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Upon the conviction of any justice of the peace, of any infamous crime, or of corruption and mal-practice in office, the commission of such justice shall be thereby vacated, and he shall be forever disqualified from holding such appointment.

The General Assembly at its first session after the year one thousand eight hundred and thirtynine, and from time to time thereafter, shall appoint an attorney general, who shall be commissioned by the governor, and shall hold his office for the term of four years; but if the General Assembly should hereafter extend the term during which solicitors of the State shall hold their offices, then they shall have the power to extend the term of office of the attorney general to the same period.

1. No convention of the people shall be called by the General Assembly, unless by the concurrence of twothirds of all the members of each house of the General Assembly.

2. No part of the constitution of this State shall be altered, unless a bill to alter the same shall have been read three times in each house of the General Assembly, and agreed to by threefifths of the whole number of members of each house respectively; nor shall any alteration take place until the bill so agreed to shall have been published six months previous to a new election of members to the General Assembly. If, after such publication, the alteration proposed by the preceding General Assembly, shall be agreed to in the first session thereafter by twothirds of the whole representation in each house of the General Assembly, after the same shall have been read three times on three several days in each house, then the said General Assembly shall prescribe a mode by which the amendment or amendments may be submitted to the qualified voters of the house of commons throughout the State; and if, upon comparing the votes given in the whole State, it shall appear that a majority of the voters have approved thereof, then, and not otherwise, the same shall become a part of the constitution.