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two or more candidates shall have the highest and an equal
number of yotes, a new election shall be ordered by the
Governor, except in cases specially provided for by this
Constitution.
Sec. 5. In the trial of all criminal cases, the Jury shall be
the Judges of Law as well as of fact.
Sec. 6. The right of trial by Jury of all issues of fact in
civil proceedings in the several Courts of Law in this State,
where the amount in controversy exceeds the sum of five
dollars, shall be inviolably preserved.
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.
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 pte-
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 practica-
ble, and shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices
immediately upon their qualification; and the term of office
of the State Librarian and of the 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 ac-
cording 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.
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