SEC. 22. Right to bear arms. SEC. 23. Rule of construction. ARTICLE II.--_Electors._ SEC. 1. Of electors owning real estate. SEC. 2. Of electors qualified to vote on adoption of Constitution-- Registered voters--Qualified by dollar tax--Military duty---Who to vote for City Council in Providence, to impose a tax, &c. SEC. 3. Of assessment and payment of registry tax. SEC. 4. Who shall not gain residence or be permitted to vote. SEC. 5. Residents on lands ceded, &c., not electors. SEC. 6. Power of General Assembly over elections. ARTICLE III.--_Powers Distributed._ Three Departments. ARTICLE IV.--_Legislative Powers._ SECTION 1. Constitution supreme law. SEC. 2. Two houses--General Assembly--Style of laws. SEC. 3. Sessions of General Assembly. SEC. 4. Members not to take fees, &c. SEC. 5. Members exempt from arrest, &c. SEC. 6. Powers of each house--Organization. SEC. 7. Powers to make rules, &c. SEC. 8. Of the journal and yeas and nays. SEC. 9. Of adjournments. SEC. 10. Of powers not prohibited. SEC. 11. Pay of members. SEC. 12. Lotteries prohibited. SEC. 13. Debts not to be incurred. SEC. 14. Private or local appropriations. SEC. 15. Of valuations of property and assessments. SEC. 16. Officers may be continued until successors are qualified. SEC. 17. Bills to create corporations to be continued, except, &c. SEC. 18. Of election of senators to Congress. ARTICLE V.--_House of Representatives._ SECTION 1. House, how constituted--Ratio of representation. SEC. 2. May elect its officers, &c. ARTICLE VI.--_Senate._ SECTION 1. How constituted. SEC. 2. Governor to preside--when to vote in grand committee. SEC. 3. May elect presiding officer in case of vacancy, &c. SEC. 4. Secretary and other officers. ARTICLE VII.--_Executive._ SECTION 1. Of the governor and lieutenant-governor--How elected. SEC. 2. Duty of governor. SEC. 3. He shall command military and naval forces, except, &c. SEC. 4. He may grant reprieves, &c. SEC. 5. He may fill vacancies. SEC. 6. He may adjourn assembly, in case, &c. SEC. 7. He may convene assembly, when, &c. SEC. 8. Commissions, how signed, &c. SEC. 9. Lieutenant-governor, when to act as governor. SEC. 10. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 11. Compensation of governor, &c. SEC. 12. Duties of general officers. ARTICLE VIII.--_Elections._ SECTION 1. Governor and general officers, when elected. SEC. 2. General officers and members of assembly, how voted for. SEC. 3. Same subject--How votes to be sealed up, transmitted and counted. SEC. 4. List of voters to be kept. [Obsolete.] SEC. 5. Ballots for members of Assembly, how counted--Adjournment of elections, when. SEC. 6. Of voting in the City of Providence. SEC. 7. If governor or lieutenant-governor not elected by the people grand committee to elect, how. SEC. 8. In case general officers not elected by the people, how vacancies shall be filled. SEC. 9. Vacancies in Assembly, how filled.