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office; and in case there be no president of the Senate or in the case
of his refusal to serve, and in the case of his death, resignation, re-
moval from the Senate, or other disqualification while discharging
the duties of said office of Governor, then the duties of said office
shall, in like manner and for the same interval, devolve upon the
Speaker of the House of Delegates, at the time such vacancy oc-
curred ; and in case there be no Speaker of the House of Delegates
or in the case of his refusal to serve, and in the case of his death,
resignation, removal from the State, or other disqualification while
discharging the duties of said office of Governor, then the duties of
said office shall, in like manner and for the same interval, devolve
upon the Comptroller of the State, at the time such vacancy
occurred; and in case there be no Comptroller of the State, or in the
case of his refusal to serve, and in the case of his death, resignation,
removal from the State or other disqualification while discharging
the duties of said office of Governor, then the duties of said office
shall, in like manner and for the same interval devolve upon the
Attorney General of the State, at the time such vacancy occurred.
And] The Legislature may provide by law, not inconsistent with
Section 26 of Article HI of this Constitution, for the impeachment
of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, [and in case of his con-
viction or his inability, may declare what person shall perform the
Executive duties; and for any vacancy in said office not herein
provided for, provision may be made by law; and if such vacancy
should occur without such provision being made, the Legislature shall
be convened by the Secretary of State, for the purpose of filling
said vacancy.]
7A.
The person, if any, who in November, 1970, is elected to the
statutory position of Lieutenant Governor shall assume and hold
the constitutional office of Lieutenant Governor for a regular four-
year term ivhich begins on the same day as the term of the Governor-
elect.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this new proposed Con-
stitutional amendment be and is hereby placed on the ballot at the
general election to be held in November, 1970, as a substitute for and
in lieu of Chapter 787 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1969,
the original proposed Constitutional amendment, and the origi-
nal proposed Constitutional amendment shall not be placed on the
ballot at such time.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if it is determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction that the withdrawal and recall
of the original proposed Constitutional amendment as set forth in
Section 1, the repeal of the original proposed Constitutional amend-
ment as set forth in Section 2, and the substitution of the proposed
Constitutional amendment as set forth in Section 4, are ineffective,
for any reason whatsoever, with the result that Chapter 787 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of 1969, the original proposed Con-
stitutional amendment, must be submitted to the voters at the gen-
eral election to be held in November of 1970, both the original
proposed Constitutional amendment and the new proposed Consti-
tutional amendment shall be put on the ballot at the general election
in November of 1970, as alternate measures to be voted on by the
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