The Governor shall transact all executive business with the officers of the government, civil and military, and may require information in writing from the administrative officers of the executive department upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices.

6. IV.

The Governor shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. 8. IV.

The Governor may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the Legislature by proclamation and shall in his proclamation state the purpose for which it is to be convened, and the Legislature when organized shall transact no legislative business other than that for which it is especially convened, or such other legislative business as the Governor may call to its attention while in session, except by a two-thirds vote of each house.

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9. IV.

The Governor shall communicate by message to the Legislature at each regular session information concerning the condition of the State, and recommend such measures as he may deem expedient. 10. IV.

In case of a disagreement between the two houses with respect to the time of adjournment, the Governor shall have power to adjourn the Legislature to such time as he may think proper, provided it be not beyond the time fixed for the meeting of the next Legislature.

13. IV.

The Governor may, at any time, require the opinion of the justices of the Supreme Court as to the interpretation of any portion of this Constitution upon any question affecting his executive powers and duties, and the justices shall render such opinion in writing.

15. IV.

All officers that shall have been appointed or elected, and that are not liable to impeachment, may be suspended from office by the Governor for malfeasance, or misfeasance, or neglect of duty in office, for the commission of any felony, or for drunkenness or incompetency, and the cause of suspension shall be communicated to the officer suspended and to the Senate at its next session. And the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, may remove any officer, not liable to impeachment, for any cause above named. Every suspension shall continue until the adjournment of the next session of the Senate, unless the officer suspended shall, upon the recommendation of the Governor, be removed; but the Governor may reinstate

Sec. Art. the officer so suspended upon satisfactory evidence that the charge or charges against him are untrue. If the Senate shall refuse to remove, or fail to take action before its adjournment, the officer suspended shall resume the duties of the office. The Governor shall have power to fill by appointment any office, the incumbent of which has been suspended. No officer suspended who shall, under this section, resume the duties of his office shall suffer any loss of salary or other compensation in consequence of such suspension. The suspension or removal herein authorized shall not relieve the officer from indictment for any misdemeanor in office. 27. IV.

Each officer of this department shall make a full report of his official acts, of the receipts and expenditures of his office, and of the requirements of the same, to the Governor, at the beginning of each regular session of the Legislature, or whenever the Governor shall require it. Such reports shall be laid before the Legislature by the Governor at the beginning of each regular session thereof. Either house of the Legislature may at any time call upon any officer of this department for information required of it.

29. IV.

The salary of the Governor of the State shall be thirty-five hundred dollars a year, of the Comptroller, two thousand dollars; of the State Treasurer, two thousand dollars; of the Secretary of State, fifteen hundred dollars; of the Attorney-General, fifteen hundred dollars; of the Commissioner of Agriculture, fifteen hundred dollars; of the Superintendent of Public Instruction,

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fifteen hundred dollars, a year: Provided, That no administraofficer of the execdepartment shall receive any additional compensation beyond his salary for any service or services rendered the State in connection with the internal improvement fund or other interests belonging to the State of Florida: Provided, further, That the Legislature may, after eight years from the adoption of this Constitution, increase or decrease any or all of said salaries. 4. XIV.

The Governor shall have power to call out the militia to preserve the public peace, to execute the laws of the State, to suppress insurrection, or to repel invasion.

Par. XIII. He shall issue writs of election to fill all vacancies that may happen in the Senate or House of Representatives, and shall give the General Assembly, from time to time, information of the state of the Commonwealth, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient. He shall have power to convoke the General Assembly on extraordinary occasions, but no law shall be enacted at such call sessions of the General Assembly except such as shall relate to the subject stated in his proclamation convening them.

1. V.

Par. XIV. When any office shall

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become vacant, by death, resignation or otherwise, the Governor shall have power to fill such vacancy, unless otherwise provided by law; and persons so appointed shall continue in office until a successor is commissioned, agreeable to the mode pointed out in the Constitution, or by law in pursuance thereof. 1. V.

Par. XVIII. He may require information, in writing, from the officers in the executive department on any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices. It shall be the duty of the Governor, quarterly, and oftener, if he deems it expedient, to examine, under oath, the Treasurer and Comptroller-General of the State on all matters pertaining to their respective offices, and to inspect and review their books and accounts. The General Assembly shall have authority to provide by law for the suspension of either of said officers from the discharge of the duties of his office, and also for the appointment of a suitable person to discharge the duties of the same.

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militia to execute the laws, to suppress insurrection or to repel invasion.

6. IV.

The Governor shall nominate and, by and with the consent of the Senate, appoint all officers whose offices are established by this Constitution, or which may be created by law, and whose appointment or election is not otherwise provided for. If, during the recess of the Senate, a vacancy occurs in any State or district office, the Governor shall appoint some fit person to discharge the duties thereof until the next meeting of the Senate, when he shall nominate some person to fill such office. If the office of a justice of the Supreme or District Court, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Attorney-General or Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be vacated by death, resignation or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Governor to fill the same by appointment, and the appointee shall hold his office until his successor shall be elected and qualified in such manner as may be provided by law.

8. IV.

The Governor may require information in writing from the officers of the executive department upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, which information shall be given upon oath whenever so required; he may also require information in writing, at any time, under oath, from all officers and managers of State institutions, upon any subject relating to the condition, management and expenses of their respective offices and institutions, and may, at any time he deems it necessary, appoint a commit

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at the close of his term of office, give to the General Assembly information, by message, of the condition of the State, and shall recommend such measures as he shall deem expedient. He shall account to the General Assembly and accompany his message with a statement of the moneys received and paid out by him from any funds subject to his order, with vouchers, and at the commencement of each regular session, present estimates of the amount of money required to be raised by taxation for all purposes.

8. V.

The Governor may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the General Assembly, by proclamation, stating therein the purpose for which they are convened, and the General Assembly shall enter upon no business except that for which they were called together.

9. V.

In case of a disagreement be. tween the two houses with respect to the time of adjourn ment, the Governor may, on the same being certified to him by the house first moving the ad. journment, adjourn the General Assembly to such time as he thinks proper, not beyond the first day of the next regular session.

10. V.

The Governor shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate (a majority of all the members elected concurring by yeas and nays), appoint all officers whose offices are established by this Const tution, or which may be created by law, and whose appointment or election is not otherwise provided for; and no such officer

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shall be appointed or elected by the General Assembly.

11. V.

In case of a vacancy, during the recess of the Senate, in any office which is not elective, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the Senate, when he shall nominate some person to fill such office; and any person so nominated who is confirmed by the Senate (a majority of all the Senators elected concurring by yeas and nays), shall hold his office during the remainder of the term, and until his suc. cessor shall be appointed and qualified. No person, after being rejected by the Senate, shall be again nominated for the same office at the same session, unless at the request of the Senate, or be appointed to the same office during the recess of the General Assembly.

14. V.

The Governor shall be Commander-in-Chief of the military and naval forces of the State (except when they shall be called into the service of the United States), and may call out the same to execute the law, suppress insurrection and repel invasion.

20. V.

If the office of Auditor of Public Accounts, Treasurer, Secretary of State, Attorney-General, or Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be vacated by death, resignation or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Governor to fill the same by appointment, and the appointee shall hold his office until his successor shall be elected and qualified in such manner as may be provided by law. An account shall be kept by the officers of the executive depart