The record-union., 1892-10-25
Amendment Number Three.
SENATE Constitutional Amendment No. Ill
ARTICLE Y

ARTICLE Y.
Section Is. A Lieutenant-Governor shall
be 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
shall also be the same. He shall be President
OF the Senate, but shall have only casting
vote therein. He shall also, when the Senate
is not IN session, visit all the State institu-
tons, prisons, reformatory schools, asylums,
and other institutions supported in whole or
in part by the State, and make careful eXalnin-
atiOnS Of the manner in which the apprOpria-
tIons for the support OF such institutions, and
Tor permanent Improvements, have been ex-
pended and report the result of his eXamin-
at1ons TO the Governor, to the Legislature, and
to any other officer, or board of officers, that
the Legislature may direct; provided, that in
case the Office of Lieutenant-Governor becom-
ing vacant, or in the case of the functions OF
Governor deVOlving upon him. the President
pro tenn of the Senate, or his successor, shall
perform the duties and receive the emolu-
ments of said ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, during
the term OF such vacancy, or the time he Is
performing such functions OF Governor. The
Legislature may by law prescribe the time
ana manner that such examinations shall be
made. If, during q vacancy in the Office of
Governor, the LieutenanI-GoVernor shall be
1mpeached, 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 filed or disability shall cease.
The Lieutenant-GOv vernon shall be disqualified
from holding any other Office, except as spec
term for which he shall have been elected.
Section 10. Governor, LIeutendnt-Gover-
nor, Secretary OF State, Controller, Treasurer,
Attorney-General, Survey shall, at
stated times during their ircOntinuance in Office,
receive for their services q compensation,
which shall not be increased nor diminished
during the term, which compensation is
hereby fixed for the following officers for the
two terms next ensuing the adoption Of this
Constitution, as follows: Governor. six thou
sand So, ,OOO)dollarS perannum the Attorney
General, three thousand (S3 900 dollars per
annum; the Secretary of State, Controller,
Treasurer, three thousand (S3.OOOl dollars
each per annum; SurYeyor-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. .. eighteen hundred and
ninety-tWO, as follows Lieutenant-Ciovernor
four thousand $4,000 dollars per annum,
and travelling expenses when he may be en-
plOyed in visiting and examining State inSti-
tutions. such compensation to be in 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 heTeinbefore
mentioned, may, by law, diminish the COM
penSatiOn OF any or ali 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.