The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-03-26
CONST TUITION
OF THE
STAT e OF low A.

STATE OF low A. 81
ARTICLE 4.-ExEcUrIvE DEPARTMENT..
SECTION. 1. The supreme executive pow
er OF this State shall be vested in Chief
Magistrate, who shall be styled the Governor
u the State of Iowa.
SEC. 2. The Governor shall be elected by
the qualified electors at the time and place of
voting Tor members Of the General Assembly.
and shall hold his Office two years from the
time of his installation, and until lis successor
10 elected and qualified.
SEC. 3. There shall be Lieutenant Gov
ernor, who shall hold his office two years, and
De elected at the same time with the Governor.
ln voting for Governor and Lieutenant Gov
srnor, the electors shall designate for whom
they vote a. Governor, and for whom as Lieu
tenant Governor. The return of every cleo
tion for Governor, and Lieutenant Governor.
shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat
AZ government Of the State, 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. 4. The persons respectively having
the highest number OF votes for Governor, and
Lieutenant Governor. shall be declared duly
elected; but in case two or more persons shall
have an equal and the highest number Of votes
Tor either Office, the General Assembly shall,
by joint vote, forthwith proceed to elect one of
said persons Governor. or Lieutenant Govern
or, as the case may be.
SEC. S. Contested elections for Governor,
or Lieutenant Governor, shall be determined
BY the General Assembly in such manner as
,snay be prescribed by law.
SEC. 6. No person shall be elegible to the
Office Of Governor, or Lieutenant Governor,
who shall not have been citizen of the United
States, and a resident Of the State for two
yeaIs next preceding the election, and attained
me age of thirty years at the time of said elec-
tion.
SEC. Z. The Governor shall be command
er.in-chief Of the militia and the army, and
navy Of this State.
SEC. 8. He shall transact all executive bu-
siness with the officers Of government, civil
and military, and may require information in
writing from the officers of the Executive
Department upon any subject relating to the
duties Of their respective Offices.
SEC. .. He shall take care that the laws
afsfaithfully executed.
SEC. 10. When any Office shall, from any
cause, become vacant, and no mode is provid-
q BY the Constitution and laws for filling such
vacancy, the Governor shall have power to
fill such vacancy, by granting commission,
which shall expire at the end of the next ses-
sion Of the General Assembly, or at the next
election BY the people.
SEC. IL. He may, on extraordinary occa-
sions, convene the General Assembly by proc.
lamation, and shall state to both Houses. when
assembled, the purpose for which they shall
have been convened.
SIC. II. He shall communicate, by mes
sage, to the General Assembly, at every regu-
lar session, the condition Of the State, and re.
commend such matters a. he. shall deem expe-
pedient.
SEC. l3. In case Of disagreement between
- two Houses with respect to the time Of ad-
}ournment, the Governor shall have power to
adjourn the General Assembly to such time as
he may think proper; but no such adjournment
shall be beyond the time fixed for the regular
sGssting of the next General Assembly.
SEc. IA. No person shall, while holding
any Office under the authority of the United
States, or this State, execute the Office of Gov
srnor, except - hereinafter expressly pro-
vidsd.
SIC. Is. The official term Of the Govern
o., and Lieutenat Governor, shall commence
on the second Monday Of January next after
tAeir election, and continue for two years, and
unit! their sceessors are elected and qualified
The Lieutenant Governor, while acting as
Governor, shall receive the same pay as pro-
vided. for Governor; and while presiding in the
Senate, shall receive as compensation there
for, the same mileage and double the per diem
pay provided for Senator, and none other.
SEC. l6. The Governor shall have power
. grant reprieves, combinations and pardons,
after conviction, for all offences except trea-
sen and cases Of impeachment, subject to such
regulations as may be provided by law. Up
ON eoavistion for treason, he shall have pow
er,to suspend the execution of the sentence
until the case shall be reported to the General
Assembly at its next meeting, when the Gen.
sssl Assembly shall either grant pardon,
commute the sentence, direct the execution of
the sentence, or grant a further reprieve. He