Art.  III.  Every  male  citizen  of  twenty-one  years  of  age  and  up-
wards, (excepting  paupers  and  pei-sons  under  guardianship)  who  shall
have  resided  within  the  commonwealth  one  year,  and  within  the  town
or  district  in  which  he  may  claim  a  right  to  vote,  six  calendar  months
next  preceding  any  election  of  governor,  lieutenant-governor,  senators
or  representatives,  and  who  shall  have  paid,  by  himself  or  his  parent,
master  or  guardian,  any  state  or  county  tax,  which  shall,  within  two
years  next  preceding  such  election,  have  been  assessed  upon  him  in
any  town  or  district  of  this  commonwealth;  and  also,  every  citizen
who  shall  be,  by  law,  exempted  from  taxation,  and  who  shall  be,  in  all
other  respects,  qualified  as  above  mentioned,  shall  have  a  right  to  vote
in  such  election  of  governor,  lieutenant-governor,  senators  and  repre-
sentatives; and  no  other  person  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  in  such
elections.
Art.  IV.  Notaries  public  shall  be  appointed  by  the  governor  in  the
same  manner  as  judicial  officers  are  appointed,  and  shall  hold  their
offices  during  seven  years,  unless  sooner  removed  by  the  governor  with
the  consent  of  the  council,  upon  the  address  of  both  houses  of  the
legislature.
In  case  the  office  of  secretary  or  treasurer  of  the  commonwealth
shall  become  vacant  from  any  cause  during  the  recess  of  the  general
court,  the  governor,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  council,  shall
nominate  and  appoint,  under  such  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  by
law,  a  competent  and  suitable  person  to  such  vacant  office,  who  shall
hold  the  same  until  a  successor  shall  be  appointed  by  the  general
court.
Whenever  the  exigencies  of  the  commonwealth  shall  require  the  ap-
pointment of  a  commissary -general,  he  shall  be  nominated,  appointed  and
commissioned  in  such  manner  as  the  legislature  may,  by  law,  prescribe.
