Sec. 3. The house of representatives shall consist of members to be chosen every second year, by the qualified electors of the several counties.
Sec. 4. No person shall be a member of the house of representatives, who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years; who shall not be a free white male citizen of the United States; who shall not have been an inhabitant of this state one year; and who shall not, at the time of his election, have an actual residence in the county he may be chosen to represent.
Sec. 5. The senate shall consist of members to be chosen every four years, by the qualified electors of the several districts.
Sec. 6. No person shall be a senator, who shall not have attained the age of thirty years; who shall not be a free white male citizen of the United States who shall not have been an inhabitant of this state one year; and who shall not, at the time of his election, have an actual residence in the district he may be chosen to represent.
Sec. 7. The general assembly shall meet every two years, on the first Monday of November, at the seat of government, until altered by law.
Sec. 8. All general elections shall be viva voce until otherwise directed by law, and shall commence and be holden every two years, on the first Monday in October, until altered by law; and the electors in all cases except in cases of treason, felony and breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest during their attendance on elections, and in going to and returning therefrom.
Sec. 9. The governor shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies as shall occur in either house of the general assembly.
Sec. 10. No judge of the supreme, circuit or inferior courts of law or equity, secretary of state, attorney for the state, state auditor or treasurer, register or recorder, clerk of any court of record, sheriff, coroner, member of congress, nor any other person holding any lucrative office under the United States or this state (militia officers, justices of the peace, post
