be taken, which shall be confined to the
persons having an equal number; and
if the votes should be again equal, then
the election of Governor shall be deter-
mined 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 Governor must have attained
the age of thirty years, and must have
been for five years a citizen of the United
States, and for five years next preceding
his election a resident of the State.
Sec. 6. A Lieutenant Governor shall
be chosen at every regular election for
Governor. He shall continue in office
for the same time, shall be elected in the
same manner, and shall possess the same
qualifications as the Governor. In vot-
ing for Governor and Lieutenant Gov-
ernor, the electors shall state for whom
they vote as Governor, and for whom as
Lieutenant Governor.
Sec. 7. The Lieutenant Governor
shall, by virtue of his office, be President
of the Senate, and whenever the Senate
are equally divided, shall have the right
to give the casting vote.
Sec. 8. In case of the death, resigna-
tion, removal from the State, or other
disqualification of the Governor, the
powers, duties and emoluments of the
office shall devolve upon the Lieutenant
Governor; and in case of his death, resig-
nation, removal, or other disqualifica-
tion, then upon the President of the
Senate for the time being, until the dis-
qualification or inability shall cease, or
until a new Governor shall be elected
and qualified; and for any vacancy in
said office, not herein provided for, pro-
vision may be made by law, and if such
vacancy should occur without such pro-
vision being made, the General Assem-
bly shall be convened by the Secretary
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of State for the purpose of filling said
vacancy.
Sec. 9. Whenever the office of Gov-
ernor shall be administered by the Lieu-
tenant Governor, or he shall be unable
to attend as President of the Senate, the
Senate shall elect one of its own mem-
bers as President, pro tempore.
Sec. 10. The Lieutenant Governor,
while he acts as President of the Senate,
shall receive for his services the same
compensation which shall for the same
period be allowed to the Speaker of the
House of Delegates, and no more.
Sec. 11. The Governor shall be
Commander-in-Chief of the land and
naval forces of the State, and may call
out the militia to repel invasions, sup-
press insurrections, and enforce the ex-
ecution of the laws; but shall not take
the command in person without the con-
sent of the General Assembly.
Sec. 12. He shall take care that the
laws be faithfully executed.
Sec. 13. He shall nominate, and by
and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, appoint all civil and military
officers of the State, whose appointment
or election is not otherwise herein pro-
vided for, unless a different mode of
appointment be prescribed by the law
creating the office.
Sec. 14. In case of vacancy, during
the recess of the Senate, in any office
which the Governor has power to fill,
he shall appoint some suitable person to
said office, whose commission shall con-
tinue in force till the end of the next
session of the General Assembly, or till
some other person is appointed to the
same office, whichever shall first occur,
and the nomination of the person thus
appointed during the recess, or of some
other person in his place, shall be made
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