senator or delegate may also seek election in any new senate
district containing fifty per cent or more of the population of the
senate district in which he resided prior to redistricting. At the
time of his election or appointment a senator shall have attained
the age of twenty-five years, and a delegate shall have attained
the age of twenty-one years.

Section 3.10. Election and Term of Office.

A member of the General Assembly shall be elected by the
voters of the district in which he seeks election, to serve for a
term beginning at noon on the second Wednesday of December
following his election and ending at noon on the second Wednes-
day of December in the fourth year thereafter.

Section 3.11. Vacancies.

A vacancy in the General Assembly shall be filled as prescribed
by law. An appointee to fill a vacancy, when succeeding a party
member, shall be a member of the same political party as the
person last elected to that office. An appointee shall serve only
until the next general election held at least ninety days after the
vacancy occurs. At that election the remainder of the term shall
be filled.

Section 3.12. Compensation.

A member of the General Assembly shall receive the salary
and allowances prescribed by law. A salary increase enacted
during one term of office shall not become effective before the
next term. No senator or delegate shall be paid daily living ex-
penses during regular sessions of the General Assembly.

Section 3.13. Limitation on Appointment.

No person elected or appointed to the General Assembly shall
be appointed, during the term of office for which he was elected
or appointed, to any office which has been created, or for which
the compensation has been increased, by the General Assembly
during that term.

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