States, and at least t wenty-five years of age. [Act of Cong., July 1, 1902, McKinley's Instructions.] SECTION  139 . Term of Office of Delegate . — The official term of persons elected as delegates to the Philippine Assembly at the quadrennial general election shall begin on the sixteenth of October following and shall end on the fifteenth of the same month f our years thereafter. [Act of Cong., Feb. 15, 1911.] TcDIEH SECTION  140 . Special Election for Delegate . — Upon the failure to elect any delegate at any election at which the office is authorized to be filled, or upon the death or disqualification of a person elected a delegate before the beginning of his official t erm, or whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of Delegate to the Philippine Assembly, the Governor-General shall make a proclamation of a special election to fill such office for the unexpired term, specifying the district in which the election is to  be held, and the date thereof, which shall not be less than forty nor more than ninety days, reckoned from the date of the proclamation. [2045-4.] A special election shall not be held to fill a vacancy in the office of delegate to the Assembly, unless such vacancy shall occur on or before the first day of February of the last year of the term of office or unless occurring thereafter and a special ses sion of the Assembly be called to meet before the time for the convening of the next Legislature. [1582-4 (5) as amended by 1810.] ATESCc SECTION  141 . Constitution and Governance of Philippine Assembly . — The Assembly shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its members. A majority shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day  to day and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members. It shall choose its Speaker and other officers and may determine the rule of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds expel  a member. It shall keep a journal of its proceedings, which shall be published; and the yeas and nays of the members on any question shall, on the demand of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal. [Act of Cong., July 1, 1902, sec. 7.] Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 47