26 CONSTITUTION OF THE [ART. 2.

or under any law of the State, shall within thirty days after
this Constitution shall have gone into effect take and sub-
scribe the oath or affirmation set forth in the Seventh
Section of this Article, and if any such person shall fail to
take said oath his office shall be upso facto vacant. And
every person hereafter elected or appointed to office in this
State, who shall refuse or neglect to take the oath or
affirmation of office provided for in the said Seventh Sec-
tion of this Article shall be considered as having refused
to accept the said office, and a new election or appointment
shall be made as in case of refusal to accept or resignation,
of an office. And any person swearing or affirming falsely
in the premises shall, on conviction thereof in a court of
law, incur the penalties for willful and corrupt perjury, and
thereafter shall be incapable of holding any office of profit
or trust in this State.

		ARTICLE II.
		EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
	Governor's term	SECTION 1. The Executive power of the State shall be
	of office.	vested in a Governor, whose term of office shall commence
		on the second Wednesday of January next ensuing his
		election, and continue for fouryears, and until his successor
		shall have qualified, but the Governor chosen at the first
		election under this Constitution shall not enter upon the
		discharge of the duties of the office until the expiration of
		the terra for which the present incumbent was elected,
		unless the said office shall become vacant by death, resigna-
		tion, removal from the State, or other disqualification of
		said incumbent.
	Time, place, and	SEC. 2. An election for Governor under this Constitution
	manner of electing Governor.	shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of
		November, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four,
		and on the same day and month in every fourth year there-
		after, at the places of voting for delegates to the General