Liberia: Description, History, ProblemsStarr, Frederick
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Liberia: Description, History, Problems
Starr, Frederick
Liberia
SECTION 1. The supreme executive power shall be vested in a President,
who shall be elected by the people, and shall hold his office for the
term of two years. He shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy.
He shall in the recess of the Legislature have power to call out the
militia, or any portion thereof, into actual service in defence of the
Republic. He shall have power to make treaties, provided the Senate
concur therein by a vote of two-thirds of the senators present. He shall
nominate, and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint and
commission all ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls,
secretaries of State, of War, of the Navy, and of the Treasury, Attorney
General, all judges of courts, sheriffs, coroners, registers, marshals,
justices of the peace, clerks of courts, notaries public, and all other
officers of State,--civil and military, whose appointment may not be
otherwise provided for by the Constitution, or by standing laws. And in
the recess of the Senate, he may fill any vacancies in those offices,
until the next session of the Senate. He shall receive all ambassadors
and other public ministers. He shall take care that the laws are
faithfully executed:--he shall inform the Legislature, from time to
time, of the condition of the Republic, and recommend any public
measures for their adoption which he may think expedient. He may, after
conviction, remit any public forfeitures and penalties, and grant
reprieves and pardons for public offences except in cases of
impeachment. He may require information and advice from any public
officer touching matters pertaining to his office. He may, on
extraordinary occasions, convene the Legislature, and may adjourn the
two Houses whenever they cannot agree as to the time of adjournment.
SECTION 2. There shall be a Vice-President who shall be elected in the
same manner and for the same term as that of the President, and whose
qualifications shall be the same; he shall be President of the Senate,
and give the casting vote when the house is equally divided on any
subject. And in the case of the removal of the President from office,
or his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and
duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice-President;
and the Legislature may by law provide for the cases of removal, death,
resignation, or inability, both of the President and Vice-President,
declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer
shall act accordingly until the disability be removed, or a President
shall be elected.
SECTION 3. The Secretary of State shall keep the records of the State,
and all the records and papers of the Legislative body, and all other
public records and documents not belonging to any other department, and
shall lay the same when required, before the President or Legislature.
He shall attend upon them when required, and perform such other duties
as may be enjoined by law.
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