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a seat in either house of the general assembly, until such per- 

 son shall have accounted for, and paid into the treasury, all 

 sums for which he may be accountable or liable. 



ABTICLE II. 



Sec. 1. The supreme executive power of tl is state shall 

 be vested in a. Governor. 



Sec. 2. The Governor shall be chosen by the electors of 

 the members of the general assembly, on the second Tuesday 

 of October, at the same places, and in the same manner, that 

 they shall respectively vote for members thereof. The re- 

 turns of election for Governor, shall be sealed up and trans- 

 mitted to the seat of government,, by the returning officers, di- 

 rected to the speaker of the senate; who shall open and pub- 

 lish them, in the presence of a majority of the members of 

 each house of the general assembly: the person having the 

 highest number of votes shall be governor; but if two or more 

 shall be equal and highest in votes, one of them shall be cho- 

 sen governor by joint ballot of both houses of the general as- 

 sembly. Contested elections for governor, shall be determin- 

 ed by both houses of the general assembly, in such manner as 

 ?h ill be prescribed by law. 



Sec. 3. The first governor shall hold his office until the 

 first Monday of December, one thousand eight hundred and 

 five, until another governor shall be elected and qualified to 

 office; and forever after, the governor shall hold his office for 

 the term of two years, and until another governor shall be 

 elected and qualified; but he shall not be eligible more than 

 six years in any term of eight years. He shall be at least 

 thirty years of age, and have been a citizen of the United 

 States twelve years, and an inhabitant of this state four years 

 next preceding his election. 



Sec. 4. He shall, from time to time, give to the general 

 assembly information of the state of the government, and re- 

 commend to their consideration such measures as he shall 

 deem expedient. 



