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charges shall be preferred to the Governor against the

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Comptroller or Treasurer for incompetency, malfeasance

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in office, willful neglect of duty, or misappropriation of

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the funds of the State, it shall be the duty of the Governor

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forthwith to notify the party so charged, and fix a day for

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a hearing of said charges; and if, from the evidence taken,

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under oath, on said hearing before the Governor, the said

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allegations shall be sustained, it shall be the duty of

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the Governor to remove said offending officer, and appoint

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another in his place, who shall hold the office for the

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unexpired term of the officer so removed."

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That is section 6 of Article 6 of the present

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Constitution.

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It also takes care of the Attorney General in

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the following words: "Shall be subject to removal for

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incompetency, willful neglect of duty or misdemeanor in office

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on conviction in a court of law."

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It takes care of the removal of the States

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Attorneys for incompetency. The Attorney General was

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in section 1 of the old Constitution, article 5, and in

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section 7 of the old Constitution.