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Show ~8 'I'HE FEDERAJ.J CO~VENTION. be into three classes. rrhe seats of the senators of the first class shall he vucated at the expiration of tho second year, of the second class at the expir~ti01_1 of the fot~rth year, nnd of tho third cla s at tho c.x:pu·atwn of the SIXth yea.t·, so that one-third may be chosen every secon~ year;. and If vacanci·e s b a Pl)e11 1u· y resignation ' or otherw1 e, .d unng the rece 8 of the legislature of any State, tl~e executive ther~of may make temporary appointments nntil the next_ mecllug of the legislature, which shall then fill such vacanctes. . No crson shall be a senator who shall not have attamed to tho pa go of tbirly years, and been m. ne years a Cl' t'tz cn of tho United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of thut State for which he shall be cho en. The Vice-President of the United States shall be President of tlle Senate, but shall have no vote, unless tlley be equally divided. . . rrhe Senate shall choose the1r other officers, and also a president pro tempore, in the absence of the Vi~e-Prcsident, or when he shall exercise the office of President of the United States. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. Wllen sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath Ol' affirmation. vVhcn the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside : and no person shall be convicted witllont the concurrence of twothirds of the members present. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and eujoy nny office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States: but the party con vie ted shall nevertheless he liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and puni hment, accordincr to law. Section 4. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be pre· scribed in each State by the legislature thereof, lHlt lb~ TIIE FEDERAL CONVENTION. 99 Congress may at any Lime, by law, make or alter such rcgn .. lations, except as to the places of choo. ing senators. Congres. sllnll ass em hie at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on tho fir t Monday in December, uulcss they shall, by law, appoint a difl'crent day. Section 5. Each IIou e shall be the j uuge of the election returns and qualificatious of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do businesB, LuL n smaller number may adjourn from day to dr1y, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of t~ •; absent memLers, in such manner, and under sucll penalties, a.3 each House may provide. Each llouse may determine the rules of its prvceedingP, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member. Each llouse shall keep a joumal of its procctdings, artd from time to time publil:ih the same, excepting st1ch pa, ts as may in their jndgmcnt require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of tho membcr·s of either IIouse on any question, sha~l, at the desire of oue-fif'th of those }Jresent, be entered on t1e journal. · Neither llouse, during the ses. ion of Congress/ stall, without the cousenL of the other, adjourn for more tban ~'tree days, uor to any other place than that in vvllico tho two Houses shall be sitting. Sect/on 6. The senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be a:certained by law, aud paid out of the treasury of the United States. They shall in all cases, except trca ·on, felony, and breach ~f the peace, be privileged from arrest during thei1· attc:1d£Lnce at the ses~ion of their rcSj)eeLivc IIonses and in croinrr to and ' b /:", I retur·ning from the same; and for any speech or ci~bate in either Il0·l~ they shall not be qnes~ivned in any other place. No ~1n.tor or reprc·scntaUve shall during H~o (;me for |
