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374 MARYLAND MANUAL. and the nomination of the person thus appointed during the recess, or of some other person in his place, shall be made to the Senate within thirty days after the next meet ing of the Legislature. SEC. 12. No person, after being rejected by the Senate, shall be again nominated for the same office at the same session, unless at the request of the Senate; or be appointed to the same office during the recess of the Legislature. SEC. 13. All civil officers appointed by the Governor and Senate, shall be nominated to the Senate within fifty days from the commencement of each regular session of the Leg islature; and their term of office, except in cases otherwise provided for in this Constitution, shall commence on the first Monday of May next ensuing their appointment, and continue for two years, (unless removed from office), and until their successors, respectively, qualify according to Law; but the term of office of the Inspectors of Tobacco shall commence on the first Monday of March next ensuing their appointment. SEc. 14. If a vacancy shall occur during the session of the Senate, in any office which the Governor and Senate have the power to fill, the Governor shall nominate to the Senate, before jts final adjournment, a proper person to fill said vacancy, unless such vacancy occurs within ten days before said final adojurnment. SEC. 15. The Governor may suspend or arrest any mili tary officer of the State for disobedience of orders or other military offence; and may remove him in pursuance of the sentence of a Court-Martial; and may remove for incompe tency or misconduct, all civil officers who received appoint ment from the Executive for a term of years. SEC. 16. The Governor shall convene the Legislature, or the Senate alone, on extraordinary occasions; and when ever from the presence of any enemy, or from any other cause, the Seat of Government shall become an unsafe place for the meeting of the Legislature, he may direct their ses sions to be held at some other convenient place. SEC 17. To guard against hasty or partial legislation and encroachments of the Legislative Department, upon the co-ordinate, Executive and Judicial Departments, every Bill which shall have passed the House of Delegates, and the Senate shall, before it becomes a law, he presented to the Governor of the State; if he approves he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it with his objections to the House in which it originated, which House shall enter the objec. tions at large on its Journal and proceed to reconsider the |
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