The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-11-21
ARTICLE ".
THE ENECUTIVE

SECTION 1. The Executive Department of
tins Commonwealth shall consist of a Gov
ernoT, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
the Commonwealth, Attorney General, Au-
d1tor General, State Treasurer Secretary of
Internal Affairs, and Superintendent of
Public instruction
Sec. 2. The supreme executive power shall
De 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 Com
monwealth, at the places where they shall
Vofe tor Representatives. The returns of
every election for Governor shall be sealed
up and transmitted to the seat of govern
ment directed to the President of the Senate
who shall open and publish them in the pres
ence of the members of both houses of the
General Assembly. The person having the
highest number of votes shall be Governor
but If two or more be equal and highest in
votes, one of them shall be chosen Governor
by the Joint vote of the members of both
houses. Contested elections shall be deter
mined by committee, to be selected from
both houses of the General Assembly, and
formed and regulated in such manner as
shall be directed by law
Sec. 3. The Governor shall hold his Office
during four years from the third Tuesday of
January next ensuing his election, and shall
not be eligible to the office for the next sue
ceeding term.
Sec. 4. A Lieutenant Governor shall be
CHOSEN at the same time, in the same man
ner 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 divided.
Sec. 3. No person shall be eligible to the
Office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor
except a citizen of the United States who
shall have attained the age of thirty wears
and have been seven years next preceding
his election an inhabitant of the State un-
less he shall have been absent on the public
business of the United States or of this State
Sec. 6. No member of Congress or person
holding any office under the United States
or this State shall exercise the office of Gov
ernor or Lieutenant Governor
Sec. Z. The Governor shall be commander
ln-chief of the army and navy of the Com
monwealth, and of the militia except when
they shall be called into the actual xeryice
of the United States.
Sec. s. He shall nominate, and by and
with the advice and consent of two thirds of
all the members of the Senate, appoint a
Secretary of the Commonwealth and an At
torney General during pleasure, a Superirl-
tendent OF Public instruction for four years,
and such other officers of the Common wealth
as he is or may be authorized by the consti-
tuition or by law to appoint he shall have
power TO fill all vacancies that may happen
-: .Htt.''.1S to which he may appoint during
the recess of the Senate by granting CC:rs
missions which shall expire at the end of
their next session he shall have power to
fill any vacancy that may happen during
the recess of the Senate in the office of Au-
ditor General, State Treasurer Secretary of
Internal Affairs Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction, in judicial office, or in any
other elective Office which he is or NAV be
authorized to fill
If the vacancy shalt happen during the
session of the Senate, the Governor shall
nominate 10 the Senate, before their final
Cancy.
But in any such case of vacancy, in auy
elective office, person shall be chosen to
said office at the next genera; election, un-
less the vacancy shall happen within three
calendar months Immediately preceding
such election, in which case the election for
said office shall be held at the second sue
ceeding general election;
In acting on Executive nominations the
Senate shall sit with open doors and in con-
hrming or rejecting the nominations of the
| Governor, the vote shall be taken hy yeas
and nays, and shall be entered on the journal
Sec. 9. He shall have power to remit fines
| and forfeitures, to grant reprieves, commu-
| tations of sentence and partlons, except in
cases of impeachment, but no pardon shall
| he granted, nor sentence commuted, eNcept
upon the recommendation III writing of the
| Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the Com
monwealth, Attorney General and Secretary
| of Internal Affairs, or any three of them
after full hearing, upon due public notice
| and in open session, and such recornmenda-
| ton, with the reasons therefor at length,
shall be recorded and filed in the office of
the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
AoCS. ~. nc require lnIOr1natlOn IN
writing from the officers of the Executive
| Department, upon any subject relating to
the duties OF their respective offices.
Sec. II. He shall, from time TO time, give
! to the General Assembly information of the
| state OF the Commonwealth and recommend
/ to their consideration such measures as he
| may judge eNpedient.
Sec. u. He may, on extraordinary occa-
sions, convene the General Assembly, and
| in case of disagreement between the two
| hOIlSpS TN fbA Of ID;
| ment, adjourn them to such time as he shall
| think proper, not exceeding four mouths
He shall have power to convene the Senate
| IN extraordinary sessions by proclamation
| Tor the transaction of executive business
| Sec. Is. In of the death, conviction
| on impeachment, failure to qualify resipna-
| ton, or other disability of the Governor the
| powers, duties, and emolunents of the office
| for the remainder of the term, or until the
| disability be removed, shall devolve upon
| the Lieutenant Governor
| Sec. IA. In case OF a vacancy in the office
of Lieutenant Governor, or when the LIEN.
tenant Governor shall be impeached bv the
House of Representatives, or shall he I'm.
able to exercise the duties of hig Office III.
powers, duties, and enoluments thereof for
| the remainder of the term or until the disa
bllity be removed, shall devolve upon the
PRESIDENT PRO TENPoRE of the Senate and
| tne PRESIDENT pro tempore of the Senate
shall in like manner become Governor if a
| vacancy or disability shall occur in the office
| of Governor; his seat AS Senator shall he
come vacant whenever he shall become Gov
| ernor, and shall be filed by election as anv
! other vacancy in the Senate.
Sec. Is Every bill which shall have pass
| ed both houses shall be presented to the
| tTovernor; if he approve, he shall sign it ;
| but If he shall not approve, he shall return
! 1t with his objections TO the house in which
| 1t shall have originated, which house shall
enter the objections at large upon their
journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If
after such reconsideration. tyo-thirds Of ali
| the members elected TO that house shall
agree TO pass the bill, it shall be sent with
| the objections to the other house by which
| likewise, it shall be reconsidered, and if am
proved by two-thirds of all the meml-rs
elected to that house, it shall be law but
in such cases the votes of both houses Shall
be determined by yeas and nays, and the
names OF the members voting for and
against the bill shall be entered on the iour
nails OF each house respectively If any bil
shall not be returned by the Governor with
In ten days after it shall have been pre-