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40 TEXAS ALMANAC.
quired to.administer the government, and shall, while in such administration die,
resign, or be absent from the State during the recess of the Legislature, it shall be
the duty of the Secretary of the State to convene the Si ate, for the purpose of
choosing a President for the time being.
SEc. 14. There shall be a seal of the State, which shall be kept by the Governor,
and used by him officially. The said seal shall be a star of five points, encircled
by an olive and live-oak branches, and the words, " The State of Texas."
SEc. 15. All commissions shall be in the name and by the authority of the State
of Texas, be sealed with the State seal, signed by the Governor, and attested by the
Secretary of State.
sc. 16. There shall be a Secretary of State who shall be appointed by the Gov-
ernor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall continue in
office during the term of service of the Governor-elect. He shall keep a fair reg-
ister of all official acts and proceedings of the Governor, and shall, when required,
lay the same, and all papers, minutes, and vouchers relative thereto, before the Leg-
islature, or either House thereof, and shall perform such other duties as may be
required of him by law.
SEC. 17. Every bill which shall have passed both Houses of the Legislature,
shall be presented to the Governor; if he approve, he shall sign it; but if not, be
shall return it with his objections to the House in which it shall have originated,
who shall enter the objections at large upon the journals, and proceed to reconsider
it. If, after such reconsideration, two thirds of the members present shall ag-ee to
pass the bill, it shall be sent, with the objections to the other House, by which it
shall likewise be reconsidered. If approved by two thirds of the members present
of that House, it shall become a law; but in such cases, the votes of both Houses
shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting for or
against the bill, shall be entered on the journals of each House respectively; if
any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within five days, Sundays excepted,
after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner
as if he had signed it. Every bill presented to the Governor one day previous to
the adjournment of the Legislature, and not returned to the House in which it
originated before the adjournment, shall become a law, and have the same force
and effect as if signed by the Governor. The Governor may approve any ap-
propriation, and disapprove any other appropriation in the same bill. In such
case he shall, in signing the bill, designate the appropriation disapproved, and
shall return a copy of such appropriation, with his objections, to the House in
which the bill shall have originated; and the same proceedings shall then be had as
in the case of other bills disapproved by the Governor; but if the Legislature has
adjourned before the bill is returned to the House, he shall return the same to the
Secretary of State, with his objections, and also to the next session of the Legis-
lature.
SEc. 18. Every order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of both
Houses of the Legislature may be necessary, except on questions of adjournment,
shall be presented to the Governor, and before it shall take effect, be approved by
him, or, being disapproved, shall be repassed by both Houses according to the
rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill.
SEc. 19. The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of two thirds of
the Senate, shall appoint a convenient number of Notaries Pdblic, not exceeding
six for each county; who, in addition to such duties as are prescribed by law, shall
discharge such other duties as the Legislature may from time to time prescribe.
SEc. 20. Nominations to fill all vacancies that may have occurred during the
recess, shall be made to the Senate during the first ten days of its session. And
shoul any nominations so made be rejected, the same individual shall not again be
nominated during the session to fill the same office; and should the Governor fail
to make nominations to fill any vacancy during the session of the Senate, such va-
cancy shall 32ot be filled by the Governor until the next meeting of the Senate. -
Sro. 21. The Governor shall reside during the session of the Legislature at the
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The Glaveston News. The Texas Almanac for 1867 with Statistics, Descriptive and Biographical Sketches, etc., Relating to Texas., book, December 1866; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123772/m1/42/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.