20 KANSAS. ney general, who shall be chosen by the electors of the State at the same time and places of voting as for the members of the general assembly. Sec. 2. The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, attorney general, and state printer, shall hold their offices for two years. Their terms of office shall commence on the first Tuesday of January next after their election, and continue until their successors are elected and qualified, neither of which officers shall be eligible for re-election more than two out of three consecutive terms, nor shall any person be eligible for the office of governor who shall not have attained the age of thirty years. Sec. 3. The returns of every election for the officers named in the foregoing section shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of government by the returning officers, directed to the secretary of state, who shall lay the same before the general assembly at their first meeting thereafter, when they shall open, publish, and declare the result thereof, in the presence of a majority of the members of both houses. The person having the highest number of votes shall be declared duly elected, and a certificate thereof given to such person, signed by the presiding officers of both bodies ; but if any two or more shall be highest and equal in votes for the same office, one of them shall be chosen by the joint vote of both houses. Sec. 4. The supreme executive power shall be vested in a governor. Sec. 5. He may require information in writing from the officers in the executive department, upon any subject relating to the duties’of their respective offices, and shall see that the laws are faithfully executed. Sec. 6. He shall communicate at every session, by message, to the general assembly, the condition of the affairs of the State, and recommend such measures as he shall deem expedient for their action. Sec. 7. He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the general assembly by proclamation, and shall state to both houses, when assembled, the purposes for which they were convened. Sec. 8. In case of disagreement between the two houses in respect to the time of adjournment, he shall have power to adjourn the generalassembly to such time as he may think proper, but not beyond the regular meetings thereof. Sec. 9. He shall be the commander-in-chief of the military of the State, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States. Sec. 10. The pardoning power shall be vested in the governor, under such regulations and restrfctions as may be prescribed by law. Sec. 11. There shall be a seal of the State, the device of which shall be fixed upon by the governor and other State officers, be kept by the governor, and used by him officially, and shall be called “the great seal of the State of Kansas.” Sec. 12. All grants and commissions shall be issued in the name and by the authority of the State of Kansas, sealed with the “great seal,” signed by the governor, and countersigned by the secretary of state. Sec. 13. No member of either house of Congress, or other persons holding office under the authority of this State, or of the United
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