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Sec. 15. The Governor shall convene the Legislature,
or the Senate alone, on extraordinary occasions, and
whenever, from the presence of an enemy or from any
other cause, the seat of government shall become an un-
safe place for the meeting of the Legislature, he may
direct their sessions to be held at some other convenient
place.
Sec. 16. To guard against hasty or partial legislation,
and encroachments of the legislative department, every
bill which shall have passed the House of Delegates and
the Senate shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to
the Governor of the State; if he approve he shall sign it,
but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to the
house in which it originated, who shall enter the objec-
tions at large on their journal and proceed to consider it.
If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the House
shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent to the other
house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if
approved by that house, it shall become a law. But in all
such cases the votes of both houses shall be determined
by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for
and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of
each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned
by the Governor within ten days, (Sundays excepted, )
the same shall be a law in like manner as if he signed it,
unless the General Assembly shall, by adjournment, pre-
vent it.
Sec. 17. It shall be the duty of the Governor, semi-
annually and oftener, to examine the bank books, account
books and official proceedings of the Treasurer and Comp-
troller of the State on their oaths.
Sec. 18. He shall, from time to time, inform the Leg-
islature of the condition of the State, and recommend to
their consideration such measures as he may judge neces-
sary and expedient.
Sec. 19. He shall have power to grant reprieves and
pardons, except in cases of impeachment and in cases in
which he is prohibited by other articles of this constitu-
tion, and to remit fines and forfeitures for offenses against
the State, but shall not remit the principal or interest Of
any debt due the State except in cases of fines and for-
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