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36 CONSTITUTION OF THE [ART. 3.
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Each House may
imprison fur dis-
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SEC. 22. Each House may punish by imprisonment,
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respect
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during the session of the General Assembly, any person not
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a member for disrespectful or disorderly behavior in its
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presence, or for obstructing any of its proceedings, or any
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of its officers in the execution of their duties ; provided such
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imprisonment shall not, at any one time, exceed ten days.
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Powers of the
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SEC. 23. The House of Delegates may inquire, on the
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House of Delegates
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oath of witnesses, into all complaints, grievances and offences,
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as the Grand Inquest of the State, and may commit any
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person for any crime to the public jail, there to remain until
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discharged by due course of law ; they may examine and
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pass all accounts of the State, relating either to the collec-
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tion or expenditure of the revenue, and appoint auditors to
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state and adjust the same, they may call for all public or
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official papers and records, and send for persons whom they
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may judge neccessary in the course of their inquiries con-
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cerning affairs relating to the public interest, and may direct
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all office bonds which shall be made payable to the State,
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to be sued for any breach thereof.
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Special adjourn-
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SEC 24. Neither House shall, without the consent of the
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ments
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other, adjourn for more than three days at any one time, nor
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to any other place than that in which the House shall be sit-
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ting, without the concurrent vote of two-thirds of the mem-
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bers present.
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Impeachment.
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SEC. 25 The House of Delegates shall have the sole
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power of impeachment in all cases, but a majority of all the
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members elected must concur in an impeachment; all im-
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peachments shall be tried by the Senate, and when sitting
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for that purpose, the Senators shall be on oath or affirma-
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tion to do justice according to the law and evidence, but no
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person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-
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thirds of all the Senators elected.
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Either House may
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SEC. 26. Any bill may originate in either House of the
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originate Bills.
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General Assembly, and be altered, amended, or rejected by
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the other ; but no bill shall originate in either House during
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the last ten days of the session, nor become a law until it
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be read on three different days of the session in each House,
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