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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

CONSTITUTION OF 186?

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968

to icrvc for four years, from the day of

beginning at noon on the second Wednesday

their election.

of December following his election and end-

Sec. 7. The election for Senators and
Delegates shall take place on the Tuesday

ing at noon on the second Wednesday of De-
cember in the fourth year thereafter.

next, after the first Monday in the month


of November, nineteen hundred and fifty-


eight, and in every fourth year thereafter.


Sfcc. 8. Vacant.


Sec. 9. No person shall be eligible as a

Section 3.09. Qualifications.

Senator or Delegate, who at the time of his
election, is not a citizen of the State of

A senator or a delegate shall be a qualified
voter of the State at the time of his election

Maryland, and who has not resided therein,

of appointment, shall have been a resident

for at least three years, next preceding the

of the State for at least two years immediate-

day of hit election, and the last year
thereof, in the County, or in the Legislative

ly preceding his election or appointment,
and shall have been a resident of his senate

District of Baltimore City, which he may
be chosen to represent, if such County, or
Legislative District of said City, shall have
been so long established; and if not, then
in the County, or City, from which, in
whole, or in part, the same may have been
formed; nor shall any person be eligible
as a Senator, unless he shall have attained
the age of twenty-five years, nor as a
Delegate, unless he shall have attained the
age of twenty-one years, at the time of his
election.

district for at least six months immediately
preceding his election or appointment. If any
redistricting plan has been adopted within
one year before a general election for mem-
bers of the General Assembly, a candidate
for the office of senator or delegate may also
seek election in any new senate district con-
taining fifty per cent or more of the
population of the senate district in which he
resided prior to redistricting. At the time of
his election or appointment a senator shall


have attained the age of twenty-five years,

Sec. 10. No member of Congress, or

and a delegate shall have attained the age of

person holding any civil, or military office

twenty-one years.

under the United States, shall be eligible


as a Senator, or Delegate: and if any person


shall after his election as Senator, or Dele-


gate, be elected to Congress, or be ap-


pointed to any office, civil, or military,


under the Government of the United States,


his acceptance thereof, shall vacate his seat.


Sec. 11. No Minister or Preacher of the


Gospel, or of any religious creed, or de-


nomination, and no person holding any civil


office of profit, or trust, under this State,


except Justices of the Peace, shall be eligible


as Senator, or Delegate.


Sec. 12. No Collector, Receiver, or


Holder of public money shall be eligible


as Senator or Delegate, or to any office


of profit, or trust, under this State, until


he shall have accounted for, and paid into


the Treasury all sums on the Books thereof,


charged to, and due by him.


Sec. 13. (a) In case of death, dis-

Section3.il. Vacancies..

qualification, resignation, refusal to act,

A vacancy in the General Assembly shall

expulsion, or removal from the county, or
city, for which he shall have been elected,

be filled as prescribed by law. An appointee
to fill a vacancy, when succeeding a party

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