Section 79. Lieutenant-Governor shall be President of Senate; compensation as such

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Duties and compensation of Lieutenant Governor

The Lieutenant Governor shall be President of the Senate but shall have no vote except in case of an equal division. He shall receive for his services a compensation to be prescribed by law, which shall not be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected.

Lieutenant-Governor shall be President of Senate; compensation as such

The Lieutenant-Governor shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote except in case of an equal division; and while acting as such shall receive a compensation equal to that allowed to the Speaker of the House of Delegates.

The Lieutenant-Governor shall be president of the Senate, but shall have no vote except in case of an equal division; and while acting as such, shall receive a compensation equal to that allowed to the Speaker of the House of Delegates.

The Lieutenant-Governor shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote except in case of an equal division; and while acting as such, shall receive a compensation equal to that allowed to the Speaker of the House of Delegates.

The lieutenant governor shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote; and while acting as such shall receive a compensation equal to that allowed to the speaker of the House of Delegates.

The lieutenant governor shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote; and while acting as such, shall receive a compensation equal to that allowed to the speaker of the house of delegates.

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