ruction, and Attorney-General
shall be prescribed by law. If the office of any of said officers shall
be vacated by death, resignation or otherwise, it shall be the duty of
the Governor to appoint another until the disability be removed or his
successor be elected and qualified. Every such vacancy shall be filled
by election at the first general election that occurs more than thirty
days after the vacancy has taken place, and the persons chosen shall
hold the office for the remainder of the unexpired term fixed in the
first section of this article.

[Sidenote: Council of State.]

SEC. 14. The Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, and Superintendent
of Public Instruction shall constitute, _ex officio_, the Council of
State, who shall advise the Governor in the execution of his office, any
three of whom shall constitute a quorum. Their advice and proceedings in
this capacity shall be entered in a journal to be kept for this purpose
exclusively, and signed by the members present, from any part of which
any member may enter his dissent; and such journal shall be placed
before the General Assembly when called for by either House. The
Attorney-General shall be, _ex officio_, the legal adviser of the
Executive Department.

[Sidenote: Compensation of executive officers.]

SEC. 15. The officers mentioned in this article shall, at stated
periods, receive for their services a compensation to be established by
law, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the time for
which they shall have been elected, and the said officers shall receive
no other emolument or allowance whatever.

[Sidenote: Seal of State.]

SEC. 16. There shall be a seal of the State, which shall be kept by the
Governor, and used by him as occasion may require, and shall be called
"The Great Seal of the State of North Carolina." All grants and
commissions shall be issued in the name and by the authority of the
State of North Carolina, sealed with "The Great Seal of the State,"
signed by the Governor and counter-signed by the Secretary of State.

[Sidenote: Department of Agriculture, Immigration and Statistics.]

SEC. 17. The General Assembly shall establish a Department of
Agriculture, Immigration and Statistics, under such regulations as may
best promote the agricultural interests of the State, and shall enact
laws for the adequate protection and encouragement of sheep husbandry.

ARTICLE IV.

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.

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