election to be held in the same manner as the election of
Delegates, and the returns thereof under seal to be addressed
to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, and enclosed and
transmitted to the Secretary of State, and delivered to said
Speaker, at the commencement of the session of the General
Assembly next ensuing said election.

SEC. 3. The Speaker of the House of Delegates shall then
open the said returns in the presence of both Houses; and the
person having the highest number of votes, and being consti-
tutionally eligible, shall be the Governor, and shall qualify,
in the manner herein prescribed, on the second Wednesday of
January next ensuing his election, or as soon thereafter as
may be practicable.

SEC 4. If two or more persons shall have the highest and
an equal number of votes for Governor, one of them shall
be chosen Governor by the Senate and House of Dele-
gates, and all questions in relation to the eligibility of Gov-
ernor, and to the returns of said election, and to the
number and legality of votes therein given, shall be deter-
mined by the House of Delegates; and if the person or
persons, having the highest number of votes, be ineligible,
the Governor shall be chosen by the Senate and House of
Delegates. Every election of Governor by the General
Assembly shall be determined by a joint majority of the
Senate and House of Delegates, and the vote shall be taken
viva voce. But if two or more persons shall have the highest
and an equal number of votes, then a second vote shall
be taken, which shall be confined to the persons having an
equal number; and if the vote should again be equal, then
the election of Governor shall be determined by lot between
those who shall have the highest and an equal number on the
first vote.

SEC. 5. A person to be eligible to the office of Governor
must have attained the age of thirty years, and must have
been for ten years a citizen of the State of Maryland, and
for five years next preceding his election a resident of the
State, and at the time of his election a qualified voter
therein.

SEC. 6. In the case of death or resignation of the Gov-
ernor, or of his removal from the State, or other disqualifica-
tion, the General Assembly, if in session, or if not, at their
next session, shall elect some other qualified person to be
Governor for the residue of the term for which the said
Governor had been elected.

SEC. 7. In case of any vacancy in the office of Governor,
during the recess of the legislature, the President of the