The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13
ARTICLE III.
EXECUTIVE.

SECTION ]. The executive department
shall consist of governor, lieutenant
governor, secretary Of state, treasurer OF
state, auditor of state and attorney gen.
eral, who shall be chosen by the electors
of the state on the Tuesday succeeding
the first Monday of November, at the
places of voting for members Of the gen.
eTal assembly.
SEC. 2. The official terms of the gov
ernor, lieutenant governor, secretary,
treasurer and attorney general, shall be
two wears; and of the auditor four years,
and shall commence on the second Mon
day of January next after their election,
and continue until their successors are
elected and qualified.
SEC. 8. The returns of every election
for the officers named in the foregoing
section, shall be sealed up and transmit
ted to the seat of government by the re-
turning officers, directed to the president
of the senate, who, during the first week
of the session, shall open and publish
them, and declare the result IN the pres
ence of majority of the members OF each
house of the general assembly. The per-
son having the highest number OF votes
shall be declared 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. 4. The supreme executive power
of the state shall be vested Ill the gov
ernOr.
SEC. ). He may require information
in writing from the officers of the execu-
tive department upon any subject relat-
ing to the duties of their respective OIL
ces: and shall see that the laws are faith
fully executed.
SEC. 6. He shall by message cOmmu-
nicate to the general assembly, at every
session, the condition of the state, and re-
commend such measures as he may deem
expedient.
SEC. Z. He may, on extraordinary Oe-
casions, convene the general assembly by
proclamation, and shall state to both
houses, when assembled, the purpose for
which they have been convened.
SEC. 8. In case OF disagreement be-
tween 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, 9. He shall be eommander-in-
chief 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, after
conviction, to grant reprieves, cOmmuta-
tions and pardons for all crimes and Of
fenses, except treason and cases OF i'm
peachment, upon such conditions as he
NAV think proper: subject, however, to
such regulations, as to the manner OF ap-
plving for pardons, as may be prescribed
BY law. Upon conviction for treason, he
may suspend the execution OF the SEN
tenee, and report the case to the general
assembly at its next meeting, when the
general assembly shall either pardon,
commute the sentence, direct its execu-
ton, or grant further reprieve. He
shall communicate to the general assem-
bly, at every regular session, each case of
reprieve, Communication or pardon, with
his reasons therefor, stating the name and
crime of the convict, the sentence, its
date and the date of the Communication,
pardon or reprieve.
SEC. II. A seal of the state shall be
kept by the governor, used by him Off
cially, and called "Fhe Great Seal of the
State of Ohio"
SEC. 19. All grants and commissions
shall be issued in the name and by the
authority OF the state of Ohio, sealed with
the great seal, signed by the governor,
and countersigned by the secretary of
state.
Sec. IS. No member of congress, or
other person holding Office under the au-
thority of this state or of the United