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 ame to be publihed in the manner precribed to the everall Counties, as in this Article.

5. That for the better proviion for true and certain Returnes of perons elected, the chiefe publique Officer in every Diviion aforeaid, who hall be preent at the beginning of the Election, and in abence of every uch Officer, then any peron eligible as aforeaid, whom the People at that time aembled hall chooe for that end, hall regulate the Elections, and by Poll or otherwie clearly ditinguih and judge thereof, and make true Returne thereof, in writing indented under the hands and eales of himelfe, and of ix or more of the Electors, into the Parliaments Records, within one and twenty daies after the Election, and for default thereof, or for making any fale Return, hall forfeit 100 l. to the publique ue.

4. That one hundred and fifty Members at leat be alwaies preent in each itting of the Repreentatives, at the paing of any Law, or doing of any Act whereby the People are to be bound.

5. That every Repreentative hall within twenty daies after their firt meeting, appoint a Councell of State for the managing of publique affaires, untill the firt day of the next Repreentative, and the ame Councell to act and proceed therein, according to uch intructions and limitations as the Repreentatives hall give, and not otherwie.

6. That to the end all Officers of State may be certainly accomptable, and no Factions made to maintain corrupt interets, no Member of a Councell of State, nor any Officer of any alary Forces in Army or Garrion, nor any Treaurer or Receiver of publique moneys, hall (while uch) be elected to be a Repreentative: And in cae any uch Election hall be, the ame to be void; and in cae any Lawyer hall be choen of any Repreentative, or a Councell of State, then he hall be uncapable of practie as a Lawyer, during that trut.

7. That the power of the Peoples Repreentatives extend (without the conent or concurrence of any other peron or perons) to the enacting, altering, repealing, and declaring of Lawes; to the erecting and abolihing Officeirs of Courts of Jutice, and to