Constitution of the State of Illinois, 1818, Page 9


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qualified to office: and forever after, the governor shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until another governor shall be elected and qualified: but he shall not be elegible for more than four years in any term of eight years. He shall be at least thirty years of age and have been a citizen of the United States thirty years; two years which next preceding his election, he shall have resided within the limits of this state.

Sect. 4.

He shall from time to time give the general assembly information of the state of the government, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall deem expedient.

Sect. 5.

He shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons after conviction, except in cases of impeachment.

Sect. 6.

The governor shall at stated times receive a salary for his services, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the term for which he shall have been elected.

Sect. 7.

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 take care that the laws be faithfully executed.

Sect. 8.

When any officer, the right of whose appointment is by this constitution vested in the general assembly, or in the governor and senate, shall during the recess, die, or his office by any means become vacant, the governor shall have power to fill such vacancy by granting a commission which shall expire at the end of the next session of the general assembly.

Sect. 9.

He may on extraordinary occasions convene the general assembly by proclamation, and shall state to them when assembled, the purpose for which they shall have been convened.

 

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