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ing thereto, or returning home, except it be for
.treason, felony, or breach of the peace: Nor (hall
any member be liable to answer for any thing
spoken in debate, in either Hbufe, in any Court, or
place eifewhere.
Serf* XV. The members of the Senate and Houle
of Representatives (hall take the following oath or *
affirmation:
“ I A. B. do solemnly swear, (or'affirm as the*
case may be,) that 1 have not obtained my elc&ion
by bribery, or other unlawful means ; and that I
will give my vote on all queffions that may come
before me, as a Senator, or Keprefentative, in such
manner, as, in my judgment, will belt promote the
good ot this Rate; and that I will bear true faith
and allegiance to the larne, and, to the utmoß of
my power, observe, support, and defend the Con-
Ritution thereof.”
Sc6l. XVI. The General Assembly shall have
power to make all laws and ordinances which they
ihall deem necessary, and proper for the good of the
Rate, which (hall not be repugnant to this conßi
tutiom
. - Sc6f. X VII*. They (hall have power to alter the
boundaries of the prelent counties, and to hy off
new ones j as well out of the counties already laid
off, as out of the other territory belonging to the
Rate. When a new county, or counties, Ihall be
laid off out of any of the present county or coun
ties, such new county or counties Riall have their
reprefentaticn apportioned out of the number of
the Representatives of the county or counties out
of which it or they (hall be laid out; and when
any new county Ihall be laid off in the vacant ter
ritory belonging to the Rate, luch county Riall have
a number ot Representatives not exceeding three,
to be regulated and determined by the General Af
lcmbly.—And no money (ball be drawn out of the
Treasury, or from the public lunds of this Rate,
except by appropriations made by law.
Se6f, XVjIJ. No Clergyman, of ary denomina
tion, ihall be a member oi the Genesal Affcmbly.
ARTICLE 11.
Se6l. I. The Executive Power fhallbe veßedin
a Governor, who Riall hold his office during the
term of twci years; and Ihall beeleded in the fol
lowing manner:
Se£l 11. she House of Representatives dial], on
the second day of their making a .House, in the
RrR, and in every second year'thereafter, vote by
ballot for three persons; and shall make a lift, con
taining the names of the perfonVvoted for, and of
the number of votes for each person ; which lift
the Speaker Riall sign in the presence of die Houle,
and deliver it in person to the Senate : And the
Senate Riall,-on the fame day, proceed by ballot to
ele«R one of the three persons having the htgheß
number of votes ; and the per(on having a majori
ty of the votes of the Senators'piefent, ihall be the
Governor;
Sc6i . 111. No perfon-ftiail be eligible to the office
of Governor, who shall not have been a citizen of
the United States twelve year s, and an inhabitant
cf this Rate fix years ; and who hath not attained
to the age of thirty years ; and who does not pof- '
fefs five hundred acres of land, in his own right,
within this Rate, and other species of property, to
the amount of one thousand pounds, Rerling,
Se6i. IV. In case of the death, refigoatioto, r or
d.fahility, of the Governor, the Preftdent of the
Senate (hall excrcife the Executive powers of Go-
vernment, until such disability be removed; or Until
the next meeting of the General Assembly.
Sea, V. The Governor ffiall, at Rated times, re
ceive, for his iervices, a compensation, which (hall
neither be increased nor dimiffied duringthe period
for which he shall be eleded; neither ffiall he re
ceive, within that period, any other emolument
from the United States, or any of them, or from
any foreign power.—Before he enters on the exe
' cutlon his office, he' ffiall take the following oath,
or affirmation •
" I do solemnly swear, (or affirm as the case
may be,), thatl will faithfully execute the office of
Governor of the Mate of Georgia; and will, to the
beftof my abilities, preferVe, proted and defend the
said date, and cause justice to be executed in mer
cy therein j according to the Constitution and laws
of the fame.”
Sefl. VI. He {hall be Commander in Chief in
and over the Hate of Georgia j and of the militia
thereof.
Sefl. VII. He ffiall have power to grant reprieves
for offences againit the slate, except in cases of
impeachment j and to grant pardons in all cases
a;ter convidion, except for treason or murder; in
which cases he may reipite the execution and make
a report thereof to the next General Assembly, by
whom a paidnn may be granted.-
tit SI. V 111. He shad rffiie writs of eledion to fill
up all vacancies that happen in the Senate or House
or Reprelentatiy.es j and ffiall have power to con
vene the General Assembly on extraordinary occa
fiohs; and ffiall give diem, from time to time, infor
mation of the hate of the republic ; and recom
mend to their confidesations luch measures as he
may deem neceffny and expedient.
Sect. IX In cate or disagreement between the
Senate and Home or Reprelentatives, with refped.
to the time to which the General Assembly ffiall
adjourn, he may adjourn them to such time as he
may think proper.- 1
Sect. X, He ffiall have the revision of all bills
pass d by both* Houses before the lame ffiall be
come laws ; but two-thirds of both Houses may
pass a law norwithftanding his dissent; and if any
bill ffiould not be returned by the Governor wi la
in five days after it hath 1 been prefen ed to him
the fame ffiall be a law, unless the General As
sembly by their adjournment ffiall prevent its re
* turn;
Sect. XI. The Great $ cal" of the Rate ffiall be
: deposited in the office of the Secretary, and it ffiall
not be affixed to any instrument of writing, with
out it be by order of the Governor or the General
Assembly; and the General Assembly may direct
the Great Seal to be altered.
R T I C LE Hf.
Seft. I. A Superior Court ffiall be held in each
county twice in every year, in which ffiall be tried
and brought to final decision, all caules civil and cri
minal ; except such as may be fubjedt to a 1 Federal
Court, and luch asmay by law be referred to in
ferior iarifdidtions.
Sett. 11. The General Assembly ffiall point out
the mode of corredffng errors and appeals; which
ffiall extend as far as to empower the Judges to di-f
re€l a new trial by jury within the county where
the adtion originated, which ffiall be final.
SeH. If I.- Courts-miefchant ffiail be held as here-
fubjeft to inch regulations as the General
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