of Prisons appointed?
A. For five years.
Q. For how long a term is the Superintendent of Public Works
appointed?
A. As long as the term of the Governor appointing him lasts.
Q. For how long a term is the Superintendent of Public Instruction
elected?
A. For three years.
Q. For how long a term the Regents of the University?
A. For life.
ELIGIBILITY.
Q. What about the eligibility of these officers?
A. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor must be thirty years of
age, and shall have been for the five years next preceding their
election residents of the State.
Q. What are some of the duties of the Governor?
A. He is commander-in-chief of all the military and naval forces
of the State, has power to convene the Legislature (or Senate
only) on extraordinary occasions, communicates by message to the
Legislature at every session the condition of the State, and
recommends such measures as he deems expedient, transacts all
necessary business with the officers of the government, civil and
military, expedites all measures resolved upon by the Legislature,
takes care that the laws are faithfully executed, and has the
power of granting reprieves, commutations and pardons for crimes.
Q. What are some of the duties of the Lieutenant Governor?
A. He is President of the Senate and has the casting vote therein,
is a member of the canal board, is one of the commissioners of the
Land Office, is one of the commissioners of the Canal Fund, is one
of the trustees of the Capitol, is one of the trustees of the
Idiot Asylum, and, ex-officio, one of the Regents of the
University and member of the State Board of Charities.
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