Article V § 10

The Governor shall have power, and it shall be his duty, to examine into the condition and administration of any public office and the acts of any public officer, elective or appointed, and, except at such times as the Legislature may be in session, to suspend from office for gross neglect of duty, or for corrupt conduct in office, or any other misfeasance or malfeasance therein, either of the following State officers, to wit: The Attorney General, State Treasurer, Commissioner of the State Land Office, Secretary of State, Auditor General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, or members of the State Board of Education, or any other officer of the State, except legislative and judicial, and report the cause of such suspension to the Legislature at its next session.

The Governor shall have power, and it shall be his duty, except at such time as the legislature may be in session, to examine into the condition and administration of any public office, and the acts of any public officer, elective or appointed, and, except at such times as the Legislature may be in session, to remove suspend from office for gross neglect of duty, or for corrupt conduct in office, or any other misfeasance or malfeasance therein, either of the following State officers, to wit: The Attorney General, State Treasurer, Commissioner of the State Land Office, Secretary of State, Auditor General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, or members of the State Board of Education, or any other officer of the State, except legislature legislative and judicial, elective or appointed, and to appoint a successor for the remainder of their respective unexpired term of office, and report the causes cause of such removal suspension to the Legislature at its next session.

The Governor shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, to examine into the condition of any State office, and the act of any State officer, and to suspend such officer, except a judge or member of the Legislature, for gross neglect of duty, or for corrupt conduct in office, or any misfeasance or malfeasance therein, and to make a provisional appointment to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby, and report the cause of such suspension to the Legislature, if in session, and if not, then at the commencement of the next session thereof, and the Legislature shall proceed to investigate such cause, and if found insufficient, such officer shall be reinstated for the unexpired portion of his term.

The Governor shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, except at such time as the legislature may be in session, to examine into the condition and administration of any public State office, and the acts act of any public State officer, elective or appointed, and to suspend remove such officer, except a judge or member of the Legislature, from office for gross neglect of duty, or for corrupt conduct in office, or any other misfeasance or malfeasance therein, either of the following State officers, to wit: The Attorney General, State Treasurer, Commissioner of the Land Office, Secretary of State, Auditor General, Superintendent Public Instruction, or members of the State Board of Education, or any other officer of the State, except legislature and judicial, elective or appointed, and to make a provisional appointment to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby appoint a successor for the remainder of their respective unexpired term of office, and report the causes cause of such removal suspension to the Legislature, if in session, and if not, then at its the commencement of the next session thereof, and the Legislature shall proceed to investigate such cause, and if found insufficient, such officer shall be reinstated for the unexpired portion of his term.