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Constitution Of the Slale Of Ohio.
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ARTICLE ri.


AhllCLE III.
EXECUTIVE.
SIC. l.. The Executive Department shall
consist OF a Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary OF State, Auditor, Treasurer, and an
Attorney General, who shall be chosen by the
Electors Of the State on the second Tuesday Of
October, and al the place Of voting for mem.
bers OF the General Assembly.
SEC. Q. The Governor, Lieutenant Govern
or, Secretary Of State, Treasurer, and Attorney
General shall hold their offices for two years,
and the Auditor for four years. Their terms Of
office shall on the second Monday
OF January next after their election, and con-
nnue until their successors are elected and
qualified.
SEC. ). The returns Of every election. for the
officers named in the foregoing section, shall be
sealed up and transmitted 10 the seat Of Gov
fnmen by the returning officers, directed ~
the President Of the Senate, who, during the
first week ofthe session, shall open and publish
them, and declare the result, in the presence
OF a majority of the members Of each House Of
the General Assembly. The person having
the highest number of votes shall be declared
duly elected; but if any two or more shall be
highest, and equal in votes, for the same office,
one OF them shall be chosen by the joint vote
of both Houses.
Sec. 4. Should there be no session OF the
General Assembly in January next after an E.
lection for any Of the officers aforesaid, the re-
turns Of such election, shall be made to the
Secretary Of State, and opened, and the result
declared by the Governor in such manner as
may be provided by law.
SEC. 5. The supreme executive power of
this State shall be vested in the Governor.
SEC. 6. He may require information in wri-
tin0 from the n0fparc in tho avaput;t.. I,nort
ment, upon any subject relating 10 the duties
of their respective offices; aud shall see that
the laws are faithfully executed.
SEC. 7. He shall communicate, at every
session, by message, to the General Assembly,
the condition of the State, and recommend such
measures as he shall deem expedient.
SEC. 8. He may, on extraordinary occasions
convene the General Assembly by proclamation
and shall state to both Houses, when assem-
bled, the purpose for which they have been
convened.
SEC. 8. In case of disagreement between
the two Houses in respect to the time Grad
%lournment, he shall nave power to adjourn the
General Assembly TO such time as he may think
proper, out not beyond the regular meetings
thereof.
SEC. 10. He shall be commander-in in. chief OF
the military and naval forces of the State, ex-
cept when they shall be called into the service
of the United States.
SEC. IL. He shall have power, after convic-
ton, to grant reprieveS, combinations, and
pardonS, for all crimes and ofTenseS except trea-
son and cases ofimpeachment, upon such con-
ditions as he may think proper, subject how.
ever, to such regulations as to the manner Of
applying for pardons, as may be prescribed by
law. Upon convictions for treason, he may
suspend the execution Of the sentence, and re
port the case TO the General Assembly at its
next meeting, when the General Assembly shall
either pardon, commute the sentence, directits
execution, or grant a further rrprieve. He
shall communicate to the General Assembly,
at every regular session, each case ofreprieve,
communication or pardon granted; stating the
name and crime of the convict, the sentence,
its date, and the date of the communication, par
don, or reprieve, with his reasons therefor.
Sec. ~. There shall be seal of the State,
which shall be kept by the Governor and uset
by him officially, and shall be called, "Tht
Great Seal of the State ofOhio.'
SEC. ID. All grants and commissions shall
be issued in the name, and by the authority o
the State Of Ohio, sealed with the Great Seal
signed by the Governor, and countersigned b!
the Secretary of State.
pht' IL 4NU llelIDtI VI congress, OF OtDe
person holding office under the authority of thi!
State, or ofthe United States, shall execute the
office of Governor, except as herein provided.
Sec. Is. In case ofthe death, impeachment
resignation, removal, or other disability OF the
Governor, the powers and duties of the Office
for the residue ofthe term, or until he shall be
acquitted, or the disability removed, shall de-
volve upon the Lieutenant Governor.
SEC. l6. The Lieutenant Governor shall be
President of the Senate, but shall vote onl,
when the Senate is equally divided; and in ease
of his absence or impeachment, or when he
shall exercise the office of Governor, the Senate
shall choose a President pro tGmpOre.
SEC II. If the Lieutenant Governor, while
executing the Office of Governor, shall be i'm.
pcached, displaced, resign or die, or otherwise
become incapable of performing the duties o
the office, the President of the Senate shall
act as Governor until the vacancy is filled, o
the disability removed and if the PreSiden
ofthe Senate, from any of the above causes
shall be rendered Incapable of performing tn,
duties pertaining to the office of Governor, tn,
same shall devolve upon the Speaker Of tn
House of Representatives.
SEC. 18. Should the Office of Auditor, Trea
surer, Secretary, or Attorney General becom
vacant for any of the causes specified in tn
fifteenth section of this article, the GovernO
shall fill the vacancy until the disability is re
moved, or a successor elect3d and qualified
Every such vacancy shall be filled by electio.
at the first general election that occurs NOR
than thirty days after it shall have happened
and the person chosen shall hold the Office TO
the full term fixed in the second section of thi
article.
Sec. 10. The officers mentioned in this arti
Gle, shall at stated times receive for their ser
vices a compensation to be established by law
which shall neither be increased or diminished
during the period for which they shall have bee
elected.
SEC. 20. The officers of the executive de
partment, and of the public State institutions
shall at least five days preceding each regula
session ofthe General Assembly, Severally re
port to the Governor, who shall transmit sue
reports with his message, to the General As
sembly.
ARTICLE ".
JUDICIAL.
Sec. /. The judicial power ofthe State Sha
be vested in a Supreme Court, in District CourI
Courts of Common Pleas, Courts of Probate
Justices of the Peace, and in such other Court
inferior to the Supreme Court, in one or MOI
counties, as the General Assembly may frol
time to time establish.
SEC. 3. The Supreme Court shall consist c
five judges, a majorityo of whom shall be neces
sary to form a quorum, or to pronounce a de
ciSion. 1t shall have original jurisdiction i
quo warranto, mandamuS, habeas corpus, an
procedendo, and such appellate jurisdiction a
may be provided by law. 1t shall hold at leaS
one term, in each year, at the seat of govern
ment, and such other terms, at the seat Of gov
eminent or elsewhere, as may be provided b
law. The Judges OF the Supreme Court shaI
be elected by the electors of the State at large
Sec. 3. The State shall be divided into min
common pleas districts, of which the county O
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