Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-08-14
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Art. 35. The Supreme Executive power OF
this State shall be vested ina Chief Magistrate,
who shall be styled the Governor Of the State
Of Louisiana. lie shall hold his Office during
the term of four years, and, together with the
, Lieutenant Governor chosen for the same term,
be elected as follows: The qualified electors
for Representatives shall vote for a Governor
and Lieutenant Governor, at the time and place
of<yoting for Representatives; the returns Of
every election shall be sealed up and transmit
| ted by the proper returning officer to the Sec
retary Of State, who shall deliver them to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, on
| the second day Of the session Of the General
| Assembly, then next to be holden The me1n-
| bcrs Of the General Assembly shall meet in the
House of Representatives to examine and count
the votes. The person having the greatest
number Of votes for Governor shall be declared
duly elected, but if two or more persons shall
be equal and highest in the number Of votes
poIled for Governor, one of them shall be i'm
mediately chosen Governor by joint vote of the
members of the General Assembly. The per-
son having the greatest number Of votes for
Lieutenant Governor shall be Lieutenant Gov
ernor, but if two or more persons shall be equal
and highest in the number Of votes polled for
Lieutenant Governor, one OF them shall be I'M
mediately chosen Lieutenant Governor by joint
vote Of the members Of the General Assembly.
Art. 36. No person shall be eligible to the
Office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor who
shall not have attained the age of twenty-ejght
years, and been citizen and resident within
the State for the space of four years next pre-
cedng his election.
Art 81 The Governor shall enter upon the
discharge of his duties on the fourth Monday
,o onI hntt
continue in office until the Monday next sue
ceeding the day that his successor shall have
taken the oath or affirmation prescribed by this
constitution.
Art. SO. The Governor shall be ineligible
for the succeeding four years after the expira-
ton of the time for which he shall have been
elected.
Art. SO. No member of Congress or person
holding any office under the Uaited States shall
be eligible to the office OF Governor or Lieu
tenant Governor.
Art. 40. In case Of the impeachment OF the
Governor, his removal from Office death, re-
fusal or inability to qualify, resignation, or ab-
sence from the State, the powers and duties of
the office shall devolve upon the Lieutenant
Governor for the residue Of the term, or until
the Governor, absent or impeached, shall return
Or be acquitted. The Legislature may provide
by law for the case of removal impeachment,
death, resignation, ability, or refusal to quail
fly, of both the Governor and Lieutenant Gov
ernor, declaring what officer shall act as Gov
ernor, and such officer shall act accordingly,
until the disability be removed, or for the resi-
due of the term.
Art Al. The Lieutenant Governor, or other
officer discharging the duties of Governor shall,
during his administration, receive the same
to which the Governor would
have been entitled had he continued in office.
Art AZ. The Lieutenant Governor shall, by
virtue of his office, be President of the Senate,
but shall have only casting vote therein.-
Whenever he shall administer the Government,
or shall be unable to attend as President of the
Senate the Senators shall elect one OF their
own members as President of the Senate for
the time being.
Art 43. While he acts as President of the
Senate, the Lieutenant Governor shall receive