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Persons employed in such public service are under obligations not to
contribute to any political fund, or to render service to any
political party.

CHAPTER III.

STATE GOVERNMENT.

The state constitution adopted by the voters is the fundamental law of
the state.

A state Constitution cannot interfere with the Federal Constitution,
neither can the Federal Constitution interfere with the regulation of
the state. As has been said the Kentucky Constitution was adopted on
April 3, 1792, at a convention which met in Danville.

A state Constitution is a law made by the people and cannot be changed
by the legislature, but may be amended or revised by the voters.

Amendments are usually submitted to the legislature and then to the
voters.

The revision of the Constitution is by means of a convention of
delegates elected by the people.

The three departments of state governments are: The legislative, the
lawmaking power; the judicial, the law interpreting power; and the
executive, the law enforcing power.

All state governments are divided into these three classes, the
legislative, judicial and executive.

The legislature passes laws which govern people in their relation to
each other.

The Kentucky legislature convenes at the capital at Frankfort every
two years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January and
remains in session for sixty working days, not including Sundays and
national holidays.

It is composed of two houses, the House of Representatives, known as
the lower house with one hundred members, and the Senate, known as the
upper house with thirty-eight members.

The Kentucky General Assembly is composed of one hundred and
thirty-eight members elected by the voters of the State in the
counties and districts in which they reside.

The State is divided into senatorial and representative districts,
with a representation based upon population.

The term of office for Senators is four years. A Senator must be
thirty years old, a citizen of the United States for nine years and
must live in the State and district from which he is elected.

A State Senator in Kentucky receives $10.00 per day for his services
during the sitting of the legislature, mileage to and from home at the
rate of ten cents per mile, and stationery.

The Lieutenant Governor is the presiding officer of the Senate.

The Senate sits as a court and tries all impeachments.

The president pro tem. of the Senate