Download The Miscellaneous Documents Printed by Order of the House of Representatives, During the First Session of the Thirty-First Congress, Begun and Held At Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ...grants and commissions shall be in the name and by the authority of the people of the State of California, sealed with the great seal of the State, signed by the governor, and countersigned by the secretary of state. Sec. 16. A lieutenant governor shall be elected at the same time and places, and in the same manner as the governor, and his term of office and his qualifications of eligibility shall also be the same. He shall be president of the senate, but shall only have a casting vote therein. If, during the vacancy of the office of governor, the lieutenant governor shall be impeached, displaced, resign, die, or become incapable of performing the duties of his office, or be absent from the State, the president of the senate shall act as governor until the vacancy be filled or the disability shall cease. Sec. 17. In case of the impeachment of the governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, resignation, or absence from the State, the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the lieutenant governor for the residue of the term, or until the disability shall cease. But when the governor shall, with the consent of the legislature, be out of the State in time of war, at the head of any military force thereof, he shall continue commander-in-chief of all the military forces of the State. Sec. 18. A secretary of state, a comptroller, a treasurer, an attorney general, and surveyor general, shall be chosen in the manner provided in this constitution; and the term of office and eligibility of each shall be the same as are prescribed for the governor and lieutenant governor. Sec 19. The secretary of state shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent...