the election of members of the legislature at primary and general elections. The returns thereof shall be made, canvassed and certified in the manner prescribed by law with respect to the election for the ratification or rejection of this constitution. The governor shall thereupon certify the results thereof to the President. Proclamation of admission; assumption of office SECTION 12. Upon the issuance by the President of a proclamation announcing the results of said election and the admission of this State to the Union, the officers elected and qualified shall proceed to exercise and discharge the powers and duties pertaining to their respective offices. Governor and lieutenant governor SECTION 13. The first governor and lieutenant governor shall hold office for a term beginning with their election and ending at noon on the first Monday in December following the second general election. Certification, United States senators and representatives SECTION 14. The governor of the State and secretary of state shall shall certify the election of the senators and represenatives to the Congress in the manner required by law. For this purpose, the lieutenant governor of this State shall be deemed secretary of state. First legislature; term of office SECTION 15. The terms of office of the members of the first legislature shall be as follows: Members of the house of representatives shall hold office for a term beginning with their election and ending on the day of the second general election held thereafter. Members of the senate shall be divided into two classes. The first class shall consist of the following number elected with the highest number of votes from their respective senatorial districts: first district, three; second district, one; third district, two; fourth district, three; fifth district, two; and sixth district, two. Members of the first class shall hold office for a term beginning with their election and ending on the day of the third general election held thereafter. The remaining members elected shall constitute the second class and shall hold office for a term beginning with their election and ending on the day of the second general election held thereafter. First session of legislature SECTION 16. Ten days after the admission of this State to the Union, the legislature shall convene in special session. Salaries of legislators SECTION 17. Until otherwise provided by law in accordance with Section 10 of Article III, the salary of members of the legislature shall be as follows: the sum of two thousand five hundred dollare for each general session, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars for each budget session and the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars for each special session. Compansation of judges SECTION 18. Until the legislature shall otherwise provide under Section 3 of Article V, the chief justice, justices of the supreme court and judges of the circuit courts shall receive as compensation for their services the sums of seventeen thousand five hundred dollars, seventeen thousand dollars and fifteen thousand dollars per annum, respectively, which shall, notwithstanding the provisions of Article V of this constitution, be subject to increase or decrease by the first session of the legislature. EFFECTIVE DATE This constitution shall take effect and be in full force immediately upon the admission of Hawaii into the Union as a State. Done in Convention, at Iolani Palace, Honolulu, Hawaii, on the twenty-second day of July, in the year one thousand nine hundred fifty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-fifth. О |