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adjourn ton any other place, than that in which the House
shall be sitting, without the concurrent vote of two-thirds of
the members present.
Sec. 26. The House of Delegates shall have the sole power
of impeachment in all cases; but a majority of all the mem-
bers elected must concur in the impeachment. All impeach-
ments shall be tried by the Senate, and when sittieg for that
purpose, the Senators shall be on oath, or affirmation, to do
justice according to the law and the evidence; but no person
shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of
all the Senators elected.
Sec. 27. Any bill may originate in either House of the
General Assembly, and be altered, amended or rejected by
the other; but no bill shall originate in either House during
the last ten days of the session, unless two-thirds of the mem-
bers elected thereto shall so determine by yeas and nays; nor
shall any bill become a Law, until it be read on three differ-
ent days of the session in each House, unless two-thirds of
the members elected to the House, where such bill is pend-
ing, shall so determine by yeas and nays; and no hill shall
be read a third time until it shall have been actually en-
grossed for a third reading.
Sec. 28. No bill shall become a Law unless it be passedin
each House by a majority of the whole number of members
elected, and on its final passage the yeas and nays be re-
corded; nor shall any Resolution, requiring the action of
both Houses, be passed except in the same manner.
Sec. 29. The style of all Laws of this State shall be, " Be
it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland," and all
Laws shall be passed by original bill; and every Law
enacted by the General Assembly, shall embrace but one sub-
ject, and that shall he described in its title; and no Law, nor
section of a Law, shall bo revived, or amended by reference to
its title, or section only; nor shall any Law be construed,
by reason of its title, to grant powers, or confer rights which
are not expressly contained in the body of the Act; and it
shall bo the duty of the General Assembly, in amending any
article or section of the Code of Laws of this State, to enact
the same, as the said article or section would read when
amended. And whenever the General Assembly shall enact
any Public General Law, not amendatory of any Section or
Article in the said Code, it shall he the duty of the General
Assembly to enact the same, in articles and sections, in the
same manner as the Code is arranged, and to provide for the
publication of all additions and alterations which may be
made to the said Code.
Sec. 30. Every bill, when passed by the General Assem-
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