The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-03-25
MARCH Is. 1868.
day thereafter, and the members then elected
shall hold their seats until their successors are
elected At regular election, ,iF.S i
ARTICLE III. -
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Section l. The Executive Department shall con.
sist of Governor lin whom shall be vested the
Supreme executive power of the StatcJ Lieu
tenant Governor, Secretary Of State, an Auditor,
q Treasurer, Superintendent OF Public Works,
q Superintendent of Public Instruction and At
torney General, who shall be elected for term
of tour years, by the iquiGed- ELECTORS of the
State, at the same time aud places, and in the |
same manner MS lnemcSrs of the General Assem-
bly, are elected. Their term of Office shall COM
mence on the first day OF january next, after |
their election, and continue until their Successors
are elected anids iHSI tied pro,idef thst the |
officers frst elected shaH assume inc duties of |
their Office ten days arrthc approval of this Con.
stitufion by the Congress of1the United States, |
and shall iiold their Offices four years from and |
sodter thsufiratslay laf g alsaasysI Ss;9
Sec: Noperson shall be eligible as, Govern |
or or Lieutenant Governor, unless he shsll have |
attained the age OF thirty years, shall have been
q citizen Of the United StaisS five years and
shall have, been 9 resident ofthis State lor two
years nextbelore the elections nor shall the
person elected toreither of these two offices be
eligible 10 the same Office more than four years
10 any term oil eight years, unless the Office Shall
have been cast upon him. as Lieutenant Govern
or or President of the Senate. a'
SEC. ). The return of every election for officers
of the Executive Department shall he sealed up
and transmitted to the seat of Government by
the returning officers, directed to the Speaker of
the House OF Representatives, who shall open
and publish the same in the presence OF T. ma
jority of the members OF boi Houses OF the
General Ass lnbly. The persons having the
highest number OF votes respectively, shall be
declared duly elected; hut ii two or1more be-
equal and highest in votes for the same office,
then one of them shall be chosen by joint ballot
OF both Houses of the General ASSEMBLY,
Contested elections shall be determined by a
joint vote OF both Houses of the General Assem-
bly,, in such manner as shall be prescribed by
law. ,7s .. ~ 30
Sec 4 The Governor, before entering upon
the duties OF his Office, SHALL in the prescnc- of
the members of both branches of the General
Assembly, or before any Justice of the Supreme
Court, take an oath or affirmation that he will
support the constitutional laws of the United
States and OF the State 0iiNortt Carolina, and
that he will faithfully perform the dnties apper-
tanning to the Office oi Governor to which he has
been elected. eiaiIsaag
See. 5. The Governor shalt reside al the seat
OF government OF this Sta5e, and he shall, from
time to time, give the General & sSeinhly inior-
nation of the affairs oi the State, and recon
mend to MISREPRESENTATION such measures as he
shall deem expedient.
. Sec. 8. The Governor shall have power to
grant rcprieves, communications and pardons
after sicti0n, for ali offences Except in
Of impeaehment,) upon sUch conditions as he
may think proper, subject to such regulations as
may be provided by law relative to the manner
OF applying Ter pardOns. tie shall annually
communicate to the General Assembly each case
OF repricve, computation or pardon granted;
stating the name OF eaei convict. ilc crime for
which lie WAS convicted, thc sentence ami its
date, the, date iOi eoiamutaion. pardon, or re-
prieve, and the reasons therefor -li sfrl.4t4s f
Sec. Z. The officers OF the Executive Depart-
ment and of the Public Institutions of The Stale,
shall at least nye days previous 10 each regiilar
session of the General Assembly sgveraily report
to the Governor, who shall transmit such reports,
with his message, to the General Assembly: and
the Governor may, at any time, require iniofma-
tion in writing from the officers in the Executive
Dep rtnait uI,eii a,.s ssib;ecA rl.aiinc to te du
ties OF their respective offices, and shall take
care that the laws be faithfully executed, -.s'.-
Sec. 8. The Governor shall be coninander-in-
chiefof the militia of the State, except when
they shall be called into the service OF the United
Stitcs. ~. .0s5 y. h,slf-..8s -. 4.. q s..'lit
Sec o. The Governor shall have power, on ex-.
traordinary occasions by and with the advice of
the Council OF State TO convene the.Gen As
senl,ly, in extra session bylhs proclamation,
stating therein the purpose orpurposes for which
they are thus convened. 5...- a. 9sS
Sec. 10. The Governor shall nominate, and by
and with the advice and consent OF a majority of
the Senators elect, appoint all officers whose Off
ccs are established 10y this constitution, or which
shah be CREATED by l.lw. and whose appointments
are not otherwise provided Tor, and no such Off
Ger sha! be appointed or elected BY the General
! Sec. IL. The Lieutenant Governor shall be
President of the Senate, but shall have no vote
unless the Senate be equally divided. he Shall,
whilst acting as President Of thr Senate, receive
for his services the same pay which shall or,the
same period; be allowed to the speaker of the
hense Of Representatives, and he shall receive
no other compensation except when he is acting
Z as Governor. y gnW Eeo1a'' fasl - ,' ti'
: Sec. H.. In east1 OF the impeachment of the
Governor bis failure to quality, his absence IRON
the State, his Inability to discharge the duties OF
his Office, or in case the office of Governor shall
i'll anywisc become vacant, the powers, duties
and ienloluments OF the Office shall devolve upon
the, Lieuteuaht Governor until the disabilities
shall cease, Or a new Governor shall be ELECTED
and qualified. In every case in which the Lieu
tenent Governor Shall be Unable to preside over
the Senate, tine. Senators shall elect one oil
their own number President of their body; and
the powers, duties, and emoluments of. the Office
of Governor snail deyolve upon him whenever
the Lieutenant Governor shall, for apy reason be
prevented from discharging the duties of such
office as above provided, and he shall continns
as acting Governor until the disabilities be re
moved or q new Governor or Leatenant Cover
nor shall be elected and qualified Whenever
during the recess CT the General Assembly, II
shall become necessary for the President of the
Senate to. o.admnister the Government, the Secre
tarY OF State shall convene the Senate that they
may elect such President. Il r-r7,
Sec, Is, The respective duties of the Secretary
OfStte Auditor. Treasurer Superintendent o
tion, and; Attorney General Shall be prescribed
by law. If the office OF any of, said officers silal
be vacated by death, resignation, or otherwise i
shall be the duty OF the Governor to appoin; an
other until the disability he removed or his sue
cessOr be elected aud qualified. r Every such va
cancy shall be filed by election at the first gen
eral election that occurs more than. thirty day
after the vacancy has taken place and the persel
chosen, shall hold the Office for the remainder o
the unexpired term fixed in the first section o
this Article. tEi. ,15'tt.13 t5t7 p 1si5'
Sec. IA. The Secretary of State Auditor, Urea
surer, Superintenlant' of Public Works, and Su
perintendant of Public instruction shalt consti
tute er oticio the Couhcil Of the Stale, who shal
advisetIe Governor iii the execution of his Office
ans. three of whom shalt CONSTITUTED, a Quorum
their advice and proceedings in this capacit
shall be entered inra JON nal TO be kept for thi
PURPOSE exclusively, and signed by the member
present, from any part OF Which any member ma
enter his dissent ;,and such Journal sail be plat
ed before tlir General Assembly wLen called fo
bvteither House. The Attorney General shall b
/ ca otfcio: the legal adviser of the Executive DE-
| paftmeht. D.
| Soc. 49, The officers mentioned in tits Articl
shall ut stated periods receycior their service
a compensation TO be established by law, whic
shall neither he increased Iior diminished dnrin
the time for which tlier shall have been elect ed
and the said Officers shal receive no other emoiu
/ mciM OF allowance whatever.
Sec. rs There shal. DO a. seal of the State
which shall be kept BY ,,tne Governor, and use
by nina as occasion may require, and Shall b
called "theIGreat Seal OF the State OF North
Carolina" All grants and commissions shall b
Issued in the Mamie and BY the authority OF tn
State uf Nortl ICafoina, sealed with ''ihc Grea
Seal Of the State. sigIed by the Governor sail
countersigned by the Secretary OF State.
i Sec. II. Tncre shall be established in the offc
of the Secretary OF State, Bureau of Statistic.
+ Agriculture and Immigration, under such regt
aati0ns as the General Assembly may provide.