New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-21

PSAoOA hVANAu8 SuCe uuueE the OulpeQ
! States government shall be eligible to the
|, once o. goEerpOr or lieutenant gogsrnog.
b ART 3d. In case Of impeachment Of the
gpternor, his removal from Office, DEATH
: refusal or inability to Qualify, or TO dis
charge the powers and duties Of bis ONCE,
resignation or absence from the state, the
powers and duties OF the ofice shall de-
volve upon the lieutenant governor for the
residue Of the term, or until the governor,
absent or impeached, shall return or be ae-
> quilted, or the disability be removed. The
general assembly may provide by law for
the case Of removal, impeachment, death,
: resignation, disability, or refusal to qualify,
of both the governor and the lieutenant
governor, declaring what officer shall act
J as governor; and such officer shall act ac-
cordingly until the disability be removed,
or for the remainder Of the term.
ART. 81. The lieutenant governor or Of
fcer discharging the duties of governor,
} shall, during his administration, rec Give the
, same compensation to which the governor
would have been entitled had he continued
1 in Office. Da7
ART. IS. The lieutenant governor shall
) by virtue of his Office be president Of the
3 senate, but shall only vote when the senate
is equally divided. Whenever be shall ad-
, minister the government, or shall be unable
to attend as president Of the senate, the
u senators shall elect one Of their own mem
u bers as president Of the senate for the time
= being.
ART. Sc. The governor shall receive a
; salary of eight thousand dollars per annum,
L payable quarterly on his own warrant.
9 ART. 81. The lieutenant governor shall
= receive a salary of three thousand dollars
!; per annum, payable quarterly upon his own
warrant.
ART, IS. The governor shall have power
i to grant reprieves for all ofienses against
the state, and, except in cases Of impeach-
al ment, shall, with the consent of the senate
Il have power to grant pardons, remit fines
4 and forfeitures after conviction. In cases
'e of treason he may grant reprieves until the
- end of the next session of the gen
; eral assembly, in which the power
er of pardoning shall be vested. in easeI
er when the punishment is not Imprisonment
at hard labor, the party upon being re
We prieved by the governor shall be released
ID, if in actual custody until final action by thu
p senate.
us ART. 50. He shall be commandments
ne of the militia of this state, except whel
u they shall be called into the service of tn
OF United States.
r., ART. GO. He shall nominate and by an
- with the advice and consent Of the senat
~ appoint all officers whose offices are estat
~ lIshed by the constitution, and whose az
- pointments are not herein otherwise pre-
~ vided for Provided, however, That tn
general assembly shall have a right to PR
80 scribe the mode of appointment to all othC
~ Offices established by law. ..
ART. 81. The governor shall have pOwC
~ to fill vacancies that may happen durin
- the recess of the senate, by granting con
/, - missions which shall expire at the end
the next session thereof, unless otherwil
,ou provided for in this constitution but I
person who has been nominated for off
49, and rejected by the senate shall be appoin
~ ed to the same Office during the recess
the senate.
ART. 81. he may require information
~ writing from the officers in the executi'
~ department, upon any subject relating
w the duties Of their respective offices.
"a ART. 63. He shall, from time to time, 81
~ the general assembly information respet
~ ing the situation of the state, and recol
w mend to their consideration such measuI
as be may deem expedient.
ART. Ga. He may, on extraordinary OCT
~ ~ sions, convene the general assembly at t
y seat of government, or at different pla
.,,o, if that should have become dangerous FRI
atos an enemy or from epidemic; and in case
~, disagreement between the two houses as
~ the time Of adjournment, he may adjoJ
INA them to such time as he may think prop
,,or not exceeding four months.
b. ART. 65. He shall take care that the Ia
be faithfully executed.
ART. &C. Every bill which shall hi
passed both houses shall be presented
~" ~ 4 inc governor; il ne approve ne snail S
it: if he do not he shall return it with
! objections to the house in which it o.
mated, which shall enter the
~ jeetions at large upon its j
:. nal, and proceed to reconsider it.
after such reconsideration, two-thirdI
" all the members present in that house e.
- agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent '
= the objections to the other house, by wi
1t shall likewise be reconsidered, and If
- proved by twO-thirds of che members T
emit in that house It shall be a law. Blu
such cases tile vote of both houses shall
epi determined by yeas and nays, and
names Of members voting for or agains
'1Sop bill shall be entered on the journal of
~ house respectively. If any bill shall
" "a be returned by the governor within
eieon days after it shall have been presente
'o'ss him, it shall be law in like manner
- he had signed it, unless .he general as
- - bly,, by adjournment, prevent its retur
~ which case the said bill shall be retu
W on the first day Of the meeting of the
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