The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-06-13

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State for two years next
ton, and attained the age
the time Of said election,
SEC. I. The Govesno ..,,A
der-in-chief of the milit
and navy of this State. =
SEC. 3. He shall transl = ~ exd
business with the oficerd Il govern
civil and military, and mar require inl>
nation in writing from the officers of TN
Executive Department upon any subject re-
lating to the duties of their respective OH
ces.
SEC. 9. He shall take care that the laws
are faithfully executed.
SEC. 10. When any Office shall, from
any cause, become vacant, and no mode is
provided by the Constitution and laws for
filling such vacancy, the Governor shall
have power to fill such vacancy, by granting
commission, which shall expire ut the end
of the next session of the General ASSEM-
bly,, or at the next election by the people.
SEC. IL. He may, on extraordinary oc-
casions, convene the General Assembly by
proclamation, and shall state to both Houses
when assembled, the purpose for which they
shall have been convened.
| SEC. IL. He shall communicate, by mes
sage, to the General Assembly, at every
regular session, the condition Of the State,
and recommend such matters as he shall
deem expedient.
SEC. i3. In case Of disagreement be-
tween the two Houses with respect to the
time of adjournment. the Governor shall
have power to adjourn the General Assem-
bly, 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 holding
any Office under the authority Of the United
States, or this State, execute the Office of
Governor, except as hereinafter expressly
provided.
Sec. Is. The official term of the Cover
nor and Lieutenant Governor, shall COM
mence on the second Monday of january
two years, and until their successors are
elected and qualified. The Lieutenant Go
vernon, while acting as Governor, shall re-
ceive the same pay as provided for Cover
nor; and while presiding in the Senate,
shall receive as compensation therefor, the
same mileage and uouble the per diem pay
provided for Senator, and none other.
SEC. l6. The Governor shall have pow
er to grant reprieves, combinations and par
dons, after conviction, for all offences ex-
cept treason, and cases Of impeachment,
subject to such regulations as may be provi-
ded by law. Upon conviction for treason,
he shall have power to suspend the execu-
ton of the sentence until the case shall be
reported to the General Assembly at its
next meeting, when the General Assembly
shall either grant a pardon, commute the
sentence, direct the execution of the SEN
tence, or grant further reprieve. He shall
have power to remit fines and forfeitures,
under such regulations as may be prescribed
by law; and shall report to the General As
sembly at its next meeting, each case of re-
prieve, communication, or pardon granted,
and the reasons therefor; and also all per-
sons in whose favor remissio IN of fines and
fOrfeitures shall have been made, and the
several amounts rcmitted.
| SEC. II. In case of the death, impcach-
ment, resignation, removal from Office, or
other disability of the Governor, the power
and duties Of the Office for the residue of
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the disability removed, shall devolve upon
the Lieutenant Governor.
! SEC. IL. The Lieutenant Governor shall
be President of the Senate, but shall only
vote when the Senate is equally divided, and
in case of his impeachment, or when he
shall exercise the Office of Governor, the
Senate shall choose President pro tenn
pore.
SEC. 10. If the Lieutenant Governor,
while acting as Governor, shall be impeach-
ed; displaced, resign, or die, or otherwise
become incapable Of performing the duties
of the Office, the President pro temporc of tho
Senate shall act as Governor until the va
cancy is filled, or the disability removed;
and if the President of the Senate, for any
Of the above causes, shall be rendered incs-
pable of performing the duties pertaining
to the Office Of Governor, the same shall
devolye upon the Speaker Of the House Of
Representatives.
SEC. 20. There shall be seal Of this
State, which shall be kept by the Governor,
and used by him officially, and shall be called
the Great Seal Of the State of Iowa.
SEC. 81. AN grants and commissions
shall be in the name and by the authority of
the Great Seal of the State, signed by the
Governor, and countersigncd by the Secre-
tary Of State.
SEC. %. A Secretary Of State, Auditor
of State, and Treasurer Of State, shall be
elected by the qualified electors, who shall
continue in Office two years. and until their
successors are elected and qualified; and
perform such duties as may be required by
law.
ARTICLE v.--JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
SEC. l. The judicial power shall be
vested in a Supreme Court, District Courts,
and such other Courts, inferior to the Su-
preme Court, as the General Assembly may
from time to time, establish.
SEC. 2. The Supreme Court shall consist
of three Judges, two of whom shall consti-
tute quorum to hold Court.
SEC. 3. The Judges Of the Supreme
Court shall be elected by the qualified vo-
ters Of the State, and shall hold their Court
Mt such time and place as the General As
sembly may prescribe. The Supreme Judges
SO elected, shall be classified SO that one
Judge shall go out Of Office every two years;
and the Judge holding the shortest term of
Office under such classification, shall be
Chief Justice Of the Court during his term,
and SO on in rotation. After the expira-
ton Of their terms of Office, under such class
ifcation, the term of each Judge Of the Su-
preme Court sihall be six years, and until his
successor, shall have been elected and quail
flied. The Judges Of. the Supreme Court
shall bo ineligible to any other ofice in the
State, during the term for which they shall
have been elected.
. SEC. 4. The Supreme Court shall have
appellate jurisdiction only in all cases in
chancery, and shall constitute Court for
the corrections at law, under such restric-
tions Us the General Assembly may, BY law,
prescribe; and shall have power to issue eli
writs and process necessary to secure JUS
tice to parties, and exercise supervisory
control over all inferior Judicial tribunals
throughout the State.
SEc. 5: The District Court shall consist