The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24


Now that the convention is spend
ing about 1853 day over from one to
four sections of the bill of rights the
conSssittees are beginning TO pour in
propositions on the members. Already
the bulletin board, which serves for a
calendar. is stocked up with announce
ments. The last article to be presented
is the one on executive. 1t also has the
merit or demerit of being the longest
one so far presented. Several debat-
able propositions are brought in. This
proposed article is as follows:
Section THE executive department
Shall consist of governor, secretary of
state, state auditor, state treasurer, at
torney general and Superintendent of
public instruction, each of whom shall
hold his Office for four years, begin
mig on the first Monday of January
next after his election, except that the
terms Of office of those who were elect
ed at the first election shall begin
when the state shall be admitted into
the Union and shall end on the first
Monday in January, in the fourth year
thereafter. The officers of the execu-
tive department shall, during their
terms of office, reside at the seat of
government, where they shall keep the
public records, books, and papers. They
shall perform such duties as are pre-
sccibed by this constitution and as
may be prescribed by law.
Sec 2-The officers provided for in
section l of this article shall be elect
ed by the qualified electors of the
state at the time and place of voting
for members Of the legislature. and
the persons respectively having the
highest number of votes cast for the
office'Yoted for shall be elected: but if
two more shall have an equal and
the hest number Of votes Cor any
one oFtne said offices. the two houses
Of the legislature at its next regular
session shall forthwith by Joint ballot
elect one Of such persons for said office.
The returns of election for the officers
named in section ! shall be in such
manner as may be prescribed by -
and all contested elections of the sam
other than provided for in this sec
lion, shall be determined as may be
prescribed by law.
The Qualifications.
Sec. &No person shall be eligible to
the office Of governor or secretary of
state unless he shall have attained the
age Of thirty years at the time OF his
election, nor TO the office of attorney
general unless he shall have attained
the age of twenty-five years at the
time of his election, and Gave been ad-
mitted to the practice of the Supreme
Court of the state Of Utah, nor unless
he shall be in good standing at the bar
al the time of his election. No person
shall be eligible 10 any of the offices
provided for in section l of this article
unless at the time of his election he
shall be qualified electOr and shall
hare been a citizen resident of the
state or territory for two years next
preceding his election.
Sec. z-The governor shall be COM
marder-in-chief of the military forces
OF the state except when they shall be
called into the service of the United
StatAs. He shall have power to call
out the militia to execute the laws, to
suppress insurrection, or to repel inva-
sion.
~ The Governors Duties.
So 5-The governor shall see that
the laws are faithfully executed; ne
shall transact all executive business
with the officers of the government,
civil and military, and may require in
formation in writing from the officers
of the executive department, and from
the officers and managers of the state
institutions upon any subject relating
to the condition, management and ex-
penses of their respective offices and
institutions, and at any time when the
legislative assembly is not in session
may. if he deem it necessary, appoint
a eSmniittee to investigate and report
to Him upon the condition of any ex-
ecutive office or state institution. He
shall communicate by message to the
legislature at every regular session the
como .tion Of the state, and recommend
such measures as he may deem expe-
dent.
Sec. 1.-THE governor may. on ex-
ira ordinary occasions, convene the leg
islature by proclamation. in which
shall be stated the purpose for which
the legislature have been convened,
and the legislature shall transact no
legislative business except that for
which they were especially convened,
Or such other legislative business IS
the governor may call to the atter-
ton of the legislature while in session.
The legislature may. however, provide
for the expenses Of the session and
other matters incidental thereto. He
may also. by proclamation, convene the
senate in extraordinary session for the
of executive business.
Summary Adjournment.
Sec. I'm the case of a disagree
ulent between the two houses at any
sIFfial session with respect 10 the
ti1lH of adjournment, the governor
shall have power TO adjourn the legis-
lature to such time as he may think
proper; provided it be not beyond the
time fixed for the converting of the
next legislature
Sec. S-Every bill passed by the leg
fsIature shah, before it becomes law,
be presented to the governor; If he APP
prove. he shall sign it and thereupon
ii shall become eaw; but if ne do not
approve, he shall return it with his OBJ
jections 70 the house in which, it
orr ated. which house shall enter the
eli. lions at large upon its journal and
to reconsider it. If, after such
ii again pass both
heas;es by yeas and nays of vote OF
two.thirds of the members elected to
each house. II Shall become a law not
withstanding the governors objec-
lions. If any bill shall not be re-
turned within five days after it shall
have been presented to him Sunday
which he received II. the same ehall
be a Jaw in like manner as if he had
signed il. unless the legislature by its
final adjournment prevent such re
turn IN which case it shall be fled
with his objections in the Office of the
of state within ter days
after such adjournment Sundays ex-
cepted) or become a law. any bill
to the governor contain
several sections or items. he may OBJ
5ect to ore Or more sections or items
while Improving other portions of the
fsN, in such case. he shall append to
theybiIl at the time of signing it a
eta cement CT the section or sec-ions,
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