From the Common School assistant.
DUTIES OF PUBLIC OFFICERS.
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The last number gave the mode Of electing,
powers, duties, &c. of the United States Senate
one of the branches Of the General Government.
The other branch, which we are now to consider,
is called the ''House Of Representatives"


Each State sends members to this House
one member for every 1880 inhabitants the
State may have. The Members, called, some
times, representatives, are chosen every second
year-that is, man is elected for two years,
whenever he is made member of the House of
1t will be remembered that he
is elected to the Senate for six years at tme


Any man who vote for the State Legisla-
ture can vote for member of Congress- No
man can be member of the House of Repre-
sentatives until he is 25 years old; and must be
an inhabitant Of the State which chooses him.


foreigner cannot be member of this House
until he has been citizen in the United States
seven years.


If vacancy occurs in the House, before the
two years are out, the Governor of the State
orders another election, to fill the vacancy.


The officers, such as Speaker, Clerk, &C., Of
he House, are chosen by the members of the
house, each year.


The power Of impeachment is given only to
the House of Representatives. Impeachment
means. public accusation, by body authorized
to make it. The House accuse the Pres-
dent of treason, and also the members Of the
Cabinet and the Supreme Court, if they sec it
their duty. The Senate has the power to try all
impeachments, but the accusation must be made
by the lower House.