Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-01-18
Joint Resolution No.

N'N nv INV 0NAA
organized.
Joint Resolution Mo-
Proposing amendments TO section
"a of article VI. and section l6 OF
this state, and creating the office of
lieutenant governor.
Resolved by the legislature of
West Virginia, two.thirds OF all the
members elected TO each House agree
ing thereto;
That the following be and the same
are hereby proposed as amendments
to the constitution of this state, to
wit:
That section "a of article vi. OF
the constitution as 1t now is be strick.
en- put and the following inserted in
lieu thereof:
"a. "A majority Of the members
elected TO each House of the legisla-
ture shall constitute a quorum; but a
smaller number may adjourn from
day to day, and shall be authorized to
compel the attendance of absent mem.
bers, as each House may provide.
Each House shall determine the rules
of its proceedings and be the judge
of the election, returns and qualif-
cations of its own members. The lieu
tenant governor shall call the Senate
TO order and preside over the ses-
sions thereof, and shall have the right
to vote only when there Is al equal
division. In the absence of the lieu
tenant governor the Senate may elect
from its own body the presiding off.
Ger pro tempore. Each House shall
appoint own officers, except the lieu
tenant governor, and remove them at
pleasure. The House OF Delegates
shall choose a speaker from its own
body. The delegates present who has
served in the House the longest
(whether in consecutive terms or
not) shall call the House to order at
the first session of each new House
of Delegates and preside oyer it UNI
til the Speaker thereof shall have
been chosen and have taken his seat.
But If the service in the House OF
two or more delegates be equal. the
one of them Oldest in years shall call
the House to order and preside over
until the Speaker shall have been
chosen and taken his seat.
That section sixteen of article VII.
of the constitution as ii now is TO be
stricken out and the following insert.
ed therein lieu thereof.
16. The Office of lieutenant COVER
nor is hereby created. The lieuten-
ant governor shall have the same
qualifications as the governor. His
salary shall be fixed by the legisla-
ture. Before entering upon his duties
he shall take the oath of affirmation
! required by section sixteen of article
VI. of the constitution. A lieutenant
| governor shall be elected at the gener-
al election held in November, 1916,
and every four years thereafter His
election shall be determined as pro-
| vided in section three of article VII
of the constitution. The term of Of
flee of the first lieutenant governor
| elected hereunder shall commence on
the first day of December, 1916, and
expire on the fourth day of March,
1921, and the term OF Office thereaf-
ter shall be for four years and COM
next after his election. In case OF
the death conviction on impeachment,
failure to qualify, resignation or 9TH
err disability of the governor. the lieu
tenant governor shall act as governor
until the next general election and I'M
! til his successor is elected and quail
fed. or during the disability of the
governor for any of the above named
causes shall become incapable of per.
forming the duties Of governor, the
same shall deyolve upon the Speaker
of the House of Delegates; and in
all other cases where there is no
II to act as governor one shall be
chosen by the joint vote OF the legis-
lature. Whenever a vacancy shall
occur in the Office Of governor ninety
days or more before any general cleo
ton. a governor shall be elected for
the ~unexpired term at such election.