by any person elected a member of the senate, the
same shall be filled up, if it shall happen during the
recess of the general assembly, within one week after
the meeting thereof, and if during the session, it shall
be filled up within one week after such vacancy shall
happen, in manner following, to wit.  The house of
delegates shall, by ballot, appoint nine of their body
then present, and the said nine, or a majority of them,
shall, by ballot, nominate to the senate three qualified
persons; and out of such nomination the senate shall
elect one person, by ballot, to fill the vacancy for the
residue of the five years.

    XXII.   That not less than a majority of the senate,
with their president, (to be chosen by them by
ballot,) shall constitute a house for the transacting any
business, other than that of adjourning.

    XXIII.   That the senate shall judge of the elections
and qualification of senators.

    XXIV.  That the general assembly meet annually,
on the first Monday of November, and if necessary,
oftener.

    XXV.  That each house shall appoint its own officers,
and settle its own rules of proceeding.

    XXVI.  That a person of wisdom, experience and
virtue, shall be elected governor by the electors of the
senate, when assembled to elect senators in the year
seventeen hundred and ninety-six, and for ever thereafter
by the electors of the senate when so assembled;
and the said election of governor shall be made in the
same manner as the election of senators; and no person