Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-05-27

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boundaries Of school districts: or the lay
ling out. opening, alteratlon, maintenance
or vacation. In whole or in part. Of any
roal, highway. street. lane or alley.
Section 2n. Any member of the Gem
eral Assembly who has personal or pri-
vatc interest in any measure or bill pend
ing in the General Assembly shall disclose
the fact to The House of which he is a
member and shall not vote thereon.
Section IL M person who shall he
convicted of embezzlement of the public
money. bribery. perjury or other infamous
crime. shall be eligible TO n scat in either
House Of the General Assembly, or cap
able Of holding any office of trust, honor
or profit under this State.
Section ~. Every person who shall
give, offer or promise. directly or Indirect
| ly, any money, testimonial, privilege, per-
sonal advantage or thing of value to any
executive or judicial officer of this State
or TO any member Of either House OF the
General Assembly for the purpose of in
| fuencing him in the performance of any
Of his official or public duties shall be
deemed guilty Of bribery. and shall be
punished in such manner as shall be pro-
| yided by law.
Section -. Every statute shall be a
| pnhlic law unless otherwise declared in
the statute itself.
Section "a. The State Treasurer shall
settle his accounts annually with the Gen
eral Assembly or joint committee there
of. which shall he appointed at every BIZ
ennial session. No person who has erved
in the office of State Treasurer shall be
eligible to a sent in either House Of the
General Assembly until he shall have
made final settlement of his accounts as
treasurer and discharged the balance, if
any, due thereon.
ARTICLE iIi-EXEcUTIyE.
Section /. The supreme executive pow
ers of the State shall be vested in Gov
ernor.
Section .. The Governor shall he chosen
by the qualified electors Of the State, once
in every four years, at the general cleo
ton.
Section 3. The returns of every election
for Governor shall be sealed up, and inn
mediately transn' -ted to the President of
the Senate, or in case of vacancy in the
Office of President of the Senate, or his
absence from the State, to the Secretary
of State, who shall keep the same until a
President of the Senate shall be chosen.
to whom they shall be Immediately trans
mittcd after his election, who shall open
and publish the same in the presence of
the members of both Houses of the Cen
cral Assembly. Duplicates of the said re-
/. turns shall also be Immediately lodged
with the Prothonotary of each county.
The person having the highest number of
votes shall be Governor; but if two or
more shall be equal in the highest num-
her of votcs, the members of the two
Houses shall, by joint ballot. choose one
of them TO be Governor; and if, upon such
ballot, two or more of them shall still be
equal and highest in votes. the President
of the Senate shall have the casting vote.
, Section 4. Contested elections of the
, Governor or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS shall
, lie determined by joint committee, con-
sistinc of one-third Of all the members
, elected to each House Of the General AS
semhly, to be selected by ballot of the
Houses respectively. Every member of
the committee shall take an oath or af.
iirmaiion that in determining the said
election he will faithfully discharge The
= trust reposed in him: and the committee
/ shall always sit with open doors.
, The Chief Justice, or. in case of his alb.
sencc or disability. the Chancellor shall
Q preside at the trial Of any contested cleo
' ton of Governor or Lieutenant-Goyerno
, and shall decide questions regarding thu
: admissibility of evidence, and shall upon
i request of the committee. pronounce his
r opinion upon other questions of law in
r volved in the trial.
Section 3. The Governor shall hold hi.
n office during -four years from the thirC
h Tuesday of January next ensuing his
!. election; and shall not be elected third
,. limo to said office.
n Section q. The Governor shall he a
y least thirty years of age, and have beer
o a citizen and inhahitant of the United
n States twelve years next before the da!
@ of his election, and the last six years q
n that term an inhabitant of this State, I'M
o less he shall have heen absent on nutl
@ business Of the United States or of thi
l., State.
n Section :. The Governor shall, at STATED
times, receive for his services an adequa
). salary tn he fixed by law, which shall h
o neither increased nor diminished durinj
1 the period for which he shall have bccl
elected,
l. Section s. He shall he commandment
n chief Of the army and navy of this State
n and of the militia, except when they shal
IS he called into the service of the Unitct
States.
; Section o. He shall have power. unles
/. herein otherwise provided, to appoint b,
a. and with the consent of a majority of al
t. the members elected TO the Senate. sucl
@ officers as he is or may he authorized h,
Y this Constitution or by law to appoint. ii
q shall have power TO fill all vacancies tina
10 may happen during the recess of the Sen
ate. in offices to which he may appoint. ex
y cept in the offices Of Chancellor. Chic
10 Justice and Associate Judges. by granting
10 Commissions which shall expire at tn
II end Of the next session of the Senate.
Il. He shall have power TO fill all vacancie
4, that may happen in elective offices, exccI
n. in the offices of Lieutenunt-G Governor an
@ member of tho General Assembly, b.
:, granting Commissions which shall cynir
10 when their successors shall be duly dual
= fed.
X In case of vacancy in an elective Office
is except as aforesaid, person shall h
n chosen TO said Office for the full term a
" the next general election. unless the va
or cancy shall happen within two month
a nest before such election in which cas-
the election for said office shall ho hcl
n AT the second succeeding general election
IL Unless herein otherwise provided, cor
g. frmation by the Senate of officers ar
n pointed by the Governor shall be require
nj only whore the salary. fees and emolr
" ments of office shall exceed the sum q
he five hundred dollars annually.
III Section 10. The Governor shall anpoin
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