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ordered by the Governor, except in cases specially pro-
vided 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 Constitu-
tion, are required to be elected by the people, shall, ex-
cept 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 prescribed 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 offi-
cers, for whose election provision is made by this Consti-
tution, 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
practicable, and shall enter upon the duties of their re-
spective offices immediately upon their qualification; and
the term of office of the State Librarian and of the Com-
missioner 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
according to the existing provisions of law in relation to
officers under the present Constitution, or before the Gov-
ernor 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.
VOTE ON THE CONSTITUTION
For the purpose of ascertaining the sense of the people
of this State, in regard to the adoption, or rejection of this
Constitution, the Governor shall issue his proclamation
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