This page contains Article IV of the 1820 Missouri Constitution.
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Article IV. Of The Executive Power (SHORTENED)
Section 1. The supreme executive power shall be vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be styled “The Governor of the state of Missouri.”
Section 2. The governor shall be at least thirty-five years of age, and a natural born citizen of the United States, or a citizen at the adoption of the constitution of the United States, or an inhabitant of that part of Louisiana now included in the state of Missouri at the time of the cession thereof from France to the United States, and shall have been a resident of the same at least four years next before his election.
Section 3. The governor shall hold his office for four years, and until a successor be duly appointed and qualified. He shall be elected in the manner following: At the time and place of voting for members of the house of representatives, the qualified electors shall vote for a governor; and when two or more persons have an equal number of votes, and a higher number than any other person, the election shall be decided between them by a joint vote of both houses of the general assembly at their next session.
Section 4. The governor shall be ineligible for the next four years after the expiration of his term of service.
Section 5. The governor shall be commander in chief of the militia and navy of this state, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States; but he need not command in person, unless advised so to do by a resolution of the general assembly.
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