the power of granting pardons and reprieves, except where the profecution fhall be carried on by the General Affembly, or the law fhall otherwise direct; in which cafe he may, in the recess, grant a reprieve until the next fitting of the General Affembly; and may exercise all the other executive powers of government, limited and restrained as by this Constitution is mentioned, and according to the laws of the State. And on his death, inability, or absence from the State, the Speaker of the Senate for the time being; and in cafe of his death, inability, or absence from the State, the Speaker of the House of Commons fhall exercise the powers of government, after fuch death, or during fuch abfence or inability, of the Governor, or Speaker of the Senate, or until a new nomination is made by the General Affembly.

XX. That in every cafe where any officer, the right of whofe appointment is by this Constitution vested in the General Affembly, fhall during their recefs die, or his office by other means become vacant, the Governor shall have power, with the advice of the Council of State, to fill up fuch vacancy by granting a temporary commiffion, which shall expire at the end of the next feffion of the General Affembly.

XXI. That the Governor, Judges of the Supreme Court of Law and Equity, Judges of Admiralty, and Attorney-general, shall have adequate falaries, during their continuance in office.

XXII. That the General Affembly fhall, by joint ballot of both Houses, annually appoint a Treasurer or Treasurers for this State.

XXIII. That the Governor and other officers offending against the State, by violating any part of this Conftitution, mal-administration, or corruption, may be profecuted on the impeachment of the General Affembly, or prefentment of the Grand Jury of any Court of Supreme Jurifdiction in this State.

XXIV. That the General Affembly fhall, by joint ballot of both Houses, triennially appoint a Secretary for this State,

XXV. That no perfons who heretofore have been, or hereafter may be receivers of public monies, shall have a feat in either House of General Affembly, or be eligible to any office in this State, until such person fhall have fully accounted for, and paid into the Treasury, all fums for which they may be accountable and liable.

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XXVI. That no Treafurer fhall have a feat either in the Senate, Houfe of Commons, or Council of State, during his continuance in that office, or before he shall have finally settled his accounts with the public, for all the monies which may be in his hands, at the expiration of his office, belonging to the State, and hath paid the fame into the hands of the fucceeding Treasurer.

XXVII. That no officer in the regular army or navy, in the service and pay of the United States, of this or any other State, nor any contractor or agent for fupplying such army or navy with cloathing or provifions, shall have a feat either in the Senate, Houfe of Commons, or Council of State, or be eligible thereto; and any Member of the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, being appointed to, and accepting of fuch office, fhall thereby vacate his feat.

XXVIII. That no Member of the Council of State fhall have a feat either in the Senate or Houfe of Commons.

XXIX. That no Judge of the Supreme Court of Law or Equity, or Judge of AdmiralX 2

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ty, fhall have a feat in the Senate, Houfe of Commons, or Council of State.

XXX. That no Secretary of this State, Attorney-general, or Clerk of any Court of Record, fhall have a feat in the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State.

XXXI. That no Clergyman or Preacher of the Gospel, of any denomination, fhall be capable of being a Member of either the Senate, Houfe of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the paftoral function.

XXXII. That no perfon who shall deny the being of God, or the truth of the Proteftant religion, or the divine authority either of the Old or New Teftament, or who fhall hold religious principles incompatible with the freedom and fafety of the State, shall be capable of holding any office, or place of trust or profit, in the civil department within this State.

XXXIII. That the Juftices of the Peace within their respective counties in this State fhall in future be recommended to the Governor for the time being, by the Representatives in General Affembly, and the Governor shall commiffion them accordingly; and the Justices, when

when fo commiffioned, fhall hold their offices during good behaviour, and fhall not be removed from office by the General Affembly, unless for misbehaviour, abfence, or inability.

XXXIV. That there fhall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State in preference to any other; neither shall any perfon, on any pretence whatfoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgement; nor be obliged to pay for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any worship, or for the maintenance of

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any Minifter or Ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all perfons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship. Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be conftrued to exempt preachers of treasonable or feditious difcourfes from legal trial and punishment,

XXXV. That no perfon in the State fhall hold more than one lucrative office at any one time. Provided, that no appointment in the