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1186 more shall be highest and equal in votes for the same office, one of them shall be chosen by the joint vote of both houses.

The supreme executive power shall be vested in a governor.

He may require information in writing from the officers in the executive department, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and shall see that the laws are faithfully executed.

He shall communicate, at every session, by message, to the general assembly, the condition of the affairs of the State, and recommend such measures as he shall deem expedient for their action.

He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the general assembly by proclamation and shall state to both houses, when assembled, the purposes for which they were convened.

In case of disagreement between the two houses in respect to the time of adjournment, he shall have power to adjourn the general assembly to such time as he may think proper, but not beyond the regular meetings thereof.

He shall be commander-in-chief of the military in the State, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States.

The pardoning power shall be vested in the governor under such regulations and restrictions as may be prescribed by law

There shall be a seal of the State, the device of which shall be fixed upon by the governor and other State officers, be kept by the governor and used by him officially, and shall be called “The Great Seal of the State of Kansas.”

All grants and commissions shall be used in the name and by the authority of the State of Kansas, sealed with the great seal, signed by the governor, and countersigned by the secretary of state.

No member of either house of Congress, or other person holding office under the authority of this State or of the United States, shall execute the office of governor except as herein provided.

In the case of death, impeachment, resignation, removal, or other disability of the governor, the lieutenant-governor shall exercise the duties of the office of governor until another governor shall be duly qualified; but in such case another governor shall be chosen at the next annual election for members of the general assembly, unless such death, resignation, impeachment, removal, or other disability shall occur within three calendar months immediately preceding such next annual election, in which case a governor shall be chosen at the second succeeding annual election for members of the general assembly; and in case of the death, impeachment, resignation, removal, or other disability of the lieutenant-governor, the president of the senate pro tempore shall exercise the office of governor until a governor snail be duly qualified as aforesaid.

The lieutenant-governor shall be president of the senate, but shall vote only when the senate is equally divided, and shall be entitled to the same pay as the speaker of the house of representatives, and in case of his death, impeachment, resignation, removal from office, or when he shall exercise the office of governor, the senate shall choose a president pro tempore.

Should the office of secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, or attorney-general become vacant, for any of the causes specified in