prescribe by law the qualifications of persons appointed by the
governor to serve as heads of principal departments or as mem-
bers of boards and commissions serving as heads of principal
departments.

Section 4.30. Terms of Office.

Each person serving as the head of a principal department,
and each chief administrative officer of a board or commission
serving as the head of a principal department, except the head or
chief administrative officer of an institution of higher education
or of the state public school system, shall serve at the pleasure of
the governor. The terms of office of the members of each board
or commission which serves as the head of a principal depart-
ment, except the governing board of an institution of higher edu-
cation or of the state public school system, shall be prescribed
by the General Assembly by law or by the process of executive
reorganization, so that the governor, immediately upon taking
office following his election, may appoint at least one-half of the
members of each board and commission.

Section 4.31. Appointment and Removal of Other Persons.

All persons in the executive branch whose method of appoint-
ment or whose method of removal is not specified in this Consti-
tution shall be appointed or may be removed as the General
Assembly may prescribe by law.

Section 4.32. Interim and Recess Appointments.

If a vacancy occurs in any office which the governor may fill
with the advice and consent of the Senate, he shall appoint a per-
son to the office. If the appointment is made within the first sixty
days of a regular session of the General Assembly, the governor
shall submit to the Senate the nomination of the appointee, or the
nomination of another person in his place. If the appointment is
made at any other time, the governor shall submit the nomination
to the Senate at the beginning of the next regular session of the
General Assembly. Such an appointee shall remain in office until
the end of the next regular session of the General Assembly, or

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