Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-20

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sed NV th syn an bills and joint resolutions mas
puhlirv 10y, siathre, after their titles have bea1
the FACT nf fad Immediately before signing. and
journal e'ia'l oe entered upon the
of fGa a. ANY bill may originate in either bouse
w .as legislature, and bill passed nv ono ho
may be amended in the other '''eA " 'ne mouse
subject whio no ,aW shall embrace more than one
Sac >. Si'icH snail be expressed in its title
Gays after the adjournment Of tho u aaa, ninety
Ma ~ passed, unless in case of emerpenrw re-
the iagisatu IN the preamble body Of the act
rect vi each mouse, Otherwise di
sc see g. The legislature is prohibited from en-
ing cases: VI spee'a' laws III the follow
l. Granting divorces
Nv 49, Snanglng the names of persons or places.
another. VIC "eii az Ia" OF
y. Locating or changing county seats
| :. regulating county and township affairs.
incorporating cities, towns and villages or
o;n.anglhg OF amending the character of any town.
cry or village, or laying out opening. yacatino or
pnSc gre town plats streets, wards alleys and
q. g. Providing for sale or mortgage of real es-
!ate belonging to minors or others under disabil
2. Authorizing persons to keep ferries acrosa
streams wholly within the state.
9. Kemitting fines, penalties, or forfeitures.
". Granting to an individual, association or
corporation any special or exclusive privilege.
10. 70; Providing for the management of common
II. Creating, increasing or decreasing fees,
percentages or allowances of public oficers dur.
ing ehe term for which said officers are elected or
But the legislature may repeal any existing
special law relating to the foregoing sub.divi-
Stone. In AZ other cases where general law can
De applicable no special law ehall be enacted
Sec. "a. The legislature shall have no power
to release or extinguish, in whole or in part, the
Indebtedness liability or obligation of any corpo-
clpal corporation therein.
sec. 70 The legislature shall not authorize
any game of chance, lottery or gift enterprise,
under any pretenee or for any purpose whatever
Sec. 8. The legislature shall not delegate to
any special commission, private corporation, or
association, any power to make supervise or inter
1ere with any municipal mprOvement, money pro-
perty, effects, whether held in trust otherwise
or levy taxes, to select capital Site or to per
torn I'm any ~ municipal mic functions whatever
what manner and in what courts suits may be
brought against the state.
o see Any Who shall give demand
ial, privilege or personal advantage, thing Of
value to any executive or judicial officer or mem
f per OF the degsatnre to influence him in the per
shall be guilty of bribery and shall be punished in
such manner as shall be provided by law. The
offense of corrupt solicitation of members of the
legislature, or Of public officers of the state or
any municipal division thereof and any effort
toward solicitation of said members of the legis-
lature or officers to influence their official action
shall be defined by law, and shall be punished by
fine and imprisonment. Any person may be COM
PEELED to testify in Investigation or judicial pro-
ceedings against any person charged with having
committed any offense of bribery or corrupt so
licitation and shall not be permitted to Withhold
MS testimony upon the ground that it may crimi
nate himself, but said testimony shall not after
wards be used against him in any judicial pro-
ceeding except for bribery in giving such testi-
mony, and any person convicted of either of the
offences aforesaid, shall be disqualified from hold
M at uat nr
fit in this state.
ARTICLE ".
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Sec. 1. The executive power shall be vested in
a governor who ehall hold his office two years.
lieutenant governor shall be elected at the same
time and for the same term
Sec. g No person shall be eligible to the Office
of governor or lieutenant governor except citi-
zen of the United States and qualified elector of
the state, who shall have attained the age of thirty
years, and who shall have resided two years next
preceding, the election within the state or terri
tory: nor shall he be eligible to any other office
during the term for which he shall have been
elected.
Sec. 3. The governor and lieutenant governor
shall be elected by the qualified electors of the
state at the time and places of choosing member
of the legislature The persons respectively hav-
ing the highest number of votes for governor and
lieutenant governor shall be elected; but if two
or more shall have an equal and highest number
of votes for governor or lieutenant governor, the
two houses of the legislature at Its next regular
session shall forthwith by joint ballot choose one
election for governor lieutenant governor shall
be made in such manner rs shall be prescribed by
law.
Sec A. The governor shall he commandment
chief of the military and naval 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 laws, suppress instruction and repel
invasion. He shall have power to convene the
Legislature on extraordinary occasions. He shall,
at the commencement of each session, commune
cate to the legislature by message, information
state. shall
such measures as he shall deem expedient. He
shall transact all necessary business with the Off
shall expedite all such measures may be re-
solved upon by the legislature, and shall take
care that the laws be faithfully executed.
remit fines and forfeitures, to grant reprieves,
combinations and pardons after conviction, for
all ofenses except treason and cases of lmpeach-
tence of the court is capital punishment, impris-
onment for life, or for longer term than two
years, or q fine exceeding two hundred dollars, no
pardon shall be granted, sentence committed or
fine RENTED, except upon the recommendation
in writing of board of pardons consisting of the
presiding Judge, secretary of state and attorney
general, after full hearing in open session. and
such Recommendation, with the reasons therefor
shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state;
but the legislature may by law in all cases regu-
pardons, communications and reprieves may be ap-
Piled for. Upon conviction for treason he shall
have the power to suspend the execution OF me
sentence until the pay shall be reported to the
legislature at its next regular session when the
legislature shall either pardon OF commute the
sentence direct the execution of the sentence or
grant further reprieve. He shall communicate
to the legislature at each regular session each
case of remission of fine. reprieve, communication
or pardon, granted by him in the cases in which
he is authorized to act without the recommends
ton of the said board of pardons stating the name
of the convict, the crime of which he is convicted
the sentence and its date, and the date of the re-
mission. Communication, pardon or reprleve, Win
his reasons for granting the same
Sec &. In case of death, impeachment, reslS-
nation, failure to qualify, absence from the state
removal from office or other disability of the gov
ernor the powers and duties Of the office for the
residue of the term, until he snail be acquitted
Or the disability removed, shall devolve upon the
lieutenant governor.
Sec e The lieutenant governor shall be Pres
ident Of the senate, but shall nave only cas- IN
vote therein If during vacancy IN the once OF
governor the lieutenant governor shall Dc I'M,
peached displaced, resign or die, or from mental
or physical disease otherwise become lncapa-
be of performing the duties of his Office the Sec
retary of state shall act governor until the va
cancy shall be filled or the disability removed.
Sec s. When any Office shall from any cause use
| become vacant and no mode is PROVIDED by me
constitution or law for filling such vacancy: tne
governor shall have the power to fill such Vacah-
sec. 3 Every bill which shall have passed the
legislature, shall, before it becomes iaw' pc
| nrasented TO the governor. II he approve, NJ