Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-10-11

Itiges, at the He1t ensuing session Of the Gen
/ cral Assembly, during The first week Of whicl
session the Speaker shall opsn and publish
them in the presence of both Houses of th,
General ASSEMBLY. The person having th'
highest number Of votes shall be GovsrBel
but if two shmore shall be equal and highes
in yoses, the4sn>7al Assembly shall, during
the same Gesalon, in the House of Rspresen
tatiyes, choose one Of them Governor Uirs
roce. Conteated elections for Governor shsl
be- determined! !sby the General Assembly il
such manner.aa shall be prescribed by Law.
SECTION 5. a Lieutenant Governor shall
be chosen at the same time, in the same man
ner, continusin Office for the same period
and be possessed of the same qualifications
as the Governor, and shall eT offcio be Presi-
dent of the Senate.
SECTION 6. The Lieutenant Governor, act
ing as President of the Senate, shall have nc
vote, unless the Senate be equally divided
SECTION The Senate shall choose q
President pro tempore to act in the absence
of the Lieutenant Governor, or when lie sball
exercise the office OF Governor.
SECTION 8. "A member Of the Senate OF Of
the House of Representatives, boing chosen
aud acting as sGovernor or rI.ieutenant- Cover
nor shall, thersupon vacate. his seat, and
another person shall be elected in bis stead.
SECTION 9..1n case Of the impeachment OF
tho GorernoE or his removal from Office,
death, resignation, disqualification, disability
or removal ffpm the State, the Lieutenant
Governor shall succeed to his Office, and in
case of the Impeachment of the Lieutenant.
Governor or lis removal from Office, death,
resignation, disqualification, disability or re.
moyal from the State, the President pro tenn
pore of the Senate shall succeed to his Office;
and when thesnAice of the Governor, Lieu.
tenant GoYerlor,and President pro hn.pore
of the Senateshall become vacant in the re-
cess Of. the Senate, the Secretary Of State,
Tor the time, being, shall, by proclamation,
convene The Senate, that a President pro
temp6re may iis chosen to exercise the Office
of Governor for the unexpired term.
SECTION l0;;fTke Governor shall be Com
mander.iu. Chief of the Army and Navy Of
this State and of The militia, except when
they shall be called into the actual service ci
the. United States.
SECTION IL. lie shall have power to grant
reprieves andpardons after conviction, lex
ceps in cases of impeachment in such man.
ner, on such terms andunder such restrictions
as he shall thi.,k proper, and he shall have
power to remit fines aud forfeiLurss, unless
otherwise directed by law. 1t sball be hs
duty to rspertto The General Assembly at
the next regular. session thereafter all par
dons granted BY him, with a full stntament
of each case and the reasons moving hin,
thereunto.
SECTION IL. He shall take care that the
laws be faithfully executed in mercy.
SECTION 13. The Governor and Lieutenant.
Governor shall, atstated times, receive for
their services asccmpensation which shall be
neither increased nor diminished during the
period for which they ahall have been elected.
75sSs1tne ent when T.sr:sz Ia shs zE5senGiys
shall give him information in writing upon
any subject relating to the duties ef their re.
spective Offices.
Section l5. The Governor shall, from time
to time, give to the General Assembly infor-
nation oil the condition Of the State, aud re
to their Consideration such meas
ures as he shall Judge necessary or expedient.
SECTION IT, He may, on extraordinary oc
casions, convene the General Assembly, and
should either House rcLiain without quorum
for three days, or iu'caoe of disagreement be-
tween the two Houses, with respect to the
time of adjournment, rasy adourh them to
such time as be shall think proper, not be-
yond the fourth Mouday Of November then
next ensuing.
SEc1 nN IT. lie shall commission all officers
Of the State:
SECTION l8. 1t shall be the duty of the
Managers OF Elections of this State, at the
first general elsction under this Constitution,
and al zach alternate general election there
after, to hold an election for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor,
SECTION ls. The Governor and the Lieu
tenant. Governor. befors entering apon tho
duties of their respective Offices, shall, iu tho
presence of the General Assembly, take the
osth of Office prescribed in this Constitution
SECTION 90. The Governor ahall reside,
during the sitting OF the General Assembly,
at the place where its hession may I've held
and the General Assembly may, b5 Law, re.
quire him toreside at the Capitol OF the State.
SEcr1os 81. Every Bill which shall have
parsed the General Assembly, shall, before it
become law. be presented to the Governor
if he approve, be shall sign IL; but if not,
he shall return it, with his objections, to thaL
House in which il shall hsve originated, who
shall enter the objections ut largs on their
journal and proceed to reconsider it. If afer
such reconsideration majority of The whole
of that House shall agree to
pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with
the objections, to the other House., by which
it shall likewise bs roconsidered, and if ap-
proved by a majority Of the whole represen
ia,ion Of that other House, il shall become o
law. But in all slah essss the votes Of both
II Hauses sball be dstcrIniued by yeas and nays,
and tho names of the PERSONS voting for-snd
against the Bill shall be entered On the jour
nal of each House respectively. II any Bill
shall not be rstarnca by the Governor within
tws days SUNDAYS ezcepted1 after II shsll
have been presented 10 hin, TIE same shall
be a law in like mBuacr as il be had signed
it. And, that tine MAJ always be allowed
the Governor to consider Bills passed By the
General Assembly, neither House shall read
any Bill GU tho ls.: day Of its session, except
such Bills as have been returned BY the Coz.
ernor as herein psuyidsd. -.
ARTICLE III. "a
s, Srcr1oS l. TIE judicial. power shall be
vested in such Superior and Inferior Courtss
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