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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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by the qualified voters of the several coun-
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ties of the State on the Tuesday next after
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the first Monday in the month of November,
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commencing in the year nineteen hundred
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and fifty-eight; their number in each county,
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their compensation, powers and duties shall
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be such as now or may be hereafter pre-
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scribed by Law; they shall be elected at such
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times, in such numbers and for such periods,
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not exceeding four years, as may be pre-
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scribed by Law.
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Sec. 2. The qualified voters of each
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County, and of the City of Baltimore, shall,
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on the Tuesday next after the first Monday
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in the month of November, in the year
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nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and on
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the same day in every fourth year there-
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after, elect a Surveyor for each County and
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the City of Baltimore, respectively, whose
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term of office shall commence on the first
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Monday of January next ensuing their
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election, and whose duties and compensation
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shall be the same as are now or may here-
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after be prescribed by Law. And any
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vacancy in the office of Surveyor, shall be
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filled by the Commissioners of the counties,
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or by the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
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more, respectively, for the residue of the
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term.
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Sec. 3. The State Librarian shall be
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appointed by the Governor, by and with the
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advice and consent of the Senate, and shall
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hold his office during the term of the
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Governor, by whom he shall have been
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appointed, and until his successor shall be
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appointed and qualified. His salary shall be
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fifteen hundred dollars a year; and he shall
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perform such duties as are now, or may
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hereafter be prescribed by Law; and no
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appropriation, shall be made by Law, to pay
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for any Clerk, or assistant to the Librarian.
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And it shall be the duty of the Legislature,
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at its first Session after the adoption of this
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Constitution, to pass a Law regulating the
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mode and manner in which the Books in the
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Library shall be kept and accounted for
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by the Librarian, and requiring the Librar-
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ian to give a Bond, in such penalty as the
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Legislature may prescribe, for the proper
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discharge of his duties. The office of the
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State Librarian shall be abolished as of the
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end of the term of the present incumbent.
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Sec. 4. There shall be a Commissioner
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of the Land Office, who shall be appointed
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by the Governor, by and with the advice
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and consent of the Senate, who shall hold
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