White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-10

= the Office Of Governor until Governor shall be
!, duly qualified as aforesaid.
i Sec. Is. The Lieutenant Governor shall be
+ President Of the Senate, but shall vote only
e whenthe Senate is equally divided, and shall be
S entitled to the same pay as the Speaker of the
House Of Representatives; and in case of his
] death, impeachment, resignation, removal from
: Office, or when he shall exercise the Office Of
a Governor, the Senate shall choose President
: pro tenn. d.. .-..,
j Sec. Is. Should the Office Of Secretary Of
Z State, Treasurer, Auditor, or Attorney General
: become vacant, for any Of the causes specified
in the fourteenth and fifteenth sections, the Gov
: cmor shall fill the vacancy or vacancies until
the disability is removed or a successor is cleo
q ted and qualified. Every such vacancy shall be
{ filed by election, at the first general election
, that occurs more than thirty days after such va
{ cancy shall have occurred, and the person cho-
I sen shall hold the Office for the full term feed
in the second section of this article.
Sec. IL. The officers mentioned in this article
SHALL at stated tines receive for their services
: compensation to be fixed by law, which shall
neither be increased nor diminished during the
] period for which they shall have been elected.
: Sec. ls. The officers of the Executive De-
Q partment, and of the public State Institutions
? shall at least ten days preceding each regular
: session ofthe General Assembly, sevenilly re
port to the Governor, who shall transmit the same
' to the General Assembly.
| Co. 10 E-o-- LII vrb;oh sl,au have pauaad
y both Houses shall be presented to the Governor.
g Ifhe approve, he shall sign the same; but ifhe
shall not approve, he shall return it with his OBJ
jections to the house in which it shall have origi.
: mated, who shall enter the objections at large
J, upon the Journal, and proceed to reconsider the
same. If after such reconsideration twO-thirds
ofthat House shall agree to pass the BILL it shall
\ be SENT with the objections, to the other House,
:, by which, likewise, it shall be reeonsidered, and
: If approved by twohirds of that House, it shall
: be law. But in such cases the votes of both
# Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays
and the names of the persons voting for oil
against the bill shall be entered upon the jour.
:, nails Of the House respectively. Ifany bill shall
: not be returned by the Governor within five
If days Sundays excepted,) afterit shall have beer
Il presented 10 him, it shall be law in like man
It Rer as ifhe had signed it, unless he General As
; sembly, by their adjournment, prevented its re
If turn, in which case it shall also be law, unles
n sent back within two days after the next meet
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If Sec. 20. Contested elections for Governor
IF Lieutenant Governor. Judges Of the Supreme
Court, and all other State officers, shall be de
e tormined by the General Assembly in such man
,e ncr as may be prescribed by law.
!. Sec 81. The General Assembly shall have
q power to provide by law for the election of 4
= Surveyor General, State Geologist, and superin
10 tendent of Common Schools, whose duties shall
:. be prescribed by law.
ARTICLE VI-JuDIcIAL. E
,e SECTION l. The Judicial power of the Statt
II shall be vested in Supreme Court, Courts o
a. Common Pleas, Justices of the Peace, and il
10 such other Courts inferior to the Supreme
y Court as the General Assembly may establish.
,e SEC q The Supreme Court shall consist o
,t three Judges, a majority of whom shall form (
quorum. Il shall have such original and appel
II late Jurisdiction as may be provided by law. 1
shall hold at least one term each year at thu
i seat of Government, and such other Terms a
:. nav be provided by law. The Judges of thu
NJ Supreme Court shall be elected by the elector
he of the State at large. s ~,
SIC. 3. The State shall be divided by the frs
& General Assembly under this Constitution int
70 three Common Pleas Districts Of Compact Ter
n. ritory, bounded by County lines; and as nearl
Mt equal in population as practicable; and Judg
for each District shall be chosen by the elector
thereof, and their term ofofce shall be for tire
n, years.
4 SEC. 4. The Courts Of Common Pleas shal
consist Of one Judge each, who shall resid
within the district for which he is chosen durn
y. his continuance in Office.
SEC. S. The Jurisdiction of the Court Of Con
\ mon Please and Of the Judges thereof, shall
- fixed by law, r r -f--rr5c .9i'frq O.
SEC. 6. A competent number of Justices Of III
OF Peace shall be elected by the electors. Of eac
III township of the several counties. The term {
= fee shall be three years, and their powers an
duties shall be fixed by law. alg s,oli,5 2
e. SEC. Z. All Judges, other than those provide
for in the Constitution, shall be elected BY II
e, electors Of the Judicial district for which the
be may be created, but not for longer term Of o
BY fee than three years.
nd SEC. g The Judges of the Supreme Cou
Of shall Immediately after the first election und'
this Constitution, be classified BY lot, so tn
be one shall hold for the term year, one for th
he term of three years; and all subsequent elet
Al, tons the term Of each Of said Judges shall be f
BY three years. riG se1-s at
Sec 9. In case the Office Of any Judge shout
m become vacant before the expiration Of the ten
he for which be was elected, the vacancy shall
es, filed by appointment by the Governor, until
as successor shall be elected for the residue Of ii
unexpired term, at the first annual election thi
Mt, occurs more than thirty days after such vaeai
he ey shah have happened.
err SIC. 10. The Judges Of the Sspreme Con
til AID Of the Ceurt of Common Pleas shall,
in stated times, receive such compensation As ms
at be provided BY law, which shall not be increase
he nor diminished during their term Of ONCE; b
"a they shall receive no fees or perquisiiss, n
ity hold any other Office of profit and trust under u
,e- State, other than a Judicial Office
IN SEC. IL. The General Assembly may increal
he or diminish the number Of the lodges Of Il
en Supreme Court, the number Of the districts
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