The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-03-15

o.AesiA co Shooou a1 tue same C1In6, In
the same manner, continue in Office
for the same period, and be possessed
of the same qualifications as the
Governor, and shall er o6icio be Pre-
sident of the Senate.
Sec. +. The Lieutenant Governor.
while presiding in the Senate, shall
have no vote, unless the Senate be
equally divided.
SEC. 7. The Senate shall choose
fresldent pro tempOre, to act in the
absence of the Lieutenant Governor,
or when he shall exercise the office of
Governor.
SEQ. 8. A member of the Senate,
or of the House of Representatives,
being chosen as acting Governor or
Lieutenant-Governor, shall there
upon vacate his seat, and another
person shall be elected in his stead.
SEC. 8. In case of the removal of
the Governor from his Office, or his
death, resignation, removal from the
State. or inability to discharge the
powers and duties of the said office,
the same shall devolve on the Lieu
tenant t-Governor, and the General
Assembly, at its first session after the
ratification of this Constitution,
shall, by law, provide for the case of
removal, death, resignation, or ina
bility, both of the Governor and
Lieutenant Governor, declaring what
officer shall then act as Governor,
and such officer shall act according
ly, until such disability shall have
been removed, or a Governor shall
have been elected.
Sec. 10. The Governor shall be
Commander-in- Chief of the militia
OF the State, except when they shall
be called into the actual service of
the United States.
SEC. IL. He shall have power to
grant reprieves and pardons after
conviction, Except in cases of i'm
peachment, in such manner, on such
terms, and under such restrictions as
he shall think proper; and he shall
have power to remit fines and for
FIXTURES, unless otherwise directed
by law. 1t shall be his duty to report
to the General Assembly at the next
regular session thereafter, all pardons
granted by him, with a full state
ment of each case, and the reasons
moving him thereunto.
SEC. IL. He shall take care that the
laws be faithfully executed in mercy.
SEC. l3. The Governor and Lieu
tenant-Governor shall, at stated
times, receive for their services a
compensation which shall be neither
increased nor diminished during the
period for which they shall have
been elected.
SEC. IA. ALI officers in the Execu-
tive Department shall, when re-
quired by the Governor, give him
information in writing upon any SUBJ
Ject relating to the duties of their
respective Offices.
SEC. Is. The Governor shall, from
time to time, give to the General
Assembly information Of the condi-
tion of the State, and recommend to
their consideration such measures as
he shall judge necessary or expe-
dient.
Sec. 16. He may, on extraordinary
occasions, convene the General AS
sembly; and should either House
remain without quorum for five
days, or in case of disagreement be-
tween the two Houses with respect to
the time of adjournment, may ad-
iourn them to such time as he shall
think proper-not beyond the time
of the annual session then next en-
suing.
SEC II. He shall commission all
officers of the State.
SEC. Is. There shall be seal of
the State, for which the General
Assembly, at its first session. shall
provide, and which shall be used by
the Governor officially, and shall be
called "rhe Great Seal of the State
of South Carolina"
SEC. 10. All grants and commits
sions shall be issued in the name and
by the authority of the State of
South Carolina, sealed with the great
seal, signed by the Governor and