COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
	public school system. The General Assembly	ment, and continue for two years, (unless
	may prescribe by law the qualifications of	removed from office), and until their suc-
	persons appointed by the governor to serve	cessors, respectively, qualify according to
	as heads of principal departments or as	Law.
	members of boards and commissions serving
	as heads of principal departments.
	Section 4.30. Terms of Office.	See Art. II, Sec. 13 at Section 4.29 for term
	Each person serving as the head of a prin-	of office.
	cipal department, and each chief administra-
	tive officer of a board or commission serving	Art. XVII, sec. 4. All officers to be
	as the head of a principal department, ex- cept the head or chief administrative officer	appointed by the Governor shall hold office for the terms fixed by law. All officers
	of an institution of higher education or of	appointed by County Commissioners shall
	the state public school system, shall serve at	hold office for terms of four years, unless
	the pleasure of the governor. The terms of	otherwise duly changed by law.
	office of the members of each board or com-
	mission which serves as the head of a princi-
	pal department, except the governing board
	of an institution of higher education or of
	the state public school system, shall be pre-
	scribed by the General Assembly by law or
	by the process of executive reorganization, so
	that the governor, immediately upon taking
	office following his election, may appoint at
	least one-half of the members of each board
	and commission.
	Section 4.31. Appointment and Removal of	Art. II, sec. 15. The Governor may
	Other Persons.	suspend or arrest any military officer, of
	All persons in the executive branch whose	the State for disobedience of orders, or
	method of appointment or whose method of	other military offense; and may remove him
	removal is not specified in this Constitution	in pursuance of the sentence of a Court-
	shall be appointed or may be removed as the	Martial; and may remove for incompetency,
	General Assembly may prescribe by law.	or misconduct, all civil officers who received
		appointment from the Executive for a term
		of years.
		Art. VI, sec. 6. Whenever during the
		recess of the Legislature charges shall be
		preferred to the Governor against the
		Comptroller or Treasurer, for incompetency,
		malfeasance in office, wilful neglect of duty,
		or misappropriation of the funds of the
		State, it shall be the duty of the Governor
		forthwith to notify the party so charged,
		and fix a day for a hearing of said charges;
		and if, from the evidence taken, under oath,
		on said hearing before the Governor, the
		said allegations shall be sustained, it shall
		be the duty of the Governor to remove
		said offending officer, and appoint another
		in his place, who shall hold the office for
		the unexpired term of the officer so removed.
	Section 4.32. Interim and Recess Appoint-	Art. II, sec. 11. In case of any vacancy,
	ments.	during the recess of the Senate, in any office
	If a vacancy occurs in any office which the	which the Governor has power to fill, he
	governor may fill with the advice and con-	shall appoint some suitable person to said

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