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 number of votes. No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor, who does not possess the qualifications of an elector, and who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and who is not a native born citizen of the United States, and who shall not have been for the term of five years, resident within this State; or who, at the time of his election, or during the term for which he was elected, shall not be a resident therein.

2. There shall also be chosen, in the same manner as hereinbefore provided for the election of Governor, a Lieutenant Governor, who shall continue in office, for the same term of time, and possess the same qualifications, as are required in the case of the Governor.

3. A Secretary of State, General-Treasurer and Attorney-General, shall also be chosen on the third Wednesday of April, annually, in the same manner, and for the same term of time, as hereinbefore provided, as to the election of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor. And in case an election of the Secretary of State, Attorney-General, or General-Treasurer, should fail to be made by the electors, at their annual election, or in case of a vacancy in either of said offices, from any other causes, the vacancy or vacancies shall be filled by the Legislature, in joint committee of both branches thereof.

4. The Governor shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons, after conviction, in all cases, except those of impeachment. He shall preside in the joint committee of both Houses, when assembled for the election of officers, and shall have a casting vote therein, if the joint committee he equally divided.—He shall, from time to time, give to the General Assembly information of the state of the Government, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall deem expedient.

5. In case of a disagreement between the two Houses of the General Assembly, respecting the time or place of adjournment, the person administering the office of Governor, may adjourn them to such time and place as he shall think proper; provided that the time of adjournment shall not be extended beyond the day of the next stated session.

6. The person administering the office of Govern-