The record-union., 1892-10-21
Amendment Number Three.
[Senate Constitutional Amendment No. Ill
ARTICLE V.

AhI4CizE v.
Section l 5. A Lieutenant Governor shall
be elected at the same time and place and in
lne 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 n casting
vote therein. He shall also when the Senate
Is not in session, visit all the State institu-
uons, prisons, reforinatory schools, asylums
ana other institutions, supported in whole or
in part by the State, and make careful examin-
ations of the manner in which the appropria-
lions tnr the support of such institutions, and
Tor permanent Improvements, have been ex-
pended, and report the result of his eXamin-
atlonS 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 deVolvtng upon him, the President
pro tenn. of the Senate or his successor. shall
perform the duties and receive the emolu-
ments of said Lieutenant-Governo 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. If, during a vacancy in the office of
Governor, the Lieutenant-(fOvernor Shall be
lmpeached, 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 nlled or disability shall cease.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS shall be disqualified
from holding any other Office, except as spec
tally provided in this Constitution, during the
Section 10. Governor. Lieutenant-G Gover-
nor, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer
Attorney-General, Surveyor-General, shall at
stated tunes during their continuance III Office,
receive for their services a compensation
which shall not be increased nor diminished
during the term, winch 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, ,O0O)dollars perannum; the Attorney
General, three thousand 1873 600 dollars per
&nnuln; the Secretary of State, Controller
Treasurer, three thousand (S3,0OOl 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
ninetytwo, as follows: Lieutenant Governor
four thousand $4,000 dollars per annum
and travelling expenses when he may be EN-
ployed in visiting and examining state insti-
tutOns. such pensation 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 hereinbefore
mentioned, may, by law, diminish the COM
pensatlon 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.