fied in this section, shall not extend beyond the same session of the legislature.
Sect. 4. Every person who shall be guilty of any contempt specified in the preceding section, shall, also, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
Sect. 5. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the council, the governor, attorney-general, or any of the judges of the supreme court, are hereby authorized to administer the oath of office the members and officers of the respective houses.
Sect. 6. Any member of the council or house of representatives, while acting as a committee of the house of which he is a member, shall have authority to administer oaths to such persons as shall be examined before the committee of which he is a member.
Sect. 7. In case the right of any person to a seat in either house of the legislative assembly, shall be contested, the right of such person to a seat as aforesaid, shall be determined by the house in which he claims such seat as a member; and such house shall, in all cases, be the judge of the qualification of its members.
Sect. 8. The officers of the council shall consist of a president (who shall be a member of said body), a secretary and assistant secretary, an engrossing clerk and an enrolling clerk, a sergeant-at-arms (who shall also perform the office of doorkeeper), a messenger and a fireman.
Sect. 9. The officers of the house of representatives shall consist of a speaker (who shall be a member of said body), a chief clerk, an assistant clerk, an engrossing clerk, an enrolling clerk, a sergeant-at-arms (who shall also perform the duties of doorkeeper), a messenger, and a fireman.
Sect. 10. The said officers shall be elected, viva voce, by the members of each house respectively, at such time, after the meeting of said house, as the members thereof shall see proper; but neither house shall transact any business other than the election or appointment of officers, until said officers are elected or appointed pro tem. on motion.
Sect. 11. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the