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Rh § 11. All Commissions shall be in the name and by authority of the State of Connecticut; shall be sealed with the State Seal, signed by the Governor, and attested by the Secretary.

§ 12. Every bill which shall have passed both Houses of the General Assembly, shall be presented to the Governor. If he approves, he shall sign and transmit it to the Secretary, but if not, he shall return it to the House in which it originated, with his objections, which shall be entered on the journals of the House; who shall proceed to reconsider the bill. If after such reconsideration, that House shall again pass it, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the other House, which shall also reconsider it. If approved, it shall become a Law. But in such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays; and the names of the members voting for and against the Bill, shall be entered on the Journals of each House respectively. If the Bill shall not be returned by the Governor within three days, (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it; unless the General Assembly, by their adjournment, prevents its return, in which case it shall not be a law.

§ 13. The Lieutenant Governor shall, by virtue of his office, be President of the Senate, and have, when in committee of the whole, a right to debate, and when the Senate is equally divided, to give the casting vote.

§ 14. In case of the death, resignation, refusal to serve, or removal from office of the Governor, or