues to serve as such; and no person holding
any civil office of profit, or profit and trust under this State,
shall be eligible to the office of Senator or Delegate.
Sec. 10. Each House shall be judge of the qualifications
and elections of its members, subject to the Laws of the
State—appoint its own officers, determine the rules of its own
proceedings, punish a member for disorderly or disrespectful
behaviour, and with the consent of two-thirds of its whole
number, expel a member; but no member shall be expelled
a second time for the same offence.
Sec. 11. A majority of the whole number of each House,
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 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. 12. The doors of each House and of Committees
of the Whole shall be open, except when the business is such
as ought to be kept secret.
Sec. 13. Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings,
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 Senate, be entered on
the Journal.
Sec. 14. Neither House shall, without the consent of the
other, adjourn for more than three days at any one time; nor
to any other place than that in which the House shall be sit-
ting, without the concurrent vote of two-thirds of the mem-
bers present.
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