Whenever the Governor shall fail to perform his duty, as prescribed in section twelve, Article V. of this Constitution, in relation to any bill presented to him for his approval, the General Assembly may, by joint resolution, reciting the fact of such failure and the bill at length, direct the Secretary of State to enroll the same as an authentic act, in the archives of the State, and such enrollment shall have the same effect as an approval by the Governor: Provided, That such joint resolution shall not be submitted to the Governor for his approval.

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officers of the executive department, and of all the public institutions of the State, of all moneys received or disbursed by them severally from all sources, and for every service performed, and a semi-annual report thereof be made to the Governor. under oath, and any officer who makes a false report shall be guilty of perjury, and shall be punished accordingly.

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The officers of the executive department, and of all the public institutions of the State shall, at least ten days preceding each regular session of the Legislature, severally report to the Governor, who shall transmit such reports to the Legislature, together with the reports of the judges of the Supreme Court, of defects in the Constitution and laws, and the Governor, or either house of the Legislature, may, at any time, require information in writing, under oath from the officers of the executive department, and all officers and managers of State institutions, upon any subject relating to the condition, management and expenses of their respective offices.

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NEVADA.

No person shall, while holding any office under the United States government, hold the office of Governor, except as herein expressly provided.

15. V.

There shall be a seal of this State, which shall be kept by the Governor, and used by him officially, and shall be called the "Great Seal of the State of Nevada."

16. V.

All grants and commissions shall be in the name and by the au

There shall be biennially elected by ballot five councilors, for advising the Governor in the executive part of government. The freeholders and other inhabitants in each county, qualified to vote for Senators, shall, some time in the month of November, give in their votes for one councillor, which votes shall be received, sorted, counted, certified, and returned to the Secretary's office, in the same manner as the votes for Senators, to be by the Secretary laid before the Senate and House of Representatives on the first Wednesday of (January.)

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And the person having a majority of votes in any county shall be considered as duly elected a councilor; but if no person shall have a majority of the votes in any county, the Senate and House of Representatives shall take the names of the two persons who have the highest number of votes in each county and not elected, and, out of those two, shall elect, by joint ballot, the councilor wanted for such county; and the qualifications for councilors shall be the same as for Senator.

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OHIO.

There shall be a seal of the State, which shall be kept by the Governor, and used by him officially; and shall be called The Great Seal of the State of Ohio." 13. III.

All grants and commissions shall

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be issued in the name and by the authority of the State of Ohio; sealed with the great seal, signed by the Governor, and countersigned by the Secretary of State.

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son or corporation, for any service rendered or performed during the time he is Governor, or to be thereafter rendered or performed.

12. IV.

All vacancies in State or district offices, except members of the Legislature, shall be filled, unless otherwise provided by law, by appointment of the Governor, which appointment, if made during its session, shall be with the advice and consent of twothirds of the Senate present. If made during the recess of the Senate, the said appointee, or some other person to fill such vacancy, shall be nominated to the Senate during the first ten days of its session. If rejected, said office shall immediately become vacant, and the Governor shall without delay, make further nominations, until a confirmation takes place. But should there be no confirmation during the session of the Senate, the Governor shall not thereafter appoint any person to fill such vacancy who has been rejected by the Senate; but may appoint some other person to fill the vacancy until the next session of the Senate, or until the regular election to said office, should it sooner occur. Appointments to vacancies in offices elective by the people shall only continue until the first general election thereafter.

18. IV.

The Lieutenant-Governor or President of the Senate succeeding to the office of Governor, shall, during the entire term to which he may succeed, be under all the restrictions and inhibitions imposed in this Constitution on the Governor.

19. IV.

There shall be a seal of the State,

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In order that the freedom of this Commonwealth may be preserved inviolate forever, there shall be chosen, by ballot, by the freemen of this State, on the last Wednesday in March, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, and on the last Wednesday in March in every seven years thereafter, thirteen persons, who shall be chosen in the same manner the Council is chosen, except that they shall not be out of the Council or General Assembly, to be called the Council of Censors, who shall meet together on the first Wednesday of June next ensuing their election, the majority of whom shall be a quorum in every case, except as to calling a convention, in which two-thirds of the whole number elected shall agree; and

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whose duty it shall be to inquire whether the Constitution has been preserved inviolate in every part during the last septenary (including the year of their service); and whether the legislative and executive branches of government have performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves or exercised other or greater powers than they are entitled to by the Constitution. They are also to inquire whether the public taxes have been justly laid and collected in all parts of this Commonwealth-in what manner the public moneys have been disposed of-and whether the laws have been duly executed. For these purposes they shall have power to send for persons, papers and records-they shall have authority to pass public censures, to order impeachments, and to recommend to the Legislature the repealing such laws as shall appear to them to have been passed contrary to the principles of the Constitution. These powers they shall continue to have for and during the space of one year from the day of their election, and no longer. The said Council of Censors shall also have power to call a convention, to meet within two years after their sitting, if there appears to them an absolute necessity of amending any article of this Constitution, which may be defective explaining such as may be thought not clearly expressed-and of adding such as are necessary for the preservation of the rights and happiness of the people; but the articles to be amended, and the amendments proposed, and such articles as are proposed to be