Great Falls tribune., 1889-09-28

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: lie records, books and papers, The,
shall perform such duties as are pre-
scribed in this constitution and by tn
laws of the state. The state treasure
shall not be eligible to his office for thu
succeeding term.
Sec. 2. The officers provided for ii
section of this article shall be elected
by the qualified electors of the state a
the time and place of voting for mem
bers of the legislative assembly, and the
persons respectively having the highes
number of votes for the office voted fol
shall be elected; but if two or more shal
have an equal and the highest number
of votes for any one of said offices, the
two houses of the legislative assembly
at its next regular session, shall forth,
with by joint ballot elect one of such
persons for said office. The returns Of
election for the officers named in section
shall be made in such manner as may
be prescribed by law, and all contested
elections of the same, other than pro
v1ded for in this section, shall be deter
mined as may be prescribed by law.
SEC. 3. No person shall be eligible to
the office of governor, lieutenant gov
ernor or superintendent of public in
struction unless he shall have attained
the age of thirty years at the time Of his
election, nor to the office of secretary OF
| state, state auditor or state treasurer
unless he shall have attained the age Of
twenty-five years, nor to the office of
attorney-gene unless he shall have
attained the age of thirty years and have
been admitted to practice in the supreme
court of the state or territory of Mon
tana, and be in good standing at the time
of his election. In addition to the quail
ihcations above prescribed, each of the
| officers named shall be citizen of the
| United States and have resided within
the state or territory two years next pre-
ceding his election.
Sec. 4. Until otherwise provided by
law, the Governor, Secretary of State,
State auditor, Treasurer, Attorney -gener-
al and Superintendent of Public Instruc-
| ton, shall quarterly, as due, during their
continuance in office, receive for their SER
vices compensation, which is fixed as
follows: Governor, five thousand dol
lars per annum; Secretary of State,
three thousand dollars per annum:
Attorney General, three thousand dol
lars per annum; State Treasurer, three
thousand dollars per annum; State Audi
tor, three thousand dollars per annu1n h;
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
two thousand five hundred dollars per
annum. The Lieutenant Governor shall
receive the same per diem as may be
prescribed by law for the Speaker Of the
Legislative Assembly, to be allowed only
during the sessiod of the Legis-
lative Assembly. The compensa-
tions enumerated shall be in full for all /
services by said officers respectively rem
dered in any official capacity or employ
ment whatever during their respective
terms of Office, and the salary of no off
cial shall be increased during his term
of office. No officer named in this sec
ton shall receive, for the performance
of any official duty, any fee for his own
use, but all fees fixed by law for the per
formance by any officer of any official
duty, shall be collected in advance and
deposited with the State Treasurer quar-
terly to the credit of the State. No off
Ger mentioned in this section shall be
eligible to, or hold any other public
Office, except member of the State Board
of Education during his term of office.
SEC. 5. The supreme executive power
of the state shall be vested in the gov
ernor, who shall see that the laws are
faithfully executed. -
Sec. 6. The governor shall be com
mander-in-chief Of the militia forces Of
the state, except when these forces are
in the actual service of the United States,
and shall have power to call out any
part or the whole of said forces to aid III
the execution of the laws, to suppress in
surrection or to repel invasion.
Sec. 7. The governor shall nominate
and, by and with the consent of the SEN
ate, appoint all officers whose offices are
established by this constitution, or which
may be created by law, and whose APP
pointment or election is not otherwise
provided for, If during recess of the
senate a vacancy occur in any such office |
the governor shall appoint some fit per-
son to discharge the duties thereof until |
the next meeting of the senate, when he |
shall nominate some person to fill such
office. If the office OF secretary Of state,
state auditor, state treasurer, attorney |
general, or superintendent of public in |
struction shall be vacated by death, res |
ignation,7 or otherwise, it shall be the /
duty of the governor to fill the same by |
and the appointee shall |
hold his Office until his successor shall |
be elected and qualified.
SEC 8. The legislative assembly shall /
provide for state examiner, who shall |
oe appointed by the governor and con-
lrmed by the senate. His duty shall be /
% examine the accounts of state treasu-
'er, supreme court clerks, district /
court clerks and all county treasurers, /
md treasurers of such other public insti. /
:utions as may be prescribed by law, and 4
he shall perform such other duties as |
he legislative assembly may prescribe.
He shall report at least once a wear and
'ftener if required to such officers as
nay be designated by the Legislative as
embly. His compensation shall be fixed
" law.
Sec. 9. The governor shall have the
'ower to grant pardons, absolute or con-
iitional, and to remit fines and forfeitures,
md to grant communication punishments
Ind respites after conviction and judg-
nent for any offenses committed against
he criminal laws of this state; Provided,
'oWeUer, that before granting pardons,
emitting fines and forfeitures or COM
nuting punishments, the action of the
governor concerning the same shall be
lpproved by board, or majority
hereof, composed of the secretary Of
tate, attorney general and state auditor.
Who shall be known as the board of par
Ions. The legislative assembly shall by
aw prescribe the sessions of said board
nd regulate the proceedings thereof.
But no fine or forfeitures shall be remit
ed and no communication or pardon
'ranted except upon the approval of
majority of said board after full hear
ng in open session and until notice of
he time and place of such hearing, and
# the relief sought shall have been
,iven by publication in some newspaper
# general circulation in the county
where the crime was committed, at least 4
'nce week for two weeks. The pro-
seedlings and decisions of the board shall
'e reduced to writing, and with their
easons for their action in each case, and
he dissent of any member who may dis-3I
lgree, signed by them and filed, with all
papers used upon the hearing, in the of
ice of the Secretary of State. The Gov
.rnor shall communicate to the Legis.m