Excerpt from A Study of the Executives in the Early State Constitutions: Thesis
Table OF contlnts. Introduction. Chapter I. The framing of the constitutions. Chapter II. The legislatures Chapter III. Executive. The earliest forms after The need of an executive method choosing Tenure of office. Qualifications. Oath. Salaries. Chapter IV. Powers and duties of the executives. Message. Powers granted. The lack of executive power. The council. Provisions for filling vacancies in the governorship. Powers of appointments and removals. Actions against loyalists and monopolizers. The power of the executive to lay emoargoes. The granting of pardons and reprieves. The right of executive veto. Powers relative to the adjourning and calling of legislature.
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