Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-11-28

proceeding, against any person who may be
charged with having committed the otfense of bri-
berry or corrupt solicitation, practices of soli-
citation, and shall not be permitted to withhold
his testimony upon the ground that it may crimi-
nate himself or subject him to public infamy
but such testimony shall not afterwards be used
against him in any judicill proceeding, except
for perjury in giving such iestimoncy, and any
person convicted Of either Of the oiienses afore-
said, shall, part of the punishment therefor,
be disqualified from holding any office or position
Of honor, trust, or profit In this commonwealth.
SRC. 33. A member who has a personal or pri-
vate interest in any measure or bill proposed or
pending before the General Assembly shall dis
close the fuct to the house of which he lie a mem
Der and shall not vote thereon.
ARTICLE ".
THE EXECUTIVE.
SBcrIoS l. The Executive Department of this
Commonwealth shall consist of Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
Attorney General. Auditor General, State Treas
urer, Secretary OF Internal Affairs, and Supern-
tendeut of Public Instruction.
SEC. 2. The supreme executive power shall
be vested In the Governor, who shall take care
that the laws be faithfully executed he shall be
chosen on the day of the general election By the
qualified electors of the Commonwealth, at the
places where they shall vote for Representatives
The returns of every election for Governor shall
be sealed up and transmitted to the scat of go
vernment directed to the President of the Senate
who shall open and publish them in the presence
of the members Of both houses of the General
Assembly. The person having the highest num-
Der of votes shall be Governor by the Joint vote
of the members of both houses Contested cleo
tions shall be determined by Il committee, to be
selected from both houses of the General Assem-
bly,, and formed and regulated in such manner
shall be directed by law.
SEC. s. The Governor shall hold his office dur
Ing four years from the third Tuesday of OfJanuary
next ensuing his election, and shall not be eligible
to the Office for the next succeeding term.
SEC. 4. Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen
at the same time, In the same manner, for the
same term, and subject to the same provisions as
the Governor; he shall be president Of the Senate
but shall have no vote unless they be equally di-
vided.
SEC 8. No person shall be eligible to the Office
of Governor or Lieutenant Governor except a
citizen Of the United States, who shall have at
tanned the age of thirty years, aud have been
seven years hext preceding his election inhabi-
tant of tue State, unless he shall have been alb
sent OH the public business of the United States
or Of this State.
SEC. q. No member OF Congress or person hold
ing any office under the United States or this
State shall exercise the office of Goyernar Lieu
tenant Governor.
SEC. Z. The Governor shall be commander in
chief OF the army and navy of the Commonwealth,
aud OF the militia, except when they SHALL be call
ed into the actual service of the United States.
SEC. s. He shall nominate, and by and with the
advice and consent oftwothrds of al! the mem
bers Of the Senate, appoint a Secretary of thu
Commonwealth and an Attorney General during
pleasure, Superintendent of Public Instruction
for four years, and such other officers of the Com
monwealth as he Is or may be authorized by the
constitution or by law to appoint he shall have
power to I'LL ali vacancies that may happen in
offices to which he may appoint during the recess
OF the Senate by granting commissions which
shall expire at the end of their session he
shall have power to fill any vacarcy that may
happen during the recess of The Senate, in the
office of Auditor General, State Treasurer, Seere-
tary of internal Affairs or Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction, in n judicial Office, or in any
other elective ofilce which be is or may be au-
thorized to I'LL:
If the vacancy shall happen during the session
OF the Senate, the Governor shall nominate % the
Senate before their final adjournment, a proper
person TO fill said vacancy.
But IN any such case or vacancy, iu an elective
office, person shall be chosen to said Office at
the next general election, unless the vacancy
shall happen within three calendar months mme-
dately preceding such election, in which case the
election for said office shall be held ut the second
succeeding general election
In acting on Executive nominations, tho Senate
shall sit with open doors, and in confirming or re-
Jecting the nominations ofthe Governor, the vote
shall be taken by yeas and nays, and shall be en-
tered on the journal,
SEC. 0, He shall have power to remit fines and
foifeitures, to grant reprieyes, combinations of
eeHttHcc ana pdIuOns, except IN cases Ol lln-
parchment, but no pardon shall be granted nor
sentence commuted, except upon the recommen-
dation in writing of the Lieutenant Governor, Sc
cretary of the Commonwealth, Attorney General
and Secretary of Internal Affairs, or any three of
them, after full hearing, upon due public notice
aud in open session, and such recommendation,
with the reasons therefor at length, shall be re-
corded and filed In the ollce of the Secretary of
the Commonwealth
SEC. 10. lie may require information In writ
ing from the officers OF the Executive Depart
ment, upon any subject relating TO the duties OF
their respective offices.
SEC. IL. lie shall, from time to time, give to
the General Assembly information of the state OF
sideration such measures as he may judge expe-
dent.
SEC. l2. He may on extraordinary occasions,
convene the General Assembly, and in case of
disagreement Between the two houses, with re-
spect to the time of adjournment, adjourn them
10 such time he shall think proper, not ceed-
ing four months. He shall have power to con-
vene the Senate In extraordinary session, by pro-
clamatlon, Tor the transaction of executive bus-
ness.
SEC. l3 In case Of the death, conviction on
impeachment, failure to qualify, resignation, or
other disability of the Governor, the powers, du-
ties, and enouments of the Office for the re-
mainder Of the term, or uIti the disability be
removed, shall deyolye upon the Lieutenant Gov
ernor.
SEC. II. In case of vacancy In the Office Of
Lieutenant Governor, or when the Lieutenant
Governor shall be impeached by the House of
Representatives, or shall be unable 10 exercise
the duties OF his Office, the powers, duties, and
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