180 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. XV

Gittings v. State, 33 Md. 458. Capron v Devries, 83 Md. 220. City Pass.
Ry. Co v. Nugent, 86 Md. 349. Caledonian Fire Insurance Co. v. Franke,
86 Md. 93. Knee v. City Pass. Ry., 87 Md. 624.

Sec. 7. All general elections in this State shall be held on
the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of
November, in the year in which they shall occur; and the first
election of all officers, who, under this Constitution, are
required to be elected by the people, shall, except in cases
herein specially provided for, be held on the Tuesday next
after the first Monday of November, in the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven.
Wells v. Monroe, 86 Md. 451.

Sec. 8. The Sheriffs of the several Counties of this State,
and of the City of Baltimore, shall give notice of the several
elections authorized by this Constitution, in the manner pre-
scribed by existing Laws for elections to be held in this State,
until said Laws shall be changed.

Sec. 9. The term of office of all Judges and other officers,
for whose election provision is made by this Constitution,
shall, except in cases otherwise expressly provided herein,
commence from the time of their election; and all such officers
shall qualify as soon after their election as practicable, and
shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices immedi-
ately upon their qualification; and the term of office of the
State Librarian and of Commissioner of the Land Office shall
commence from the time of their appointment.

Sec. 10. Any officer elected or appointed in pursuance of the
provisions of this Constitution, may qualify, either according
to the existing provisions of Law, in relation to officers under
the present Constitution, or before the Governor of the State,
or before any Clerk of any Court of Record in any part of the
State; but in case an officer shall qualify out of the County in
which he resides, an official copy of his oath shall be filed and
recorded in the Clerk's office of the Circuit Court of the County
in which he may reside, or in the Clerk's office of the Superior
Court of the City of Baltimore, if he shall reside therein.

VOTE ON THE CONSTITUTION.

For the purpose of ascertaining the sense of the people of
this State in regard to the adoption or rejection of this Consti-
tution, the Governor shall issue his Proclamation within five
days after the adjournment of this convention, directed to the
Sheriffs of the City of Baltimore and of the several Counties