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for at least three years next preceding the day of his
election, and the last year thereof in the county or in the
legislative 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 per-
son 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 21 years at the time of his
election.
Sec. 6. No member of Congress, or person holding any
civil or military office under the United States, shall be
eligible as a Senator or Delegate; and if any person shall,
after his election as Senator or Delegate, be elected to
Congress or be appointed to any office, civil or military,
under the government of the United States, his accept-
ance thereof shall vacate his seat.
Sec. 7. No minister or preacher of the gospel or teach-
er of any religious creed or denomination, and no per-
son holding any civil office or profit or trust under this
State, except justices of the peace, shall be eligible as
Senator or Delegate.
Sec. 8. 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 ac-
counted for and paid into the treasury all sums on the
books thereof charged to and due by him.
Sec. 9. In case of death, disqualification, resignation,
refusal to act, expulsion or removal from the county or
city for which he shall have been elected of any person
who shall have been chosen as a Delegate or Senator, or
in case of a tie between two or more such qualified persons,
a warrant of election shall be issued by the Speaker of the
House of Delegates or President of the Senate, as the
case may be, for the election of another person in his
place, of which election not less than ten days' notice
shall be given, exclusive of the day of publication of the
notice and of the day of election; and in the case of
such resignation or refusal to act being communicated
in writing to the Governor by the person so resigning or
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