The record-union., 1892-08-29
Amendment Number Three.
[Senate Constitutional Amendment No. IL
ARTICLE "

ISenate Constitutional Amendment No. IL
ARTICLE V.
Section 15. A Lieutenant Governor shall
he elected at the same time and place and in
the same manner as the Governor and his term
OF Office and his qualifications OF eligibility
snail also be the same. He shall be President
OF the Senate, but shall have only a casting
vote therein. He shall also, when the Senate
is not in session, visit all the State institu-
uOnS, prisons, reformatory schools, asyiums,
and other institutions supported in whole or
IN part by the State, and make careful eXamin-
atlOES OF the manner in which the apprOpria-
tlons Tor the support OF such Institutions and
for permanent Improvements, have been ex-
pended, and report the result of his eXamin-
atlonS 10 the Governor to the Legislature and
10 any other officer, or board of officers, that
the Legislature may direct; provided, that in
case the Office of Lieutenant-Governorb becon-
ing vacant, or In the case OF the functions of
Governor devolving upon him, the President
pro tenn. or the Senate, or his successor, shall
perform the duties and receive the ernolu-
ments of said Iieutenant-G Governor, during
the term of such vacancy, or the time he is
performing such functions of Governor The
Legislature may by law prescribe the time
anu manner that such examinations shall be
made II, during vacancy in the office of
GoVeTnor, the Lieutenant-Governor shall be
impeached, displaced, resign, die or become in
capable OF performing the duties OF his Office
or be absent from the State the President pro
tenn. of the Senate shall act as Governor until
the vacancy be hllcd or disability shall cease
The Lieutenant-GOvernOr shall be disqualified
lIcul uOl!llilS OIlef once, except as SDec-
tally provided in this Constitution, during the
term for which he shall have been elected
Section 19. Governor, Lieutenant-CioVer-
nor, Secretary OF State, Controller, Treasurer
Attorney-General, SUrVeyor-(1eneraI, SHALL at
stated tlrnes during their continuance in Office
receive for their services q compensation
which shall not be increased nor diminished
during the term, which compensation is
hereby n&ed for the following officers for the
two terms next ensuing the adoption of this
Constitution. as follows: Governor, six thou
sandlS6, ,0O0)dollars perannum; the Attorney
General, three thousand 5000 dollars per
annum; the Secretary of State Controller
Treasurer, three thousand (S3, ,OOO dollars
each per annum; Surveyor-General, three
thousand $4,000 dollars per annum, and
for the following officer for the fractional term
and for the two terms next ensuing the fourth
day OF November, A. d. eighteen hundred and
ninety-two, as follows; Observation-Disclosures
four thousand (S4.oOO) dollars per annum
and travelling expenses when he may be en-
ployed in visiting and examining State insti-
tutions. such compensation to be III full for
all services by them. respectively rendered
IN any official capacity or employment what
soeVer, during their respective terms of Office:
provided however, that the legislature after
the expiration OF their terms herein before
mentioned, may, by law, diminish the COM
pensatiOn of any or all such officers but in no
case shall have the power to increase the same
above the sums hereby fixed by this Constitu-
ton. The Legislature may in its discretion
abolish the Office of Surveyor General and
none OF the officers hereinbefore named shall
receive for their own use any fees or perqui-
sites for the performance OF any official duty