The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-05-29
ARTICLE III.
EXECUTIVE.

SEC. l. The Executive department
shall consist of a Governor, Lieu.
tenant Governor, Secretary of State
Treasurer of State, Auditor of State
and Attorney General, who shall be
chosen by the Electors of the State
on the Tuesday succeeding the first
Monday in November, at the place
of voting for members of the General
Assembly.
SEC. 2. The official terms of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Sec
retary, Treasurer, and Attorney-Gen.
eral, shall be two years; and Of the
Auditor, one year, and shall com
mence on the first Monday of Jan
uary next after their election, and
continue until their successors are
elected and qualified.
SEC. 8. The returns of every cleo
ton fors,the officers named in the fore
going section, shall be sealed uI
and transmitted to the seat of Gov
ernment, by the returning officers
directed to the President of the Sen.
ate, who, during the first week of the
session, shall open and publish them
and declare the result in the pres
ence of a majority of the members
of each House of the General As
sembly. The person having the
highest number Of votes shall be de-
clsred elected; but if two or more
shall be highest and have an equal
number Of votes, for the same Office,
one of them shall be chosen by the
joint vote Of both Houses.
SEC. A. The supreme Executive
power Of the State shall be vested in
the Governor.
SEC. 5. He may require informa-
ton in writing from the officers of
the Executive Department, upon any
subject relating to the duties of their
respective offices; and shall see that
the laws are faithfully executed.
SEC. 9. He shall by message com
muuicate to the General Assembly,
at every session, the condition of the
State, and recommend such meas
ures as he may deem expedient.
SEC. z. He may on extraordinary
occasions, convene the General AS
sembly by proclamation, and shall
state to both Houses, when assem-
bled, the purpose for which they
have been convened.
SEC. s. In case of disagreement
between the two Houses, in respect
to the time Of adjournment he shall
have power to adjourn the General
Assembly to such time as he may
think proper, but not beyond the
regular meetings thereof.
SEC. 8. He shall be Commander
of the military and naval
forces Of the State, except when they
shall be called into the service of the |
United States.
SEC. 10. He shall have power, af-
,er conviction, to grant reprieves, |
and pardons for ali |
srimes and offenses, except treason
md cases of impeachment upon such
conditions as he may think proper;
Iubject, how ever, to such regula-
ions, as to the manner of applying
or pardons, as may be prescribed
y law. Upon conviction for treason
le may suspend the execution of
he sentence and report the case to
he General Assembly at its next [
Meeting, when the General Assembly I
hall either pardon, commute the
entence, direct its execution or !
rant further reprieYe. He shall (
to the General Assem- /
ly at every regular session each t
ase Of reprieve, commutation or '
ardon, with his reasons therefor
Iating the name and crime of the i
0nYict, the sentence, its date and c
le date ofthe commutstion, pardon t
reprieYe. O
SIC. IL. A seal of the State shall d
e kept by the Governor, use d by c