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the duties of their respective offices OF
the concerns of the respective lnstltu,
tons, including itemized accounts OF
receipts and disbursements.
Sec. Is. The governor shall, from
time to time. give to the general as
sembly information of the condition
of the State, and recommend for its
consideration such measures as ne
shall deem necessary or expedlent.
Sec. 16. He may on extraordinary
occasions convene the genera! assem-
bly, in extra session. Should either
house remain without quorum fol
five days, or in case of disagreement,
between the two houses during any
session with respect to the time OF ad
journment, he may adjourn them tc
such time as he shall think proper, moi
beyond the time of the annual session
then next ensuing. y
Sec. II. He shall commission all OF
fcers of the State.
Sec. IS. The seal of the State now in
use shall be used by the governor OH
cially, and shall be called the great
seal OF the State of South Carolina"
Sec. 10. All grants and commissions
shall be issued in the name and by the
authority of the State of South Caro-
lima, sealed with the great seal, signed
by the governor and counterslgned by
the secretary of state. .. e..
Sec. 20. The governor and ieuten'
ant governor, before entering upon
the duties of their respective offices,
shall take and subscribe the oath OF
Office as prescribed in article 3, section
26 of the Constitution.
Sec. 81. The governor shall reside
at the capital of the State, except In
cases of contagion or the emergencies
of war; but during the sittings OF the
general assembly he shall reside where
its sessions are held.
Sec. %. Whenever it shall be
brought to the notice of the governor
by affidavit that any officer who has
the custody of public or trust funds,
is'probably guilty of embezzlement or
the appropriation of public or trust
funds to private use, then the Cover,
nor shall direct his immediate prosecu-
ton by the proper officer and upon
true bill found the governor shall sus-
pend such officer and appoint one in bis
Stead, until he shall have been acquit'
ted by the verdict OF a jury. In case
of conviction, the office shall be
declared vacant and the vacancy
filed as may be provided by law.
Sec. %. Every bill or joint resolu-
ton which shall have passed the gen
eral assembly, except on a question OF
adjournment, shall, before it becomes
a law, be presented to the governor,
and if he approve he shall sign it; If
not, he shall return it with his objec-
tions. to the house in which it origi-
mated, which shall enter the objections
at large on its journal and proceed to
reconsider it. If after such reconsid.
Grafton two-thirds of that house shall
agree to pass it, it shall be sent, to-
gether with the objections, to the other
house. by which it shall be reconsid-
cred, and if approved by the two-thirds
of that house it shall have the same
effect as if it had been signed by the
governor; but in all such cases the
vote of both houses shall be taken by
yeas and nays, and the names of the
persons voting for and against the bill
or Joint resolution shall be entered on
the journals of both houses respective.
ly. Bills appropriating money out OF
the treasury shall specify the objects
and purposes for which the same are
made and appropriate to them respec'
lively their several amounts in dis
tinct items and sections. If the gov
ernor shall not approve any one OF
more of the items or rsections contained
in any bill, but shall ap,
prove the residue thereof, it
shall become a law as to the
residue in like manner as if he had
signed it. The governor shall then re,
turn the bill with his objections to the
items or sections of the same not ap-
proved by him to the house in which
the bill originated, which house shall
enter the objections at large upon its
journal and proceed to reconsider SO
much of said bill as is not approved
by the governor. The same proceed
inps shall be had in both houses in re-
considering the same as is provided in
case of an entire bill returned by the
governor with his objections; and if
any item or section of said bill not ap'
proved by the governor shall be
passed by two-thirds of the two houses
of the general assembly, it shall be,
come part of said law notwithstand-
ing the objections of the governor.
If bill or joint resolution shall not
be returned by the governor within
three days after it. shall have been
to him, Sundays excepted,
it shall have the same force and effect
as if he had signed it, unless the gen.
eral assembly, by adjournment, pre-
vent its return, in which case it shall
have such force and effect unless re-
turned within two days after the next
Sec. "a. There shall be elected by
the qualified voters of the State a secre.
tary of state, a comptrol ller.general, an
attorney general, a treasurer, an ad-
jutant and inspector-general, and a
of education, who
shall hold their respective offices for
the term of twoyears, and until their
several successors have been chosen
and qualified; and whose duties and
compensation shall be prescribed by
law. The compensation of such Off,
GERS shall be neither increased nor
diminished during the period for
which they shall have been electedA
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