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bers present. When the Governor is impeached, the Chief Justice shall preside.

§ 3. The Governor, and all other executive and judicial officers, shall be liable to impeachment; but judgments in such cases shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under this State. The party convicted, shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to indictment, trial, and punishment according to law.

§ 4. Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war against it, or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. No conviction of treason, or attainder, shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture.

Article Tenth.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

§ 1. Members of the General Assembly, and all officers, executive and judicial, shall, before they enter on the duties of their respective offices, takes the following oath or affirmation, to wit:

You do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of Connecticut, so long as you continue a citizen thereof; and that you will faithfully discharge, according to law, the duties of the office of to the best of your abilities.

So help you God.