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Constitutional Revision Study Documents of the Constitutional Convention Commission, 1968
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CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS [EXECUTIVE BRANCH] COMPARISON
Headnotes Present
Constitution
Constitution of
1867
Constitution of
1864
Constitution of
1851
Constitution of
1776
Amendments to
1776 Constitution

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

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advised thereto by the coun-
cil, and then only so long as
they shall approve thereof,
and may alone exercise all
other the executive powers
of government, where the
concurrence of the council is
not required, according to
the laws of this State, and
grant reprieves or pardons
for any crime, except in such
cases where the law shall
otherwise direct; and may,
during the recess of the gen-
eral assembly, lay embargoes
to prevent the departure of
any shipping, or the expor-
tation of any commodities,
for any time not exceeding
thirty days in any one year,
summoning the general as-
sembly to meet within the
time of the continuance of
such embargo, and may also
order and compel any vessel
to ride quarantine, if such
vessel, or the port from
which she shall have come,
shall, on strong grounds, be
suspected to be infected with
the plague; but the governor
shall not, under any pre-
tence, exercise any power or
prerogative, by virtue of any
law, statute, or custom of
England or Great-Britain.

 
 

Execution of
laws.
Sec. 9.- He shall take care
that the Laws are faithfully
executed.
Sec. 9. He shall take care
that the Laws are faithfully
executed.
Sec. 12. He shall take
care that the laws be faith-
fully executed.
Sec. 10. He shall take
care that the laws be faith-
fully executed.

 
 

 
 

Appointment
of officers.
Sec. 10. He shall nomi-
nate, and, by and with the
advice and consent of the
Senate, appoint all civil and
military officers of the State,
whose appointment, or elec-
tion, is not otherwise herein
provided for, unless a dif-
ferent mode of appointment
be prescribed by the Law
creating the office, r
Sec. 10. He shall nomi-
nate, and, by and with the
advice and consent of the
Senate, appoint all civil and
military officers of the State,
whose appointment, or elec-
tion, is not otherwise herein
provided for; unless a dif-
ferent mode of appointment
be prescribed by the Law
creating the office.
Sec. 13. He shall nomi-
nate, and by and with the
advice and consent of the
Senate, appoint all civil and
military officers of the State,
whose appointment or elec-
tion is not otherwise herein
provided for, unless a dif-
ferent mode of appointment
be prescribed by the law
creating the office.
Sec. 11. He shall nomi-
nate, and by and with the
advice and consent of the
Senate, appoint all civil and
military officers of the State,
whose appointment or elec-
tion is not otherwise herein
provided for, unless a dif-
ferent mode of appointment
be prescribed by the law cre-
ating the office.

48. That the governor for
for the time being, with the
advice and consent of the
council, may appoint the
chancellor, and all judges
and justices, the attorney
general, naval officers, offi-
cers in the regular land and
sea service, officers of the
militia, registers of the land
office, surveyors, and all

Proposed by Act of 1811,
chapter 211. Ratified 1812. Sec. 3. All annual ap-
pointments of civil officers in
this state shall be made in
the third week of December
in every year in the same
manner as the Constitution
and form of Government
now directs.

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