CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 215 
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 Gov¬ 
ernor, 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 autho¬ 
rity 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 qualifications of eligibility, shall also be the same. He shall be President 
of the Senate, but shall only have a casting vote therein. If, during a vacancy 
of the office of Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall be impeached, dis¬ 
placed, resign, die, or become incapable of performing the duties of his office, 
or be absent from the State, the President of the Senate shall act as Governor, 
until the vacancy be filled, or the disability shall cease. 
Sec. 17. In case of the impeachment of the Governor, or his removal from 
office, death, inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, 
resignation or absence from the State, the powers and duties of the office 
shall devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor for the residue of the term, or 
until the disability shall cease. But when the Governor shall, with the con¬ 
sent of the Legislature, be out of the State in time of war, at the head o£* 
any military force thereof, he shall continue commander-in-chief of all the 
military force of the State. 
Sec. 18. A Secretary of State, a Comptroller, a Treasurer, an Attorney 
General and Surveyor General, shall be chosen in the manner provided in 
this Constitution ; and the term of office, and eligibility of each, shall be the 
same as are prescribed for the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. 
Sec. 19. The Secretary of State shall be appointed by the Governor, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. He shall keep a fair record 
of the official acts of the Legislative and Executive Departments of the gov¬ 
ernment ; and shall, when required, lay the same, and all matters relative 
thereto, before either branch of the Legislature: and shall perform such other 
duties as shall be assigned him by law. 
Sec. 20. The Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General and Surveyor Gene¬ 
ral, shall be chosen by joint vote of the two houses of the Legislature, at their 
first session under this Constitution, and thereafter shall be elected at the 
same time and places, and in the same manner, as the Governor and Lieu¬ 
tenant Governor. 
Sec. 21. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Comp¬ 
troller, Treasurer, Attorney General, and Surveyor General, shall each at 
stated times during their continuance in office, receive for their services a 
compensation, which shall not be increased or diminished during the term for 
which they shall have been elected; but neither of these officers shall receive 
for his own use any fees for the performance of his official duties. 
