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The Government and Civil Institutions of New York State
The Government and Civil Institutions of New York State Author:Robert Lansing Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. I. THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. Likeness to President.—As in the National Government, the executive power of... more » the State is vested in a single officer, called a Governor, who is elected in even numbered years for a term of two years. (Art. IV., Sec. 1.) Associated with him, in much the same relation as the Yice-President sustains to the President, is a Lieutenant-Governor, elected for the same term. Qualifications and Election.—Next to the President of the United States, the Governor of the State of New York, with its vast population and numerous interests, occupies the most responsible executive office in the gift of the people; and to secure a person of sufficient experience and judgment, the Constitution provides that: No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor or Lieu- tenant-Governor, except a citizen of the United States, of the age of not less than thirty years, and who shall have been five years next proceeding his election a resident of this State. The Governor and Lieutenaiit-Governor shall be elected at the times and places of choosing members of the Assembly. The persons respectively having the highest number of votes for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor shall be elected ; but in case two or more shall have an equal and the highest number of votes for Governor, or for Lieutenant-Governor, the two houses of the Legislature at its next annual session shall forthwith, by joint ballot, choose one of the said persons so having an equal and the highest number of votes for Governor or Lieulenant-Goveruor. (Art. IV., Sections 2 and 3.) Oath of Office.—The Governor and Lieutenant-Gov- ernor assume office on the first day of January following their election, but before exercising their power they must, lik...« less