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ible, the Governor shall be chosen by the Senate and
House of Delegates. Every election of Governor by the
General Assembly shall be determined by a joint majority
of the Senate and House of Delegates, and the vote shall
be taken viva voce; but if two or more persons shall have
the highest and an equal number of votes, then a second
vote shall be taken, which shall be confined to the persons
having an equal number; and if the vote should again be
equal, then the election of Governor shall be determined
by lot, between those who shall have the highest and an
equal number on the first vote.
Sec. 5. A person to be eligible to the office of Gov-
ernor must have attained the age of thirty years, and
must have been for ten years a citizen of the United
States, and for five years next preceding his election a
resident of the State.
Sec. 6. In case of the death or resignation of the Gov-
ernor or of his removal from the State, the General As-
sembly, if in session, or if not, at their next session, shall
elect some other qualified person to be Governor for the
residue of the term for which the said Governor had been
elected.
Sec. 7. In case of any vacancy in the office of Gov-
ernor during the recess of the Legislature, the President
of the Senate shall discharge the duties of said office until
a Governor is elected as herein provided for; and in case
of the death or resignation of said President, or of his
removal from the State, or of his refusal to serve, then
the duties of said office shall in like manner and for the
same interval devolve upon the Speaker of the House of
Delegates; and the Legislature may provide by law for
the impeachment of the Governor, and in case of his con-
viction or his disability, may declare what person shall
perform the executive duties, and for any vacancy in
said office not herein provided for, provision may be made
by law; and if such vacancy should occur without such
provision being made, the Legislature shall be convened
by the Secretary of State, for the purpose of filling such
vacancy.
Sec. 8. The Governor shall be commander-in-chief of
the land and naval forces of the State, and may call out
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