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highest number of votes, and being Constitutionally eligible, shall be
the Governor, and shall qualify, in the manner herein prescribed, on
the [fourth] third Wednesday of January next ensuing his election
or as soon thereafter as may be practicable.

13.

All civil officers nominated by the Governor and subject to con-
firmation by the Senate, shall be nominated to the Senate within
[thirty] forty days from the commencement of each regular session
of the Legislature; and their term of office, except in cases otherwise
provided for in this Constitution, shall commence on the first Monday
of May next ensuing their appointment, and continue for two years,
(unless removed from office), and until their successors, respectively,
qualify according to law.

ARTICLE III
14.

The General Assembly shall meet on the [third] second Wednesday
of January, nineteen hundred AND [sixty-five] seventy, BEGINNING
THE JANUARY FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THIS
AMENDMENT BY THE VOTERS, and on the same day in every
year thereafter, and at no other time, unless convened by Proclama-
tion of the Governor. A Proclamation convening the General Assembly
in extraordinary session must be issued by the Governor if two-
thirds or more of the members elected to the Senate and two-thirds
or more of the members elected to the House of Delegates join in
a petition to the Governor requesting that he convene the General
Assembly in extraordinary session, and the Governor shall convene
the General Assembly on the date specified in the petition. This
section does not affect the Governor's power to convene the General
Assembly in extraordinary session pursuant to Section 16 of Article
II of this Constitution.

15.

(1)  The General Assembly may continue its session so long as in
its judgment the public interest may require, for a period not longer
than [seventy] ninety days in each year, but it may extend its session
beyond ninety days for a period not exceeding an additional thirty
days by resolution concurred in by three-fifths vote in each House.
[and on and after January 1, 1965, each member thereof shall receive
a compensation of Twenty-four Hundred Dollars ($2,400.00) per an-
num, payable quarterly, with a deduction of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00)
per diem for each day of unexcused absence from any session; and
he shall also receive such mileage as may be allowed by law, not
exceeding Twenty Cents per mile; and the presiding officers of each
House shall receive an additional compensation of Two Hundred and
Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per annum.] When the General Assembly
shall be convened by Proclamation of the Governor, the session shall
not continue longer than thirty days, but no additional compensation
other than mileage and other allowances provided by law shall be
paid members of the General Assembly for special session.

(2)