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CONSTITUTION OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.    619

State; the Governor may issue a precept for the election of a new coun-
cilor in that county where such vacancy shall happen; and the choice
shall be in the same manner as before directed; and the Governor shall

this State according to the la\vs of the land.

63. The members of the Council may be impeached by the House,
and tried by the Senate for bribery, corruption, mal-practice or mal-ad-
luinistration.

64. The resolutions and advice of the Council shall be recorded by
the Secretary in a register, and signed by till the members present, agree-
ing thereto; and this record may be called for at anytime by either
house of the Legislature, and any member of the Council may enter his
opinion contrary to the resolution of the majority, with the reasons for
such opinion.

65. The Legislature may, if the public good shall hereafter require it,
divide the State into five districts, as nearly equal as may be, govern-
ing themselves by the number of ratable polls and proportion of public
taxes; each district to elect a councilor; and in case of such division,
the manner of the choice shall be conformable to the present mode of
election in counties.

66. And whereas the elections appointed to be made by this constitu-
tion on the first Wednesday of June annually by the two houses of the
Legislature, may not be completed on that day, the said elections may
be adjourned from day to clay until the same be completed. And the or-
der of the elections shall be as follows: The vacancies in the Senate, if
any, shall he first filled: the Governor shall then be elected, provided
there should be no choice of him by the_ people, and afterward the two
houses shall proceed to fill the vacancy, if any, in the Council.

SECRETARY, TREASURER, COMMISSARY-GENERAL, ETC.

67. ' The secretary, treasurer and commissary-general shall he chosen
by joint ballot of the senators and representatives assembled in one
room.

68. The records of the State shall be kept in the office of the Secreta-
ry; and he shall attend the Governor and Council, the Senate and Rep-
resentatives, in person or by deputy, as they may require.

69. The Secretary of the State shall at all times have a deputy, to he
by him appointed; for whose conduct in office he shall he responsible;
and in case of the death, removal or inability of the Secretary, his deputy
shall exercise all the duties of the office of Secretary of the State until
another shall be appointed.

70. The Secretary, before he enters upon the business of his office,
shall give, bond, with sufficient sureties, in a reasonable sum for the use
of the State, for the punctual performance of his trust.

COUNTY TREASURERS &C.

71. The county ti’easurers and registers of deeds shall be elected by
the inhabitants of the several towns in the several counties in the State,
according to the method now practiced, and the laws of the State: Pro-
vided nevertheless the Legislature shall have authority to alter the man-
ner of certifying the votes and the mode of electing those officers, but
not so as to deprive the people of the right they now have of electing
them.

72. And the Legislature, on the application of the major part of the
inhabitants of a.nj^r county, shall have authority to divide the same into
two districts for registering deeds, if to them it shall appear necessary;
each district to elect a register of deeds; and before they enter upon
the business of their offices, shall be respectively^ sworn faithfully tc
discharge the duties thereof, and shall severally give bond, with sulli-