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Mr. Gill said the provisions were exactly the same as
in the constitution of 1864.
Mr. Walsh had been under a misapprehension yesterday
when he offered his amendment, but on a more careful
reading of the section he saw that the whole was in per-
fect harmony, and no misconception could exist. The
gentleman from Baltimore (Mr. Carter) was perfectly
right in the view he took.
After further discussion the motion to reconsider was
decided in the negative.
Section 13 was then read and slightly amended.
Mr. Walsh submitted the following, to be inserted as
the 14th section:
"If a vacancy shall occur during the session of the Sen-
ate in any office which the Governor and the Senate have
the power to fill, the Governor shall nominate a proper
person to the Senate to fill said vacancy before the final
adjournment of the Senate. "
Mr. Motter moved to amend by adding "unless such
vacancy occurs within ten days before said final adjourn-
ment, " which was accepted, and the amendment as modi-
fied was then adopted, and stands as section 14.
Section 14 as reported by the committee, and now
standing as section 15, was read as follows:
"The Governor may suspend or arrest any military offi-
cer of the State for disobedience of orders, or other mili-
tary offence, and may remove him in pursuance of the
sentence of a court-martial, and may remove for incom-
petency or misconduct all civil officers who received ap-
pointment from the Executive for a term of years. "
Mr. Barry moved to amend by adding, after the word
"misconduct, " the words "after a hearing before him. "
After a brief debate, in which Messrs. Barry, Walsh
and Brown participated, the amendment was rejected.
Section 15 (now section 16) was read, and an amend-
ment offered. After discussion the amendment was re-
jected.
Section 17, giving the veto power to the Governor, was
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