to the Senate within thirty days after
the next meeting of the General Assem-
bly.
Sec. 15. No person after being re-
jected by the Senate, shall be again
nominated for the same office at the
same session, unless at the request of the
Senate; or be appointed to the same
office during the recess of the General
Assembly.
Sec. 16. All civil officers appointed by
the Governor and Senate, shall be nomi-
nated to the Senate within fifty days
from the commencement of each regular
session of the General Assembly; and
their term of office, except in cases other-
wise provided for in this Constitution,
shall commence on the first Monday of
May next ensuing their appointment,
and continue for two years (unless
sooner removed from office,) and until
their successors respectively qualify ac-
cording to law.
Sec. 17. The Governor may suspend
or arrest any military officer of the State
for disobedience of orders, or other mili-
tary offence, and may remove him in
pursuance of the sentence of a court-
martial; and may remove, for incom-
petency or misconduct, all civil officers
who received appointments from the
Executive for a term not exceeding two
years.
Sec. 18. The Governor may convene
the General Assembly, 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 unsafe
place for the meeting of the General
Assembly, he may direct their sessions to
be held at some other convenient place.
Sec. 19. It shall be the duty of the
Governor semi-annually, and oftener if
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he deem it expedient, to examine the
bank book, account books, and official
proceedings of the Treasurer and Comp-
troller of the State.
Sec. 20. He shall from time to time
inform the General Assembly of the
condition of the State, and recommend
to their consideration such measures as
he may judge necessary and expedient.
Sec. 21. 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
Constitution, and to remit fines and for-
feitures for offences against the State;
but shall not remit the principal or in-
terest of any debt due to the State, ex-
cept in cases of fines and forfeitures;
and before granting a nolle prosequi, or
pardon, he shall give notice in one
or more newspapers of the application
made for it, and of the day on or after
which his decision will be given; and in
every case in which he exercises this
power, he shall report to either branch
of the General Assembly, whenever re-
quired, the petitions, recommendations
and reasons which influenced his deci-
sion.
Sec. 22. The Governor shall reside at
the seat of Government, and shall re-
ceive for his services an annual salary of
four thousand dollars.
Sec. 23. A Secretary of State shall be
appointed by the Governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate,
who shall continue in office, unless
sooner removed by the Governor, till the
end of the official term of the Governor
from whom he received his appointment,
and shall receive an annual salary of
one thousand dollars.
Sec. 24. The Secretary of State shall
carefully keep and preserve a record of
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