The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-03-25
ARTICLE III.
rxrcrrIyE DEPARTMENT

~ - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
-SscrloN |. T,a Supreme Executive au-
thor;tv ut this State shall be vested in Il
Chief Masi1st.ate, wi," .>li'iAl be styled
uglbea Governor Ut the Sta;o OF South
Carolina"
1.-THE Governor shall be elected by
che electors. duly q altied TO vote for for
members of the GeAeral Assembly, ana
sha,i sloli his Office for two years. aiid
mil, his successor shall be chosen and
qualified, and shall be rc-ellglbls;
3..;No person shall be eligible to the
Office Of Governor who denies the exist
encs of the Supreme Being or who at tllr
time ot. sucs. election has not attained tlie
.Sas s5 81 thirty yuals, ard VINO, except ut
.!,n 6rst .jcctiln under this Constitution,
$tI.,t; i:ot1 l,av, been Il citizen of the United
SI:stes ;,,it, :, citizen and rcsdent OF this
State. for. Two years next preceding the
dsv OF election. No person W 'llc Cove
nor shall noli any other office or commits
s;nn fexccpt in the militia under this
State, or any other power, at one ana the
same time.
Governor shall b. sealed up by l!tc ll';.na-
.,.rs of ELECTIONS III their res!jec!T:e colh-
:i.s. and transmitted, by ma.l IL ''e seat
,,f G,vcrumep1. directed tu the Secretary
1t, Sf.,te y,to Shall deliver Them to the
Snr,lecr OF ;iie House OF Representatives
at the next c,>uil.g scSsiOl-oi the Gemcrai
Assembly. and y duplicate oi' sull returns
shall be t;led with the tlerks OF Courts "t
aid Counties, whose duty il shall be to
f,rward TO The Secretary of State ccr'l'
i;ed copy thereof. upon being notified tha,
the returns previously forwarded hy mali
have not been received at ii,is once. u
shall he the duty of fhc Secretary oi
State, after the expiration "t seven DAYS
from the dav up,n which the votes nave
been counted. if the ,,.rns thereof from
any County have .,ot ntcn roceiv"d' To
uoJ;rv. the Clerk oil tile Court -ot said
d.onstT.. and u:,ierNl copy ot the returns
6,ed in his Office 10 be forwarded iortli-
With. The Secretary OF State sI,illi DC
l;ver the returns to the Speaker OF the
H,use of Representatives,, ut the next en-
~ irn ,es,;on ot the General Assembly !;
ami during the first week Of the session,
ar ,.s soon as the Gcneral Assembly shall
have organized by the election OF the pre-
siding officers OF 'le tw" Houses. the
Sneaker shall open and publish them III
the nresencc ui botl, Houses The rrfs"n
having the highest !'"n''cr of votes - '''
4. Governor but if tw" or more shall DC
:. 1a..oruusl. and highest il, Votes the G"neral
Assembly shall. during the same s's>'"'i'
in the House Of Representatives choose
oi, one Of them Governor riua Ooce. Con
tested elections for Governor SHALL pe de-
tcr,nine.I: by the General Assembly III such
manner ~ shall be prescribed h.:'.laW.
"a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS shall he Sc
,.a..d ,t tb. same time, in The same man
ner. continue in office for the same per."''
and he possessed of the same 4ual'aca-
.fions us the Gnvarno", apd SHAH CT ?0lcso
be President of the Sti,ate
6. the Licu,euant-tivvcrnor, whiie pre-
siding l., tho Senate, shall nave n" vote
un,..s the Senate be equally dlvided:
The Senate shall cho,*e President
..,ro .tenapore, to act in the absence OF the
f,;.nteuant-G or when he shall
e~er,isc the office of Governor.
a mombcr of the Senate, or OF the
Hm,,. of Representatives, being chosen as
aeHng Governor of N'o"tl - 'o.,, ,.,,d -,
sh.ii thcrcupon vacatc his seat, ana an
other person shall be clccte'' ~ ms <,eaa.
s' g. In case Of the removal of the Cove
nor from his Office, or lis death, resisli'l-
tion. removal from the State or lnaDllity
20 discharge the powers and duties OF the
amid Office: the same sbul! devolve on the
.Lieutenant-Governor, and the General
Assembly, at its first session after ',, lhe he
ratification Of this Constitution, snail oT
law. provide for the case OF removal,
dea,b resignation. or inability, both of
the, Governor aud Lieutenant. Governor,
Seclar;no what officer shall then aea as
Gsss Goxsrnor. and such officer shall act accor-
dinyIv. nntil such disability shall have
been, been removed, or Governor shall have
been elected.
no. The Governor shall be commander.
:, oh;ef of the militia of the State, except
vhen they shall be called into the act"a'
..rv;ca of the United States.