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12 o'clock midnight appointing power Attorney General Meadows authority become Governor Berkeley County certificate CHAIRMAN Charleston committee common law Constitution of West day of January discharge the duties elected or appointed ex rel expired fact Federal office filed fill the vacancy filled by election gentlemen GEORGE Governor Holt Governor NEELY Governor of West Homer Honorable Clarence Honorable Matthew January 12 legislature MARTIN Martinsburg matter Neely's O'BRIEN oath of office office of Governor office of Senator opinion outgoing person president provided by law record resignation Rosier Secretary Senator AUSTIN Senator CHANDLER Senator CONNALLY Senator from West Senator GREEN Senator HATCH Senator KILGORE Senator LUCAS Senator MURDOCK Senator Neely Senator STEWART Senator WILEY seventeenth amendment statement statute successor Supreme Court take effect take the oath taken term of office tion took the oath United States Senator vacated West Virginia words
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Page 251 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of according to the best of my ability.
Page 144 - State to represent said State in the Senate of the United States for the term of six years, beginning on the...
Page 145 - No person shall hold more than one lucrative office at the same time, except as in this Constitution is expressly permitted.
Page 50 - Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to insert in the record at the proper place excerpts from addresses and a Eress release which Governor Holt made against me in the primary ist year.
Page 238 - ... shall continue to discharge the duties of their respective offices until their successors are elected, or appointed and qualified.
Page 193 - The governor shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate (expressed by a majority of all the senators elected voting, by yeas and nays), appoint all officers whose offices are established by this constitution, or which may be created by law, and whose appointment or election is not otherwise by law or herein provided for; and no such officer shall be appointed or elected by the legislature.
Page 74 - ... appoint one or more assistants to aid him in his duties, as shall be deemed most expedient; but before any person thus appointed shall enter upon the duties of his office he shall take the oath prescribed by the Constitution and execute the bond prescribed by section four hundred and thirty-eight.
Page 92 - Governor, shall be impeached, displaced, resign, or die, or otherwise become incapable of performing the duties of the office, the President of the Senate shall act as Governor until the vacancy is filled or the disability removed...
Page 251 - Va., 275) the judgment of his peers. 11. Political tests, requiring persons, as a prerequisite to the enjoyment of their civil and political rights, to purge themselves by their own oaths, of past alleged offenses, are repugnant to the principles of free government, and are cruel and oppressive. No religious or political test oath shall be required as a prerequisite or qualification to vote, serve as a juror, sue, plead, appeal or pursue any profession or employment.
Page 257 - The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia in the case of State ex rel Thompson v. McAllister (38 W. Va., 485; 18 SE 770), brought that matter to a head.