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[XXIX] and the votes for Governor as well as the proceedings of the Representatives and Senators in filling the vacancies in the Senate and in choosing Counsellors; and all this is indispensable to an intelligent exercise of the right thus claimed. If then, this Legislature were to undertake to exercise this power in relation to the legislature of 1821 and upon a scrutiny of their proceedings as to the organization should find or fancy they had found some latent defect or imperfection in those proceedings it would necessarily follow that this state has never had a Legislature constitutionally competent to pass Laws, - for the members of each legislature, are required by the Constitution to be qualified by certain officers of the next proceedings legislature. it may then be inquired whence this Legislature derives the right of passing sentence of condemnation on the acts and dongs of the last legislature, and of the Governor and Council since this very sentence necessarily carries with it the condemnation of this Legislature, and declares that it has no legal existence.

But no such tremendous power exists, the constitution of our State, which in this respect, is a transcript of the Constitution of the United States - has wisely determined that each House shall e the judge of the elections and qualifications of its own members and now determine the rules of its proceedings - This provision secures to each Branch the high prorogation of deciding definitely and conclusively in relation to these subjects, makes it the Supreme Judge in the last resort, expressly excludes the interference of any other tribunal; so that neither the Judges of the Supreme Court,