Washington (State) Laws, statutes, etc. [4] Provisions of the State Constitution and an Appendix Forests ANNOTATED AND COMPILED BY E. W. ROSS, OLYMPIA, WASH.: C. W. GORHAM, PUBLIC PRINTER Washington (State) Laws, statutes, etc. [49 STATE OF WASHINGTON LAWS RELATING TO School, Granted, and Tide Lands WITH Provisions of the State Constitution and an Appendix Forests ANNOTATED AND COMPILED BY E. W. ROSS, OLYMPIA, WASH.: C. W. GORHAM, PUBLIC PRINTER CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS. ARTICLE III.-THE EXECUTIVE. SECTION 1. The executive department shall consist of a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and a Commissioner of Public Lands, who shall be severally chosen by the qualified electors of the state at the same time and place of voting as for the members of the Legislature. The Attorney General cannot file information in quo warranto of his own motive: State ex rel. Atty. Gen. v. Seattle Gas Co., 28 Wash. 488. The officers of the state not limited to those enumerated, and a member of State Board of Education is an executive officer: State v. Womack, 4 Wash. 19; State r. Smith, 9 Wash. 195. A member of the board of regents of the Agricultural College is not state officer so as to give Supreme Court original jurisdiction in mandamus: State ex rel. Stearns v. Smith, 6 Wash. 496. SEC. 3. The Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Commissioner of Public Lands, shall hold their offices for four years, respectively, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Cited: State v. Womack, 4 Wash. p. 26; State ex rel. Dudley v. Daggett, 28 Wash. p. 16. When the Lieutenant Governor, by virtue of his office and by command of the constitution, assumes the duties of Governor on the death of the Governor, the office of Lieutenant Governor does not thereby become vacant, but the officer remained Lieutenant Governor, intrusted with the powers and duties of GoverState ex rel. Murphy v. McBride, 29 Wash. 335. nor: SEC. 23. The Commissioner of Public Lands shall perform such duties and receive such compensation as the Legislature may direct. Salary: $1, Laws post. SEC. 24. The Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner of Public Lands, and Attorney General shall severally keep the public records, books and papers relating to their respective offices, at |