Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-01-02

exclude from eecng or beng elected any person con-
SEC. :. No person shall be deemed to have lost his
residence in the State by of his absence bus
ness Of the United States, or Of this State.
SEC. Every person shall be disqualified from hold
ing office, for the term for which he shall have been
elected who shall have given offered any bribe threat
or reward, TO procure his election
SEC. =. The executive power shall be vested in a
Governor who shall hold his Office for four years but
shall be eligible than four years any Of
eight years Lieutenant Governor shall be eletecd
and hold his office for the same term Of time.
SEC. =. No person shall be eligible 10 the Office Of
Governor Lieutenant Governor, who has not been
five years citizen of the United States, and resident
of the State Of Indiana five years next preceding his
election, shall any person be eligible to either of
said offices who has attained the age of thirty years
SEC =. The Governor or Lieutenant Governor shall
be ineligible to any other office during the for
which he elected.
SEC. = The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall
be elected at the times and places of choosing members
of the General Assembly The persons, respectively
having the highest number of votes for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor, shall he elected; but IN case
two more shall have eqnal and the highest
ber of for Governor for Lieutenant Governor,
the General Assembly shall, forthwith by joint rira
vote choose of the said persons having
equal and the highest number OF votes Governor
Lieutenant Governor.
SEC - In voting for Governor and Lieutenant Gov
ernor, the electors shall distinguish whom they for
as Governor, and whom as Lieutenant Governor. The
returns of every election for Governor and Lieutenant
governor snail be sealed transmitted TO the
of government directed to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives. who shall open and publish them in the
presence of both houses of the General Assembly.
SEC. =. The Governor shall be commander-n-chief
of the military and naval forces, and may call such
forces to the laws suppress Instructions and
repel invasions
SEC. He shall transact all necessary business with
officers of government and may require information in
writing from the officers OF the executive department up
any subject relating the duties Of their respective
offices.
SEC. He shall take that the laws be faithful
ly executed.
SEC. =. He may convene the General Assembly on
| extraordinary occasions.
SEC. =. He shall give to the General Assembly, Snd
the close of his official term the next General AS.
semby information by message of the condition of the
State and recommend such measures TO them he shall
deem expedient
SEC. =. He may convene the General Assembly q,
other place. should the seat of government become
dangerous from disease or q common enemy.
SEC. -. He shall issue writs of election FL such
vacancies in the Senate and House of Represen
tatives
any Office under the United States this State, shall cx
ercise the office of Governor Lieutenant Governor
SEC. =. The Governor shall, at stated times receive
for his services compensation which shall neither be
increased diminished during the term for which he
shall have been elected
SEC - The Lieutenant Governor shall by virtue of
his office he President Of the Senate, have right when
in committee of the WHOLE to debate, and vote all
subjects, and when the Senate equally divided to
give the casting
SEC. In case of impeachment Of the Governor, his
removal from office DEATH refusal to qualify resona-
ton, absence from the State, other disability the
Lieutenant Governor shall exercise all the powers and
authority apperainng the Office of Governor during
the residue of the term until the Governor absent,
disqualified impeachcd, shall return, be restored or
acquitted.
SEC. =. Whenever the government shall he admins
tered by the Lieutenant Governor he shall be unable
attend President of the Senate, the Senate shall
elect their members President for
cason And IT, during the vacancy of the office Of Gov
ernOr the Letenant Governor shall be impeached,
moved from office refuse qualify, resign die be 9TH
erwise disabled be absent from the State the tempo
Iary President of the Senate SHALL in like manner, ad-
minister the government until he shall be superseded
by Governor or Lieutenant Governor The Lieutcn-
ant Governor while he President Of the Senate
shall receive for his services the compensation
which SHALL for the period be allowed to the Spea
ker Of the House of Representatives, and And
during the time he administers the government Gov
crnor, shall receive the compensation which the
Governor would have received and been entitled had
he been employed in the duties Of his office, and no
more.
SEC. -. The temporary President OF the Senate. du-
ring the time he administers the government, shall
ceve, in like manner the compensation which the
Governor would have received had he been employed
the duties of his office, and
SEC. -. If the Lieutenant Governor shall be called
upon administer the government and shall while in
such administration, resign. die, he absent from the
General Assembly shall he the duty Of the Secretary
of State the Senate for tho purpose Of choos
ing a temporary President