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Department, reported the following, which was made the
order of the day for Friday:
Section 1. The executive power of the State shall be
vested in a Governor, whose term of office shall com-
mence on the second Wednesday of January next ensuing
his election, and continue for four years, and until his
successor shall have qualified; but the Governor chosen
at the first election under this constitution shall not enter
upon the discharge of the duties of the office until the
expiration of the term for which the present incumbent
was elected, unless the said office shall become vacant by
death, resignation, removal from the State, or other dis-
qualification of the said incumbent.
Sec. 2. An election for Governor, under this consti-
tution, shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday of November in the year 1868, and on the same
day and month in every fourth year thereafter, at the
place of voting for Delegates to the General Assembly,
and every person qualified to vote for Delegates shall be
qualified and entitled to vote for Governor; the election
to be held in the same manner as the election of Dele-
gates, and the returns thereof, under seal, to be addressed
to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, and enclosed
and transmitted to the Secretary of State, and delivered
to said Speaker at the commencement of the session of
the General Assembly next ensuing said election.
Sec. 3. The Speaker of the House of Delegates shall
then open the said returns in the presence of both houses,
and the person having the highest number of votes, and
being constitutionally eligible, shall be the Governor, and
shall qualify in the manner herein prescribed, on the
second Wednesday of January next ensuing his election,
or as soon thereafter as may be practicable.
Sec. 4. If two or more persons shall have the highest
and an equal number of votes for Governor, one of them
shall be chosen Governor by the Senate and House of
Delegates; and all questions in relation to the eligibility
of the Governor and to the returns of said election, and to
the number and legality of votes therein given, shall be
determined by the House of Delegates; and if the person
or persons having the highest number of votes is inelig-
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