Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-25
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his Office two wears. "A lieutenant gov
ernor shall be elected at the same time
and for the same term.
Sec. 9. No person Shall be eligible to
the office OF governor or lieutenant gov
ernor, except citizen of the United
States. and Il qualified elector of the
state. who shall have attained the age
of thirty years, and Who shall have re-
sided two Years next preceding his
election within the state: nor shall
either be eligible to n other Office
during the term for which he shall
have been elected; nor shall either be
eligible as his own Immediate sue
cesSor.
Sec. 3. The governor and lieutenant
governor shall be elected by the quail
fled electors of the state at the times
and places of choosing members of the
legislature. The persons respectively
having the highest number of votes for
governor and lieutenant governor, shall
be elected. But if two or more shall
have an equal and the highest number
OF votes for governor OF lieutenant
governor, the two houses OF the legis-
lature. at its next regular session, shall
forthwith, by Joint ballot, choose one OF
such persons for said Office. The re-
turns of election for governor and lieu
tenant governor. shall be made in such
manner us shall be prescribed by law.
Section 4. The governor shall be COM
mander-in-chiet OF the military and na-
val forces Of the state except when
they shall be called into the service of
the United States), and may call out
the same to execute the laws. suppress
insurrection, and repel invasion. He
shall have power to convene the legiS-
lature on extraordinary occasions. He
shall. at the commencement OF each
session. communicate to the legisla-
ture. by message. information of the
condition OF the state, and shall recon-
mend such measures as he may deem
e%Npedient. He shall transact all neces-
sary business with the officers of the
government. civil and military. He
shall expedite all such measures as may
be resolved upon by the legislature, and
shall take care that the laws be faith
fully executed.
Sec. 5. The governor shall have pow
er to remit fines and t%orfeitures, to
grant r%eprieves, combinations and par
dons, after conviction, for all offenses
except treason and cases of impeach-
ment; provided. that in all cases where
the sentence OF the court is capital
punishment, imprisonment for life, or
for a longer term than two years, or a
fine exceeding two hundred dollars, no
pardon shall be granted, sentence COM
muted or fine RENTED, except upon
the recommendation in writing of
a board OF pardons consisting of the
chief justice, secretary of state and at
torney general. after full hearing in
open session: and such recommends
lions, with the reasons therefor,shall be
filed in the office of the secretary Of
state. But the legislature may by law,
in all cases, regulate the manner in
which remissiohs Of fines, pardons,
combinations and repreves may be ap-
piled for. Upon convection for treason
he shall have the power to suspend the
execution OF the sentence until the case
shall be reported to the legislature at
its next regular session, when the leg
islature shall either pardon o. commute
the sentence, direct the execution OF
the sentence, or grant a further re-
prieve. He shall communicate to the
legislature at each regular session. each
case OF remission OF fine, reprieve, COM
mutation or pardon, granted by him in
the cases in which he is authorized to
act without the recommendation of the
said board OF pardons. stating the name
OF the convict, the crime of which he
was convicted, the sentence and its
date, and the date Of the remission,
communication, pardon or reprieve, with
his reasons for granting the same.
Sec. &. In case Of the death, impeach-
ment, resignation, failure to qualify,
absence from the state, removal from
office, or other disability of the govern
or, the powers and duties of the office,
for the residue of the term, or until he
shall be acquitted or the disability re-
moved, shall devolve upon the lieuten-
ant governor.
Sec. Z. The lieutenant governor shall
he president Of the senate. but shall
have only a casting vote therein. If
during a vacancy in the office of gov
ernor, the lieutenant governor shall be
i%mpeached, displaced, resign, die, or
from mental or physical disease be-
come incapable OF performing the du-
ties of his office, or he be absent from
the state, the secretary of state Shall
act as governor until the vacancy shall
be filled or the disability removed,
Sos'o f'iiS1i oIy oIliCc olldll, from
any cause, become vacant, andnomode
is provided by the constitution and
laws for filling such vacancy, the gov
ernor shall have power to fill such va
cancy by granting a commission which
shall expire at the end of the next SEES
sion of the legislature, or at the next
election by the people.
Sec. 8. Every bill which shall have
passed the legislature shall, before it
becomes a law, be presented to the gov
ernor. II he approve, he shall sign
it; but it not, he shall return it, with
his ELECTIONS, to that housein which it
originated, who shall enter the obiec-
lions at large upon the journal and
proceed to reconsider it. If after such
reconsideration, two:thirds of the mem
bers present shall agree to pass the bill.
it shall be sent together with the obiec-
tions to the other house, by which it
shall likewise be reconsidered, and if it
be approved by tWo-thirds OF the mem
bers present, it shall become a law,
But in all such cases. the vote of both
houses shall be determined by ayes and
noes, and the names of the members
voting for and against the bill shall be