§ 9. Powers of each house.
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§ 9. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do
business. Each house shall determine the rules of its own proceedings,
and be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own
members; shall choose its own officers; and the senate shall choose a
temporary president and the assembly shall choose a speaker.