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Arkansas Constitution, Article VI

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Article VI, Executive Department

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Ark. Const. art. VI, § 1 Section 1
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The executive department of this State shall consist of a Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, Auditor of State and Attorney General, all of whom shall keep their offices in person at the seat of government, and hold their offices for the term of two years and until …
Ark. Const. art. VI, § 2 Section 2
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The supreme executive power of this State shall be vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be styled "the Governor of the State of Arkansas."
Ark. Const. art. VI, § 3 Section 3
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The Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, Auditor of State and Attorney General shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State at large at the time and places of voting for members of the General Assembly; the returns of each election therefor shall be sealed…
Ark. Const. art. VI, § 4 Section 4
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Contested elections for Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, Auditor of State and Attorney General shall be determined by the members of both houses of the General Assembly in joint session, who shall have exclusive jurisdiction in trying and determining the same, ex…

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Ark. Const. art. VI, § 5 Section 5

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No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor except a citizen of the United States who shall have attained the age of thirty years, and shall have been seven years a resident of this State.

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 6 Section 6

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The Governor shall be commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of this State, except when they shall be called into the actual service of the United States.

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 7 Section 7

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He may require information in writing from the officers of the executive department on any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and shall see that the laws are faithfully executed.

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 8 Section 8

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He shall give to the General Assembly from time to time, and at the close of his official term to the next General Assembly, information by message concerning the condition and government of the State, and recommend for their consideration such measures as he may deem expedient.

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 9 Section 9

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A seal of the State shall be kept by the Governor, used by him officially, and called the "Great Seal of the State of Arkansas."

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 10 Section 10

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All grants and commissions shall be issued in the name and by the authority of the State of Arkansas, sealed with the great seal of the State, signed by the Governor and attested by the Secretary of State.

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 11 Section 11

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No member of Congress, or other person holding office under the authority of this State, or of the United States, shall exercise the office of Governor, except as herein provided.

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 12 Section 12

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In ease of the death, conviction or impeachment, failure to qualify, resignation, absence from the State or other disability of the Governor, the powers, duties and emoluments of the office for the remainder of the term, or until the disability be removed, or a Governor elected a…

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 13 Section 13

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If, during the vacancy of the office of Governor, the President of the Senate shall be impeached, removed from office, refuse to qualify, resign, die or be absent from the State, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, in like manner, administer the government.

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 14 Section 14

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Whenever the office of Governor shall have become vacant by death, resignation, removal from office or otherwise, provided such vacancy shall not happen within twelve months next before the expiration of the term of office for which the late Governor shall have been elected, the …

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 15 Section 15

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Every bill which shall have passed both houses of the General Assembly shall be presented to the Governor; if he approves it he shall sign it; but if he shall not approve it, he shall return it, with his objections, to the house in which it originated, which house shall enter the…

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 16 Section 16

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Every order or resolution in which the concurrence of both houses of the General Assembly 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 bo…

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 17 Section 17

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The Governor shall have power to disapprove any item or items of any bill making appropriation of money, embracing distinct items: and the part or parts of the bill approved shall be the law, and the item or items of appropriation disapproved shall be void, unless repassed accord…

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 18 Section 18

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In all criminal and penal cases, except in those of treason and impeachment, the Governor shall have power to grant reprieves, commutations of sentence, and pardons after conviction; and to remit fines and forfeitures under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by law…

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 20 Section 20

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In cases of disagreement between the two houses of the General Assembly, at a regular or special session with respect to the time of adjournment, the Governor may, if the facts be certified to him by the presiding officers of the two houses, adjourn them to a time not beyond the …

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 21 Section 21

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The Secretary of State shall keep a full and accurate record of all the official acts and proceedings of the Governor, and, when required, lay the same, with all papers, minutes and vouchers relating thereto, before either branch of the General Assembly. He shall also discharge t…

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 22 Section 22

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The Treasurer of State, Secretary of State, Auditor of State and Attorney General shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by law; they shall not hold any other office or commission, civil or military, in this State or under any State, or the United States, or any other pow…

Ark. Const. art. VI, § 23 Section 23

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When any office from any cause may become vacant, and no mode is provided by the Constitution and laws for filling such vacancy, the Governor shall have the power to fill the same by granting a commission, which shall expire when the person elected to fill said office, at the nex…