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any member be liable to answer for any thing
fpcken in debate in either House, in any Court or
place elsewhere.
Sect . XV. The members of the Senate and House
of Representatives {hall take the following oath or
affirmation:
“ I A. B. do solemnly swear, (or affirm as the
case may be) that I have not obtained my eledion
by bribery or other unlawful means, and that I will
give my vote on all questions that may come before
me as a Senator or Representative in such manner,
as in my judgment will best promote the good of
this state, and that I will bear true faith and alle
giance to the fame, and to the utmost of my power
observe, support, and defend the Constitution
thereof ”
Sefl. XVI. The General Assembly {hall have
power to make all laws and ordinances which they
lhall deem necessary and proper for the good of
the state, which {hall not be repugnant to this
constitution.
Sect . XVII. They {hall have power to alter the
boundaries of the prelent counties, and to lay off
new ones, as well out of the counties already laid
off, as out of the other territory belonging to the
state. When a new county or counties (hall be laid
off out of any of the present county or counties,
such new county or counties {hall have their repre
sentation apportioned out of the number of the
Representatives of the county or counties out of
which it or they lhall be laid out; and when any
new county lhall be laid off in the vacant territory
belonging to the state, such county {hall have a
number of Representatives not exceeding three, to
be regulated and determined by the General Af
iamKfy
Sect. XVIII, No Clergyman of any denomina
tion lhall be a member of the General Affernbly.
ARTICLE 11.
Sect. I. The Executive Power lhall be vested
in a Governor, who {ball hold his office during the
term of two years, and {hall be ele&ed in the fol
lowing manner:
Sect. 11. The House of foall on
the lecond day of their making a Home, in
the firft and in every second year thereafter vote by
ballot for three persons, and lhall make a lift con
taining the names of the persons voted for, and of
the number of votes for each person, which lift
tbe Speaker {hall iign in the pretence o{ the House,
and deliver it in person to the Senate : And the Se
nate lhall on the fame day proceed by ballot to eledt
one of the three persons having the higeft num
ber of votes, and the person having a majority of
the votes of the Senatois present {hall be the Go
vernor.
Sect. 111. No person {hall be eligible to the
office of Governor who {hall not have been a citi
zen of the United States twelve years, and an inha
bitant of this state fix years, and who hath not at
tained to the age of thirty years, and who does not
poffels five hundred acres oi land in his own right
within this state, and other species of property to
the amount ot one thousand pounds sterling.
Sed. IV. In case of the death, resignation, or
disability of the Governor, the Piefident of the
Senate {hall cxercife the Executive powers of Go
vernment until such disability be removed, or un
til tbe next meeting of the General Assembly.
ScO. V. The Governor ihail at Rated times
f receive for his services a compensation which shall
neither be increased nor diminished during the pe
riod for which he shall be eledted; neither shall
he receive within that peiiod any other emolu
ment from the United States, or any of them,
or from any foreign power. Before he enters on
the execution of his office he fliall take the follow
lowing oath or affirmation : \
“ Ido solemnly swear (or affirm as the case
may be) that I will faithfully execute the office of
Governor of the State of Georgia, and will to the
best of my abilities prelerve, protect and defend the
said state, and cause justice to be executed in mer
cy therein, according to the Constitution and laws
of the fame.”
Sell. VI. He shall be Commander in Chief in
and over the state of Georgia, and of the militia
thereof.
Seth Vil. He shall have power to grant re
prieves for offences against the state, except in
cases of impeachment; and to grant pardons in
all cases after convi&ion, except for treason or
murder, in which cases he may respite the execu
tion, and make a report thereof to the next General
Aflernbly, by whom a pardon may be granted.
Sett. VIII. He shall issue writs of ele&ion to
hll up all vacancies that happen in the Senate
or House of Representatives, and fliall have power
to convene the General Assembly on extraordinary
occasions, and fliall give them from time to time
information of the state of the republic, and re
commend to their consideration such measures as
he may deem necessary and expedient.
Sett. IX In case of disagreement between the
Senate and House of Reprelentatives, with refpedt
to the time to which the General Assembly Iliall
-ujurum, lie tuny aujuum mem iu iwi umc ao U v,
m »y think proper*
ktei A. He fli ll have the revision of all bills
pafled by both Houses before the fame shall be
come laws; but two-thirds of both Houses may
pals a ] aw notvvithftanding his dissent; and if any
bill should not be returned by the Governor within
five days after it hath been presented to him, the
fame fliall be a law, unless the General Assembly
' Seti'.' XK 1,1, m en i;, s , etnrn .
deposited in the Office of the Secretary, and it
(hall not be affixed to any mftrument of writing
without it be by order of the Governor or the
General Assembly; and the General Assembly may
i diredt the Great Seal to be altered.
(article iii.
Sett. I. A Superior Court shall be held in each
county twice in every year, in which fliall be tried
and brought to final decision, all causes civil and
criminal, except such as may be fubjefl to a Fede
ral Court, and such as may by law be referred to
inferior jurildidions. . . .
Sett. Jl. The General Assembly Ihnll pou-t
out the mode of corredting errors and appeals,
which shall extend as far as to empower the Judges
to diredt a new trial by jury within the county
where the adtion originated, which (ha 1 be final.
Seft. 111. Courts merchant shall be held as hei e
tofore. fubjedt to such regulations as the Genera
Assembly may by law diredt. county
Sea IV. All caules^ sh .11 be tried in the
where the defendant refutes, except ,n w u e ..,.
estate, which shall be tried in the co >