A. By the “board of aldermen”; they meet for that purpose at such time as the Legislature shall designate.

Eligibility.

Q. Who are eligible to the Legislature?

A. The requirements are these.

I. The candidate must be twenty-one years of age.

II.  He must not at the time of election, nor within one-hundred days previous thereto, have been a member of congress, a civil or military officer under the United States, or any officer under any city government.

III.  Should any person after his election to the Legislature be elected or appointed to any of the offices just named, his acceptance thereof will vacate his seat in the Legislature.

Duties.

Q. What are some of the duties of the members of the assembly?

I. To take the oath of office.  Art.  XII., Sec.  I Const.

II.  To organize by electing their presiding officer, who is called the speaker; and who must be one of their number.

III.  To elect also the other officers, viz:  a Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Door-Keeper, and two assistant Door-Keepers; persons not members of their body.

IV.  To have co-ordinate jurisdiction with the Senate in the enactment of laws.

V. To prefer charges against officers for misconduct in office; which is called impeachment.

Organization.

Q. Who calls the Assembly to order for the purpose of organization?

A. The Clerk of the last Assembly.

Q. Who furnishes the Clerk with an official list of the members elect?

A. The Secretary of State

Q. By whom is the oath of office administered?

A Usually by the Secretary of State.  The oath may, however, be taken previously, before any Justice of the Supreme Court, Attorney-General, the Lieutenant Governor, any Judge of a County Court, the Mayor or Recorder of any city, or the Clerk of any county or Court of Record.  The oath whenever taken must be duly subscribed, certified, and filed in the office of the Secretary of State.  Members who are absent at the organization, may be sworn by the Speaker, if they have not previously taken the oath.

Q. By whom are the other officers appointed?

A. By the Speaker, except those in the department of the Clerk; he having power to appoint his own deputies.

The Senate.

Q. Who is the presiding officer in the Senate?

A. The Lieutenant-Governor, and he is called the President of the
Senate.

Duties.

Q. What are some of the duties of the State Senate?

I. To elect the remaining officers, whose names and duties are about the same as in the Assembly.

II.  To have co-ordinate jurisdiction with the Assembly in enacting laws

III.  To act as a court for the trial of impeachments, associated with the judges of the Court of Appeals, and the President of the Senate.