Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-04-04

| Sec. 9. He shall transact all execuiiy
business with the officers of government
civil and military, and may require in
formation in writing from the officers o
the Executive Department upon any sub
ject lelating to the duties OF their res
pectiye Offices.
SEC. 8. He shall take care that tn
laws are faithfully executed.
SEC. 10. When any Office shall, from
any cause. become vacant, and no mod
is provided by the Constitution and Law.
for filling such vacancy, the Governor
shall have power to fill such vacancy, by
| granting commission, which shall ey
pire at the end of the next session of th,
General Assembly, or at the next election,
by the people
SEC. III. lie may, on extraordinary
occasions, convene the General Assembl,
by proclamation, and shall state to botl
Houses, when assembled, the purpose fol
which they shall have been convened.
SEC. 12. He shall communicate. by
message, to the General Assembly, a,
every regular session, the condition of the
State, and recommend such matters as he
shall deem expedient.
Sec. l3. In case Of disagreement be-
tween the two Houses with respect to the
time of n adjournment, the Governor shall
have power to adjourn the General As
sembly to such time as he may think
proper; but no such adjournment shall be
beyond the time fixed for the regular
meeting of the next General Assembly.
Sec. IA. No person shall, while hold
ing any Office under the authority of the
United States or this State, execute the
office of Governor, except as hereinafter
expressly provided.
SEC. 10. The official term of the Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor, shall
commence on tie second Monday of Jan
uary next after their election, and con-
tinue for two years, and until their sue
cessorS are elected and analifad. The
Lieutenant Governor, while acting as
Governor, shall receive the same pay as
provided for the Governor and while
presiding in the Senate, shall receive as
compensation therefore, the same mileage
and double the per diem pay provided
for a Senator, and none other.
SEC. l6. The Governor shall have
power to gram reprieves, combinations,
and pardons, after conviction, for all Of
ences except treason and cases Of i'm
peachment, subject to such regulations
as may be provided by law. Upon con-
viction for treason, he shall have power
to suspend the execution of the sentence
until the case shall be reported TO the
General Assembly at its next meeting,
when the General Assembly shall either
grant pardon, commute the sentence,
direct the execution of the sentence or
grant a further reprievc. He shall have
power to remit fines and forfeitures, un-
der such regulations as may be prescribed
by law; and shall report to the General
Assembly, at its next meeting, each case
OF reprievc, communication, or pardon
granted, and the reason therefore and
also all persons in whose favor remission
of fines or forfcitures shall have been
made, and the several amounts remitted.
SEC. II. In case of the death, i'm
peachment, resignation, removal from
Office, or other disability of the Governor,
the powers and duties of the office for the
residue of the term, or until he shall be
acquitted, or the disability removed,
shall dcvolve upon the Lieutenant Gov
ernor.
SEC. 10. The Lieutenant Governor
shall be President Of the Senate, but shall
only vote when the Senate is equally di-
yided and in case of his absence or i'm
parchment, or when he shall exercise the
Office of Governor, the Senate shall
choose President pro tempore.
Sec. 10. Ii the Lieut.. Governor, while
acting as Governor, shall be impeached,
displaced, resign, or die, or otherwise
become incapable of performing the. du-
ties of the office, the President pro tenn
pore of the Senate shall act as Governor
until the vacancy is filed, or the disabil-
ity removed and if the President of the
Senate, for any of the above causes, shall
be rendered incapable of performing the
duties pertaining to the Office of Governor,
the same shall devolve upon the Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 90. There shall be seal Of this
State, which shall be kept by the Cover
nor, and used by him officially, and shall
be called the Great Seal of the State of
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| SEc. Il. All grants and commissions