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fore provided for the election of Governor, a Lieutenant Governor, who shall continue in office for the same time, and possess the same qualifications.

§ 4. The compensations of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Senators, and Representatives, shall be established by law, and shall not be varied so as to take effect until after an election, which shall next succeed the passage of the law estsblishing said compensations.

§ 5. The Governor shall be Captain General of the Militia of the State, except when called into the service of the United States.

§ 6. He may require information in writing from the officers in the executive department, on any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices.

§ 7. The Governor, in case of a disagreement between the two Houses of the General Assembly, respecting the time of adjournment, may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper, not beyond the day of the next stated session.

§ 8. 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.

§ 9. He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.

§ 10. The Governor shall have power to grant reprieves after conviction, in all cases except those of impeachment, until the end of the next session of the General Assembly, and no longer.