Officers of executive department.

ized territory west of Sherman and Valley counties, and west of the thirteenth senatorial district, and be entitled to one representative.

District No. 46. Shall consist of the counties of Dawson and Frontier, and be entitled to one representative.

District No. 47. Shall consist of the counties of Franklin and Kearney, and be entitled to one representative.

District No. 48. Shall consist of the counties of Furnas, Phelps and Gosper, and be entitled to one representative.

District No. 49. Shall consist of the counties of Cheyenne, Keith, Dundy, Chase, Hitchcock, Red Willow, and the .unorganized territory north of the county of Hitchcock, and be entitled to one representative.

District No. 50. Shall consist of the counties of Cass and Saunders, and be entitled to one representative.

District No. 51. Shall consist of the counties of Platte, Colfax and Butler, and be entitled to one representative.

District No. 52. Shall consist of the counties of Fillmore and Clay, and be entitled to one representative.

ARTICLE V.-EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

SECTION 1. The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, auditor of public accounts, treasurer, superintendent of public instruction, attorney-general, and commissioner of public lands and buildings, who shall each hold his

office for the term of two years from the first
Thursday after the first Tuesday in January
next after his election, and until his succes-
sor is elected and qualified; Provided, how-
ever, that the first election of said officers
shall be held
be held on the Tuesday succeeding
the first Monday in November, 1876, and
each succeeding election shall be held at the
same relative time in each even year thereafter.
The governor, secretary of state, auditor of
public accounts, and treasurer, shall reside at
the seat of government during their terms of
office, and keep the public records, books and
papers there, and shall perform such duties as
may be required by law. (4 Neb., 242.)

Persons ineligible to hold

SEC. 2. No person shall be eligible to the office. office of governor, or lieutenant-governor, who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been for two years next preceding his election a citizen of the United States and of this state. None of the officers of the executive department shall be eligible to any other state office during the period for which they shall have been elected. (9 Neb., 466.) SEC. 3. The treasurer shall be ineligible to Treasurer inelthe office of treasurer for two years next after the expiration of two consecutive terms for which he was elected.

igible.

election.

SEC. 4. The returns of every election for the Returns of officers of the executive department shall be sealed up and transmitted by the returning officers to the secretary of state, directed to the speaker of the house of representatives, who shall, immediately after the organization of the

Impeachment.

Executive power.

Message of governor.

house, and before proceeding to other business,
open and publish the same in the presence of
a majority of each house of the legislature, who
shall, for that purpose, assemble in the hall of
the house of representatives. The person hav-
ing the highest number of votes for either of
said offices shall be declared duly elected; but
if two or more have an equal and the highest
number of votes, the legislature shall, by joint
vote, choose one of such persons for said office.
Contested elections for all of said offices shall
be determined by both houses of the legislature,
by joint
joint vote, in such manner as may be
prescribed by law.

SEC. 5. All civil officers of this state shall be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office.

SEC. 6. The supreme executive power shall be vested in the governor, who shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.

SEC. 7. The governor shall, at the commencement of each session, and at the close of his term of office, and whenever the legislature may require, give to the legislature information by message, of the condition of the state, and shall recommend such measures as he shall deem expedient. He shall account to the legislature, and accompany his message with a statement of all 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.

legislature.

SEC. 8. The governor may, on extraordinary Convening occasions, convene the legislature by proclamation, stating therein the purpose for which they are convened, and the legislature shall enter upon no business except that for which they were called together. (3 Neb., 409.)

legislature.

SEC. 9. In case of a disagreement between Proroguing the two houses with respect to the time of adjournment, the governor may, on the same being certified to him by the house first moving the adjournment, adjourn the legislature to such time as he thinks proper, not beyond the first day of the next regular session.

Appointment

SEC. 10. The governor shall nominate and, by governor. by and with the advice and consent of the senate (expressed by a majority of all the senators elected voting, by yeas and nays), 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 by law or herein provided for; and no such officer shall be appointed or elected by the legislature. (7 Neb., 45.)

office, how

SEC. 11. In case of a vacancy during the Vacancies in recess of the senate, in any office which is filled. 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 voting yeas and nays), shall hold his office during the remainder of the term, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified. No person,

Removal of officers.

Pardoning

power.

Governor shall

after being rejected by the senate, shall be again nominated for the same office at the same session, unless at request of the senate, or be appointed to the same office during the recess of the legislature.

SEC. 12. The governor shall have power to remove any officer whom he may appoint, in case of incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office; and he may declare his office vacant, and fill the same as herein provided in other cases of vacancy.

SEC. 13. The governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses, except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons. Upon conviction for treason, he shall have power to suspend the execution of the sentence until the case shall be reported to the legislature at its next session, when the legislature shall either pardon or commute the sentence, direct the execution of the sentence, or grant a further reprieve. He shall communicate to the legislature, at every regular session, each case of reprieve, commutation or pardon granted, stating the name of the convict, the crime of which he was convicted, the sentence and its date, and the date of the reprieve, commutation or pardon.

SEC. 14. The governor shall be commanderin-chief. in-chief of the military and naval forces of the

be commander