402 HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA. 



SEC. 12. No person shall, while holding any office 

 under the United States, or this State, exercise the 

 office of Governor, except as hereinafter expressly 

 provided. 



SEC. 13. The Governor shall have the power to 

 grant reprieves and pardons after conviction, for all 

 offences except treason, and cases of impeachment, 

 upon such conditions, and with such restrictions and 

 limitations, as he may think proper, subject to such 

 regulations as may be provided by law relative to the 

 manner of applying for pardons. Upon conviction 

 for treason he shall have the power to suspend the 

 execution of the sentence until the case shall be re 

 ported to the Legislature at its next meeting, when 

 the Legislature shall either pardon, direct the execu 

 tion of the sentence, or grant a further reprieve. He 

 shall communicate to the Legislature, at the begin 

 ning of every session, every case of reprieve, or par 

 don granted, stating the name of the convict, the 

 crime of which he was convicted, the sentence and its 

 date, and the date of the pardon or reprieve. 



SEC. 14. There shall be a seal of this State, which 

 shall be kept by the Governor, and used by him 

 officially, and it shall be called "The Great Seal of 

 the State of California." 



SEC. 15. All grants and commissions shall be in 

 the name and by the authority of the people of the 

 State of California, sealed with the great seal of the 

 State, signed by the Governor, and countersigned by 

 the Secretary of State. 



SEC. 16. A Lieutenant-Governor shall be elected 

 at the same time and place, and in the same manner 

 as the Governor ; and his term of office, and his qua 

 lifications, shall also be the same. He shall be Pre- 



