Article V
Sec. 7: No person elected a member of the legislature shall receive any civil appointment within this state or to the senate of the United States from the governor, except notaries public, or from the governor and senate, from the legislature, or any other state authority, during the term for which he is elected: Provided, That any member of the legislature may become a candidate for and be elected to another state office without resigning as a member of the legislature in such cases in which the term of said state office does not overlap the term of office for which the member of the legislature is elected. All such appointments and all votes given for any person so elected for any such office or appointment shall be void. No member of the legislature shall be interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the state or any county thereof, authorized by any law passed during the time for which he is elected, nor for
one1 year thereafter.
