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Part Two The North Carolina Constitution and Commentary, Art.III Executive

From: The North Carolina State Constitution (2nd Edition)

John V. Orth, Paul Martin Newby

Content type:
Book content
Product:
US Constitutional Law [USC]
Series:
Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States
Published in print:
11 April 2013
ISBN:
9780199915149

From: Oxford Constitutions (http://oxcon.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 27 March 2023

The executive power of the State shall be vested in the Governor. Although the governorship as a state office is as old as the General Assembly, dating from the 1776 constitution, it assumed its present dimensions only in the 1868 constitution. Just as legislative power connotes the power to legislate or make laws, so executive power connotes the power to execute or enforce the laws: The governor is duty-bound to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed” (Article III, Section 5, Subsection 4). 1. Election and term. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall...
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