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for Governor shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of govern- 

 ment, directed to the speaker of the senate, who shall open and publish 

 them in the presence of the members of both houses of the legislature ; 

 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 

 chosen Governor by the joint vote of the members of both houses. Con- 

 tested elections shall be determined by a committee to be selected from 

 both houses of the legislature, and formed and regulated in such manner 

 as shall be directed by law. 



Sect. III. The Governor shall hold his office during three years from 

 the third Tuesday of January next ensuing his election, and shall not be 

 capable of holding it longer than six, in any term of nine years. 



Sect. IV. He shall be at least thirty years of age, and have been a 

 citizen and an inhabitant of this State seven years next before his elec- 

 tion, unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the 

 United States or of this State. 



Sect. V. No member of congress, or person holding any office under 

 the United States or of this State, shall exercise the office of Governor. 



Sect. VI. The Governor shall, at stated times, receive for his services 

 a compensation which shall be neither increased nor diminished during 

 the period for which he shall have been elected. 



Sect. VII. He shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of 

 this commonwealth, and of the militia, except when they shall be called 

 into actual service of the United States. 



Sect. VIII. He shall appoint a secretary of the Commonwealth during 

 pleasure ; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent 

 of the senate, appoint all judicial officers of the courts of record, unless 

 otherwise provided for in this constitution. He shall have power to fill 

 all vacancies that may happen in such judicial offices during the recess 

 of the senate, by granting commissions, which shall expire at the end of 

 their next sessions: Provided^ That in acting on executive nominations 

 the senate shall sit with open doors ; and in confirming or rejecting the 

 nominations of the Governor, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays. 



Sect. IX. He shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, and grant 

 reprieves and pardons, except in cases of impeachment. 



Sect. X. He may require information in writing, from the officers of 

 the executive department, upon any subject relating to the duties of their 

 respective offices. 



Sect. XI. He shall, from time to time, give to the General Assembly 

 information of the state of the Commonwealth, and recommend to their 

 consideration such measures as he shall judge expedient. 



Sect. XII. He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the General 

 Assembly; and in case of disagreement between the two houses with 



