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MARYLAND MANUAL. [ARTS. IX-X
ARTICLE IX.
MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS.
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Organization.
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SECTION 1. The General Assembly shall make, from
time to time, such provisions for organizing, equipping
and disciplining- the Militia, as the exigency may re-
quire, and pass such Laws to promote Volunteer Militia
Organizations as may afford them effectual encourage-
ment.
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Adjutant Gen-
eral.
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Sec. 2. There shall be an Adjutant-General appointed
by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate. He shall hold his office until the appoint-
ment and qualification of his successor, or until re-
moved in pursuance of the sentence of a court-martial.
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Duties.
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He shall perform such duties and receive such compen-
sation or emoluments as are now or may be prescribed
by law. He shall discharge the duties of his office at
the seat of government, unless absent under orders, on
duty; and no other officer of the General Staff of the
Militia shall receive salary or pay, except when on
service and mustered in with troops.
Watkins v. Watkins, 2 Md., 341. McBlair v. Bond, 41 Md. 137.
Sec. 3. The existing Militia Law of the State shall
expire at the end of the next session of the General
Assembly, except so far as it may be re-enacted, subject
to the provisions of this Article.
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ARTICLE X.
LABOR AND AGRICULTURE.*
SECTION 1. There shall be a Superintendent of Labor
and Agriculture elected by the qualified voters of this
State at the first General election for Delegates to the
General Assembly after the adoption of this Constitu-
tion, who shall hold his office for the term of four years,
and until the election and qualification of his successor.
Sec. 2. His qualifications shall be the same as those
prescribed for the Comptroller; he shall qualify and
enter upon the duties of his office on the second Mon-
day of January next succeeding the time of his election;
and a vacancy in the office shall be filled by the Gov-
ernor for the residue of the term.
"This Article expired by limitation.
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