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 days' notice shall be
given, exclusive of the day of the publication of the notice
and the day of election; and if during the recess of the
Legislature, and more than ten days before its termination.
such death shall occur, or such resignation, refusal to act
or disqualification be communicated in writing to the Gov-
ernor by the person so resigning, refusing or disqualified, it
shall be the duty of the Governor to issue a warrant of
election to supply the vacancy thus created, in the same
manner the said Speaker or President might have done
during the session of the General Assembly; provided,
however, that unless a meeting of the General Assembly
may intervene, the election thus ordered to fill such
vacancy shall be held on the day of the ensuing election
for Delegates and Senators.

SEC. 14. 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
Governor.

SEC. 15. The General Assembly may continue its session
so long as in its judgment the public interest may require,
for a period 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
sickness or by leave of the House of which he is a mem
ber; 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 addi-
tional compensation of three dollars per day. When the
General Assembly shall be convened by Proclamation of
the Governor, the session shall not continue longer than
thirty days, and in such case the compensation shall be the
same as herein prescribed.

SEC. 16. No book, or other printed matter, not appertain-
ing to the business of the session, shall be purchased or
subscribed for, for the use of the members of the General •