The record-union., 1892-10-24
Amendment Number Three.
SENATE Constitutional Amendment No. Ill
ARTICLE v


Section 15. A Lieutenant Governor shall
be elected at the same time and place and in
the same manner as the Governor, and his term
OF ONCE and his qualifications OF eligibility
snail also be the same. He shall be President
OF the Senate, but shall have only casting
vote therein. He shah also, when the Senate
is not i'll session, visit all the State institu-
Jlons, prisons, refOrmatory schools, asylums,
ana other institutions, supported in whole or
in part by the State, and make careful exaInin-
ations of the manner in which the apprOpria-
ions Tor The support OF such institutions, and
Tor permanent iInpro yements, have been ex-
pended, and report the result of his eXamin-
atlons to the Governor, to the Legislature, and
10 any other oIicer, or board OF officers, that
the Legislature may direct; provided, that in
case the O1Ilce of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS becom-
ing vacant, or in the case of the functions of
Governor devolYing upon him, the President
pro tenn. of the Senate, or his successor, shall
perform the duties and receive the eInolu-
ments of said Lieutenant-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
and manner that such examinations shall be
made. IT. during vacancy in the office of
Governor, the Northumberland shall be
1npeaohed, displaced, resign, die, or become in
capaole OF performing the duties OF his Office,
or be absent ffom the State, the President pro
tenn. of the Senate shall act as Governor until
the vacancy be nIled or disability shall cease.
The Lieutenant-Gov vernon shall be disqualified
nom holding any other ONCE, except as spec
tally provided in this Constitution, during the
term for which he shall have been elected.
E1SChlOA 10. 0OftIuOF, LleuIelHnL-kIOVer-
nor, Secretary OF SLATE, Controller, Treasurer
Attorney-General, Surveyor General, shall, at
stated times during their continuance in Office,
receive tor their services a compensation,
which shall not be Increased nor diminished
during the term, which compensation is
hereby fixed for the following ofncers for the
two terms next ensuing the adoption of this
Constitution, as follows: Governor six thou
sand SO, ,OoOldollars per rannum; the Attorney
General, three thousand tS3 COO dollars per
annum; the Secretary of State, Controller,
Treasurer, three thousand (S3,0OOl dollars
each per annum; Surveyor-General three
thousand (S3, 600 dollars per annuIn, and
for the following officer for the fractional term
ana Tor thS two terms next ensuing the fourth
day OF November, A. D. eighteen hundred and
ninety-two, as follows Lieutenant Governor
four thousand $4,000 dollars per annum,
ana travelling expenses when he may be en-
ployed in visiting and examining State insti-
tubons. such compensation to be in full for
all services by them. respectively, rendered,
III any official capacity or employment what.
soever during their respective terms of Office;
provided, however, that the Legislature after
the expiration of their terms hereinbefore
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.