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discharge of the duties of the office until the expiration of
the term for which the present incumbent was elected; un-
less the said office shall become vacant by death, resigna-
tion, removal from the State, or other disqualification of the
said incumbent.

SEC. 2. An election for Governor, under this Constitution,
shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of
November, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,
and on the same day and month in every fourth year there-
after, at the places of voting for delegates to the General
Assembly; and every person qualified to vote for Dele-
gates shall be qualified and entitled to vote for Governor;
the election to be held in the same manner as the election
of Delegates, 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 Dele-
gates, and all questions in relation to the eligibility of Gov-
ernor, and to the returns of said election, and to the
number and legality of votes therein given, shall be deter-
mined by the House of Delegates; and if the person or
persons, having the highest number of votes, be ineligible,
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
ma voce. But if two or more persons shall have the high-
est 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