COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	Sec. 26. The House of Delegates shall	Section 9.04. Impeachment.
	have the sole power of impeachment in all	The House of Delegates shall have the lole
	cases; but a majority of all the members	power of impeachment of elected state
	elected must concur in the impeachment.	officers, judges, and any other state officers
	All impeachments shall be tried by the	who may be designated by the General As-
	Senate, and when sitting for that purpose,	sembly by law, in cases of serious crimes of
	the Senators shall be on oath, or affirmation,	serious misconduct in office. The affirmative
	to do justice according to the Law and	vote of three*fifths of all the members of the
	evidence; but no person shall be convicted	House of Delegates shall be required to im-
	without the concurrence >of two-thirds of all the Senators elected.	peach. Impeachments shall be tried by a special tribunal of ten judges appointed by
		the Court of Appeals from among the judges
		of the State. The concurrence of three*fifths
		of the judges of the special tribunal shall be
		required to convict. Judgment upon convic-
		tion shall be removal from office and may in-
		elude disqualification from holding any office
		of public trust, and deprivation of pension
		rights and other privileges of office* A person
		tried upon impeachment, whether Or not
		convicted, nevertheless may be subject to
		criminal prosecution and punishment accord-
		ing to law.
	Sec. 27. Any bill may originate in	Section 3.20. Consideration of Bills.
	either House of the General Assembly, and	A bill may originate in either house of (he
	be altered, amended, or rejected by the	General Assembly and may be amended,
	other. No bill shall originate in either House during the last twenty-eight calendar	passed, or rejected by the other. No vote on final passage of a bill shall be taken until the
	days of a regular session, unless two-thirds	bill and all amendments to it are in writing.
	of the members elected thereto shall so	No vote on final passage of a bill shall be
	determine by yeas and nays, and in addition	taken until the fifth calendar day after its.
	the two Houses by joint and similar rule	introduction in the house of origin and until
	may further regulate the right to introduce	the second calendar day after it reaches the
	bills during this period; nor shall any bill become a law until it be read on three	second house except upon the affirmative vote pf three-fifths of all the members of the
	different days of the session in each House, unless two-thirds of the members elected to the House where such bill is pending shall so determine by yeas and nays, and no bill shall be read a third time until it shall have been actually engrossed or	house in which the bill is pending or except during the first four days of a special session* The General Assembly may provide by law that pending bills may be carried over to the next regular session of the same General As* sembly.
	printed for a third reading.
	Sec. 28. No bill shall become a Law	Section 3.21. Passage of Bills.
	unless it be passed in each House by a	No bill shall be enacted nor shall a
	majority of the whole number of members	resolution requiring the action of both
	elected, and on its final passage, the yeas and nays be recorded; nor shall any Resolu-	houses be adopted unless it is passed by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the mem-
	tion, requiring the action of both Houses,	bers of that house. A vote in joint session or
	be passed except in the same manner.	in either house on any bill or resolution or
		for the election or confirmation of any state
		officer shall be taken only in public session.
	Sec. 29. The style of all Laws of this	Section 3.19. Form of Laws.
	State shall be, "Be it enacted by the	Every law of this State shall be styled: "Be
	General Assembly of Maryland:" and all	it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
	Laws shall be passed by original bill; and	land." The General Assembly shall enact no

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