Sec. 4. All civil officers for the State at large shall reside within the State, and all district, county and township officers within their respective districts, counties and townships, and shall keep their offices at such places therein as are now or may hereafter be required by law.
Sec. 5. All officers shall continue in office after the expiration of their official terms until their successors are elected and qualified.
Sec. 6. No person shall hold or perform the duties of more than one office in the same department of the government at the same time except as expressly directed or permitted by this Constitution
Sec. 7. Absence on business of the State, or of the United States, or on a visit or on necessary private business, shall not cause a forfeiture of residence once obtained.
Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to regulate by law in what cases and what deductions from the salaries of public officers shall be made for neglect of duty in their official capacity.
Sec. 9. The General Assembly shall have no power to create any permanent State office not expressly provided for by this Constitution.
Sec. 10. Returns for all elections for officers who are to be commissioned by the Governor, and for members of the General Assembly, except as otherwise provided by this Constitution, shall be made to the Secretary of State.
Sec. 11. The Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, judges of the Supreme Court, judges of the circuit courts, Commissioner of State Lands and prosecuting attorneys shall each receive a salary, to be established by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during their respective terms, nor shall any of them, except the prosecuting attorneys, after the adoption of this Constitution, receive to his own use any fees, costs, perquisites of office or other compensation; and all fees that may hereafter be payable by law for any service performed by any officer mentioned in this section, except prosecuting attorneys, shall be paid in advance into the State treasury. Provided, that the salaries of the respective officers herein mentioned shall never exceed per annum:
For Governor, the sum of $4,000.00; for Secretary of State, the sum of $2,500.00; for Treasurer, the sum of $8,000.00; for Auditor, the sum of $3,000.00; for Attorney General, the sum of $2,500.00; for Commissioner of State Lands, the sum of $2,500.00; for judges of the Supreme Court, each, the sum of $4,000.00; for judges of the circuit courts and chancellors, each, the sum of $3,000,00; for prosecuting attorney, the sum of $400.00.
And provided further, that the General Assembly shall provide for no increase of salaries of its members which shall take effect before the meeting of the next General Assembly.
Sec. 12. An accurate and detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the public money, the several amounts paid, to whom and on what account, shall, from time to time, be published as may be prescribed by law.
