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Sec. 5, He shall have the power to grant reprieves and 

 pardons after conviction, except in cases of impeachment. 



Sec. 6. The governor, shall, at stated times, receive for 

 his services a compensation, which shall neither be increased 

 nor diminished, during the term for which he shall have been 

 elected. 



Sec. 7. He may require information, in writing, from the 

 officers in the executive department, upon any subject rela- 

 ting to the duties of their respective offices, and shall take 

 care that the laws be faithfully executed. 



Sec. 8. When any officer, the right of whose appointment 

 is, by this Constitution, vested in the general assembly, shall, 

 during the recess, die, or his office by any means become va- 

 cant, the governor shall have the power to fill such vacancy, 

 by granting a commission, which shall expire at the end of the 

 next session of the legislature. 



Sec. 9. He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the 

 general assembly by Proclamation, and shall state to them, 

 when assembled, the purposes for which they shall have been 

 convened. 



Sec. 10. He shall be commander-in-chief of the army and 

 nav)"^ of this state and of the militia, except when they shall 

 be called into the service of the United States. 



Sec. 11. In case of disagreement between the two houses, 

 with respect to the time of adjournment the g'overnor shall 

 have power to adjourn the general assembly to such time as 

 he thinks proper : Provided, It be not a period beyond the an- 

 nual meeting of the legislature. 



Sec. 12. In case of the death, impeachment, resignation or 

 removal of the governor from office, the speaker of the sen- 

 ate shall exercise the office, of governor, until he be acquit- 

 ted, or another governor shall be duly qualified. In case of 

 the impeachment of the speaker of the senate, or his death, or 

 removal from office, resignation or absence from the state, the 

 speaker, of the house of representatives shall succeed to the 

 office, and exercise the duties thereof, until a governor shall 

 be elected and qualified. 



