The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-10-11
Constitutional Amendments.
a PROCLAMATION BY THE Cow
ERNoR.

To the Voters Of the State Of West
Virginia:
general election TO be held In said
St0te on the Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1902, there Will
he submitted for ratification or re-
lection i've separate amendments to
the Constitution Of said State, as fol-
lows, 10 wit:
FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
That the second, third, fourth and
seventeenth sections OF article seven
be amended so as to read as follows;
nSec. 2. An election for governor,
secretary Of state, state superintena.
ent OF free schools, auditor, treasurer
and attorney general, shall be held AZ
such times and places as may be pre-
scrlbed by law.
ttSec. 5. The returns of every cleo:
tIon for the above named officers shall
be SO sealed up and transmitted by
the returning officers to the secretary
Of state, directed TO the speaker OF the
house Of delegates, who shall immedl-
ately after the organization OF the
house, and before preceding to bust
mess. open and publish the same, 10
the presence Of o majority of each
house II the Legislature, which shall
for That purpose assemble in the hall
Of the house OF delegates. The person
having the highest number VI votes
for either OF said offlceS, shall be de-
cIared duly elected thereto: but II two
or more have an equal and the highest
number Of votes for the same once,
the legislature shall, by joint vote,
choose one OF such persons for said Of
fee Contested elections for the office
OF governor shall be determined by
both houses Of the legislature by Joint
vote, In such manner as may be pre-
scrlbed by Law.
GERS mentioned in this article shall
hlld any other ofiicc during the term
of his service. The governor shall not
be eligible TO said office for the four
years next succeeding the term lor
which he was elected.
Sec. IL. If the office of secretary
OF state auditor, treasurer, state SUI
nerintendent OF free schools, or attor-
ney general, shall become vacant by
death, resignation or otherwise, II
shall be the duty OF the governor to
fiji the same by appointment, and the
appointee shall hold his Office until
his successor shall be elected and quail
flied In such manner as may be pre-
scribed by law. The subordinate Oii-
GERS OF the executive department and
the officers OF all public institutions OF
the State shall keep an account OF all
moneys received or dlSburSed by them,
respectively, from all sources, and for
every service performed, and make a
semi-annual report thereof to the gov
ernor under oath or affirmation and
any Officer who shall wiIrully make a
false report snail be deemed guilty OF
perjury
Said First proposed amendment is
designated ''SecretaryOt State Amend
ment,n and on the ballot will be
printed:
Amending sections ., 3, 4 and II
of Artcle7.
For Ratification.
tFor Rejection"
Those favoring the ratification OF
said amendment will vote, For Ratih.
cation: those opposing will vote, For
Rejection.
SECOND PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
That section nineteen of article
seven be amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
.'Sec. 10. The officers named 10
this article shall receive for their SER
vices salary to be established by law,
which shall not be increased or dimin-
ished during their Ollcial terms, and
they shall not, after the expiration Of
the terms of those In office at the
adoption OF this amendment, receive
to their own use any fees, costs, per-
uuiSites OF office or other cOmpensa-
ton, and all fees that may hereafter
be payable by law, for any service per-
formed by any officer provided for in
this article OF the Constitution shall
be paid in advance into the State
treasury"
Said second proposed amendment is
designated, State Officers Salary
Amendment, and on the ballot will
be printed:
ment.
Amending section 10 Of article7.
"For Ratification.
For Rejection"
ThoS tayoring the ratification Of
said amendment will vote For Ratl-
tication: those opposing will vote, For
Rejection.
That the following be proposed aSan
amendment TO the constitution Of this
State:
"The supreme court of appeals Shall
consist Of tive judges. Those judges
in Office when this amendment takes
effect shall continue in office until
their terms shall expire, and the leg
iSlature shall provide for the election
OF an additional judge Of said court at
the next general election, whose term