Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-16

measures rs may be resolved upon bT the itgts
laturp, aud shall take care that the laws tefaith'
fully executed.
See. ;. The governor shall have power to re
nit fines and forfeitureS, to grant repreves
combinations and pardOns after CONVICTION,
for all ofieuses except treason and cases Of i'm
peachment; provided. that in allcases where the
sentence OF The court il capital punishment, i'm
priSonment for life, or for a longer term than
two years. or a fine excee ding two hundred dol
lars. no pardon shall he granted, sentence com
mutei or fine RENTED, except upon the recon-
incubation in writing Of a board OF pardons col-
sistirg Of the presiding Judge, secretary OF state
and ttorneygcnera after fuu hearing in open
session; and such recommendation, with the rea'
soas therefor, Shall be fled in the Office ofthe sec
rotary OF state, but the legislature may by law,
In all cases, regulate the manner in which the re.
mission of fines, pardons, cOmnutatlons and re.
IrieVes may be applied tor. Upon conviction
for treason he shall have power to suspend the
execution OF sentence until the case shall be re-
ported TO the legislature at its next regular ses'
son, when the legislature shall either pardon or
commute the sentence, direct the execution oi
the sentence or grant Il III ther reprieve. He
shall communicate to the legislature at each reg
ular session, eacn case of remission OF fine. re-
prieve. Communication or pardon granted by him
in the cases in which he IL authorized TO act with
out the recommendation OF the said board OF
paruons, stating the name OF the convict, the
crime Of which he IL convicted. the sentence and
its date, and the date Of the remission. commu
tation, pardon or reprieve, with his reasons for
granting the same.
Sec. g. IN case of the death, impeachment,
resignation, failure TO qualify, absence from the
state, rtnoval from Office, or other disability q,
the governor. the powers and duties OF the Office
for the residue OF the term, or until he shall be
acquitted, or the disability removed, shall &c
volve upon the acknowledgements.
Sec. 7. The lieutenant governor shall be pres
ident OF the senate, but shall have only a cast
ing vote therein. If during a vacancy Ci the
Office OF governor, the lieutenantgovernor shah
be impedchcf, displaced. resign or die, or rom
mental or physical disease or otherwise become
incapable OF performing the duties OF his Office,
the secretary of state shall act as governor I'M
til the vacancy shall be filled, or the disability
removed.
See. S. When any Office shall from any cause
become vacant, and no mode is provided by the
constitution or law for filling such vacancy, the
governor shall have power to fill such vacancy
by appointment,
See .. Every bin which shall have passed the
legislature shall. before il becomes a law, be pre-
sen; It 70 the governor. ii he approve he shall
sim, hut If not he shall return it, with his OBJ
lection. to the house in which it originated,
which shall enter the objection atlarge upon the
journal and proceed TO reconsider il. II after
Surn reconsideration tWO-thlrds OF the members
present shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be
sent together with the objection TO the other
house. by which il shah likewise be reconsidered,
and ID il be approved hy two-thirds OF the men,
hers present it shall become a law, but in all
such cases the vote of both houses shall be de-
I rmiued by the yeas and nays. and the names
OF the member voting for and against the bill
SIAi " tllkNIfli uI'Oi llN ipbAl lhiA VI NdNi ii'lNN
respectively. II any bill shall not be returned by
the governor within three days Sundays eX-
cepted) after il shall have been presented to
him, the same shall be a law, unless the legisla-
ture shall by its adjournment PREVENTS return;
in Wnich case il shall be filed, with his objection,
ia the office OF the secretary OF state within ten
days after such adjournment, or become n law
Sec. 10. The governor shall have power TO
disapprove OF any item or items OF any bill
making appropriations OF money embracing els.
tlnct items, and part or parts OF the bill APP
proved shall be law, and the item or items dis.
shall be void, unless enacted in the
following manner: If the legislature be in SEES.
sion he shall transmit TO the house in which the
bill originated a copy OF the item or items there
OF disapproved, together with his objections
thereto, and the items objected to shall be
separately reconsidered, and each item shall
then take the same course as is prescribed for
the passage OF bills over the executive veto.
Sec. il. Any governor of this state who asks,
receives, or agrees to receive any bride upon any
understanding that his official opinion, iudg.
ment or action shall be influenced thereby, or
who gives, or Offers, or promises his official in
tluence in consideration that any member of the
legislature shall give his official vote or influence
on any particular side of any question or mat
ter upon which he may be required 10 act in his
official capacity, or who mcnaceS any member
by the threatened use OF his veto power, or who
offers or promises any member that he, the said
governor viii appoint amy particular persen or
persons to any office created or thereafter to be
created, in consideration that any member shall
give his official vote or influence on any matter
pending or thereafter to be introduced into ei.
Their house OF said legislature, or who threatens
any member that he, the said governor, viii re-
move any person or persons from office or posi-
ton with intent to in any manner influence the
official action OF said member, shall be punished
i'll the manner now, or that may hereafter be
provided by law, and upon conviction thereon,
shall forfeit all right to hold or exercise any
Office OF trust or honor in this state.
Sec. II. There shall be chosen by the quail
fed electors of the state, at the times and places
Of choosing members Of The legislature, q Secre-
tary OF state, auditor, treasurer. superintendent
OF public instruction, commissioner of school
and public lands and encouragement, who
shall severally hold their Offices for the term of
two years. but no person shall be eligible to the
office OF treasurer for more than two terms con-
secutively. They shall respectively keep their
Offices at the seat OF government.
Sec. 13. The powers and duties Of the secre-
tary OF state, auditor, treasurer, superintendent
OF public instruction, commissioner or school
and public lands and attorney general, SHAH be
as prescribed by law.