Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-03-27
ARTICLE ILL.,.
ExEcUTIvE DEPARTMENT.


; Sef%l. The Supreme Executive authori-
ty of ssa,is State. shall be vested in a Chic +
NIagis4ate, who shall be styled " The Cover
nor oflthe State of South Carolina"
Sea 2.lThe Governor shall bc.elccted at
tho ffst gaacfal election held under this Con-
stitution for members of the General Assem-
bly,, aud Mt each general election thereafter,
and shall be installed during the first session
of said General Assembly after his election,
on such day as shall be provided by law.
Sec. 3. No person shall be eligible to the Of
fec of Governor who denies the existence ofthe
Supreme. Being, or who, lat the time of such
election, has not attained the age of thirty
years; and who, except at the first election
under this Constitution, shall,not have been
citizen of the United States, and citizen
and resident of this State for two years next
preceding the day Of election. No person,
while Governor, shall hold any other Office or
commission, (cxccpt in the miliatia, y under
this State, or any other power at one and the
same time.
Sec 4. The returns of every election Of
Governor shall be sealed up by the managers
of elections in their respective Counties, and
transmitted, by mail, to the scat of Govern
ment, directed to the Secretary of State, who
shall deliver them to the Speaker Of the
House of Representatives atthe next ensu-
ing session Of the Gonoral Assembly, and
dupgicate Of said returns shall bo filed with
the Clerks Of the Courts of said Counties,
whose duty it shall be to forward to the Sccre.
tary of State certified copy thereof, upon be-
ing notified that the returns previously. for.
wardcd by mail have not been received at his
office. 1t shall be tho duty of the Secretary
Of State, after the expiration of seven days
from the day upon which the votes have boon
counted, if the returns thereof from any
County havo not been received, to notify the
Clerk OF the Court of said County, and order
copy Of the returns filed in his Office to be
forwarded forthwith. The Secretary of State
shall deliver the returns to tho Speaker Of the
House of Rcprcscnt;yes, at the next ensuing
session Of tho General Assembly; and during
the first week of the session, or as soon as the
General Assembly shall havoorganized by tho
election Of the presiding officers Of the two
Houses, the Speaker shall open ani publish
them in tho. presence of both Houses. The
person having the highest number of votes
shall be Governor; but if two or more shall
be equal, and highest in votes, tho General
Assembly shall during the same session, in
the Houscof Representatives, choose one Of
them Governor viva vocc. Contested olco.
tions for Governor shall be determined by the
General Assembly in such manner as shall bo
prescribed by law.
SEQ. s. A Lieutenant,G Governor shall be
chosen at the same time, In the samo manner,
continue in ofiee for tho same period, and be
possessed of the same qualifications us the
Governor, and shall en c6ieio DO President Of
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500, g, Tho Iieutenent, Governor while;
presiding ip the Sebate, shall hive o,syoto,
unless the Bapato DO squaaly taisiaed.
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tho saieatAssa Governor, or whap bo shsll,,
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