Pennsylvania Act 1874-7 — LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, ELECTION AND SALARY

Act text

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, ELECTION AND SALARY
                   Act of Mar. 24, 1874, P.L. 48, No. 7               Cl. 71
        Compiler's Note:  Section 2(1) of Act 582 of 1951 provided
            that section 2 is repealed insofar as it relates to the
            administration of the oath of office to the Lieutenant
            Governor elect.
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That the qualified voters of
     the commonwealth shall choose by ballot, on the Tuesday next
     following the first Monday of November, in the year one thousand
     eight hundred and seventy-four, and on the day of the general
     election every four years thereafter, one person, duly
     qualified, to fill the office of lieutenant governor for the
     ensuing four years.
        Section 2.  The election laws in force for the choice of
     governor shall regulate the choice of lieutenant governor; and
     upon the third Tuesday of January following his election he
     shall be sworn into office by the president judge of the court
     of common pleas of Dauphin county, or in the event of his
     absence or inability to attend, then by a president judge of a
     court of common pleas, to be designated by the secretary of the
     commonwealth.
        Compiler's Note:  Section 2(1) of Act 582 of 1951 provided
            that section 2 is repealed as to the administration of
            the oath of office to the Lieutenant Governor elect.
        Section 3.  The term of lieutenant governor shall commence on
     the third Tuesday of January following his election, and he
     shall hold his office for four years and until his successor is
     elected and qualified, and shall receive an annual salary of
     three thousand dollars. (Supplemented, 1893, Act No. 332, P. L.
     462, Section 1)