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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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putes or questions arising from the failure of
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the governor-elect to take office, or the
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service of the lieutenant governor or presi-
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dent of the Senate as acting governor, or the
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creation of a vacancy in the office of gover-
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nor or lieutenant governor by reason of disa-
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bility, or the succession to the office of
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governor or lieutenant governor, or the exer-
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cise of the powers and duties of a successor
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to the office of governor.
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Legislative Responsibilities of Governor
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Section 4.12. Messages to General Assembly.
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Sec. 19. He shall, from time to time,
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The governor from time to time shall in-
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inform the Legislature of the conditions of
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form the General Assembly of the conditions
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the State and recommend to their con-
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of the State and recommend such measures as
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sideration such measures as he may judge
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he considers necessary or desirable.
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necessary and expedient.
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Section 4.13. Veto Power.
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Sec. 17. To guard against hasty or
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The governor may veto any bill passed by
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partial legislation and encroachments of
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the General Assembly except a budget bill or
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the Legislative Department upon the co-
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a bill proposing an amendment to this Con-
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ordinate Executive and Judicial Depart-
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stitution.
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ments, every Bill which shall have passed
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the House of Delegates, and the Senate
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shall, before it becomes a law, be presented
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to the Governor of the State; if he approve
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he shall sign it, ....
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Section 4.14. Item Veto.
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Sec. 17... . . The Governor shall have
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The governor may reduce or strike out any
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power to disapprove of any item or items
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item in a supplementary appropriation bill.
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of any Bills making appropriations of
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Each item or portion of an item not disap-
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money embracing distinct items, and the
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proved shall become law, and each item or
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part or parts of the Bill approved shall be
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portion of an item disapproved shall be sub-
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the law, and the item or items of appro-
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ject to the same procedure as a bill vetoed
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priations disapproved shall be void unless
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by the governor.
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repassed according to the rules or limita-
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tions prescribed for the passage of other
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Bills over the Executive veto.
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Section 4.15. Action on Bills by the Gover-
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Sec. 17..... If any Bill shall not be
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nor.
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returned by the Governor within six days
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A bill subject to veto shall become law if
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(Sundays excepted), after it shall have been
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the governor signs or fails to veto it within
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presented to him, the same shall be a Law
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twenty days after presentation, if the General
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in like manner as if he signed it, unless
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Assembly is in session. If the General Assem-
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the General Assembly shall, by adjourn-
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bly has adjourned sine die before the bill be-
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ment, prevent its return, in which case it
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comes law, the bill shall become law if the
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shall not be a Law.......
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governor signs or fails to veto it within thir-
ty days after presentation.
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Art. III, sec. 30. Every bill, when passed
by the General Assembly, and sealed with
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the Great Seal, shall be presented to the
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Governor, who, if he approves it, shall sign
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the same in the presence of the presiding
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officers and Chief Clerks of the Senate and
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House of Delegates.....
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Section 4.16. Return of Vetoed Bills.
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Art. II, sec. 17. .....but if not he shall
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If the governor vetoes a bill while the
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return it with his objections to the House
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