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 960 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 145. 1917. and representatives chosen at subsequent elections shall be four Film! °¤¤=*•¤· years from the second of January following their election. In case of vacancy among the members of the senate or in the house of representatives, special elections may be held in the districts wherein such vacancy occurred, imder such regulations gs may lie prescrilbeg b law, ut senators or re resentatives e ecte in suc cases s a hgld office only for tge ungxpitied portion cgtgigateilppuwggrein Sie vacancy occurred, an no sena r or represe 1 s, ring _ e time for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil °é¤¤¤*;¥tcl¤¤•**¤•¤°°° office under the government of Porto Rico, nor be appointed to any °°’ office created by Act of the legislature during the time for which he shall have léeen elected nmtil two years after his term of office shall have expire. Payammnnea Sec. 31. That members of the Senate and House of Representatives of Porto Rico shall receive compensation at the rate of $7 er day for the first ninety days of each regular session and $1 per d)ay for each additional day of such session while in session, and mileage for each session at the rate of 10 cents per kilometer for each kilometer actualltg and necessarily traveled in going from their legislative dlistrhg; to ia) capital anfl therefrpm to ltheir place of residence in t eir tricts yt eusua routeso trave. 1:se1·.1¤¤¤s•i¤ds•¤¥ Sec. 32. That the senate and house of representatves, r Ein. ’ °°°" °lm°m` tively, shall be the sole judges of the elections, returns land cations of their members, and they shall have and exercise (sill the powers with respect to the conduct of their proceedings that usually 0rs¤¤¤¤¤¤¤,¤¤·~ pertain to parliamentary legislative bodies. Both houses shall convene at the capital on the second Monday in February following the next election, and organize by the election of a speaker or a presiding officer, a clerk, and a sergeant at arms for each house, and suc _ otléer omcergh and silssisfignts as may be   LB 1 1·`1r¤¢r¤z¤¤¤r¤¤s=¤¤¤· nc.33. atte tregularsessiono te tur fPrte Ricogiprovided for by this ct, shall convene on Eiaftwegtg-eig)hth m$¤:b¤•q¤¤¤¢. him- day ter the first election provided for herein, and regular sessions y` of the legislature shall be eld biennially thereafter, convening on nine n, 11 naym eru oea secon Sww. ·¢ ¤¤ af ear thereafter. The governor may call specizily sessions of the QOVGPBOL { • • • • •. egislature or of the senate at any time when m his o mi th umn. public mterest may  it but no special session shaH coliilzinug enger  ten days, not including Sundays and holidays, and no legislation shall be considered at suc session other than that specified in the call, and he shall call the senate in special session at least $.’i.‘i‘Zi.°1°1£..’°i" °§‘ 821* “‘i°?S °i°"‘l"¥ i" F°b"2“" °€£Ii°“i° "°°” i" guareiono eegnsaureisno rovi or. E¤*°°¤¤¤‘ °'”*”· Sec. 34. That the enacting clause. of the lawslshall be as to acts, "Be it enacted by the Legis ature of Porto Rico/’ and as to joint resolutions, “Be it resolved by the Legislature of Porto Rico," Submission pb d gircepsmasm l;e;·Ei¤;.a{1terSprov'1i;1ied, bills anilmljloinli) regolxétiins may ._° °'_I'1g1I1 1 e oue. egovernors sumj - gt; at °P¤m¤S mg of each regular session of the legislature a budget of iieceic tgpaliild expenditures, which shall be the basis of the ensuing biennialp appro- to we- pnation bill. No bill shall become a law until it be passed in each ouse by a majority yea-and·na vote of all of the memb rs b l —· ilpg tt]? such house and entered Eiipon the joumal and bec aplgergggd y e governor within ten days thereafter. If h b' th t has been pleased is {presented to the governor forvliigllxignature lie approves the same e shall sign it; or if not, he shall return it, with his obileigtions, to the house in which it originated, which house shall enter objections at large on its journal and proceed to reconsider  ¤f W- it. If, after such reconsideration two—thirds of all the members of that house shall agree to pass the same it shall be sent, together
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