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Maryland Manual, 1905
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ART. XV] CONSTITUTION. 83
it is directed to be kept, shall be returned yearly
to the Comptroller of the State for hip inspection, and
that of the General Assembly of the State, to which the
Comptroller shall, at each regular session thereof, make
a report showing what officers have complied with this
section; and each of the said officers, when the amount
received by him for the year shall exceed the sum which
he is by Law entitled to retain as his salary or compen-
sation for the discharge of his duties, and for the
expenses of his office, shall yearly pay over to the
Treasurer of the State, the amount of such excess, sub-
ject to such disposition thereof as the General Assembly
may direct; if any of such officers shall fail to comply
with the requisitions of this section for the period of
thirty days after the expiration of each and every year
of his office, such officer shall be deemed to have vacated
his office, and the Governor shall declare the same
vacant, and the vacancy therein shall be filled as in case
of vacancy for any other cause, and such officer shall be
subject to suit by the State for the amount that ought to
be paid into the Treasury; and no person holding any
office created by or existing under this Constitution or
Laws of the State, or holding any appointment under
any Court in this State, shall receive more than three
thousand dollars a year as a compensation for the dis-
charge of his official duties, except in cases specially
provided in this Constitution.
Banks v. State, 60 Md. 305. Goldsborough v. Lloyd, 86 Md. 376.
Salary limit.
Sec. 2. The several Courts existing in this State at
the time of the adoption-of this Constitution shall, until
superseded under its provisions, continue with like
powers and jurisdiction, and in the exercise thereof, both
at Law and in Equity, in all respects, as if this Constitu-
tion had not been adopted; and when said Courts shall
be so superseded, all causes then depending in said
Courts shall pass into the jurisdiction of the several
Courts, by which they may be respectively superseded.
Sec. 3. The Governor and all officers, civil and mili-
Jurisdiction of
Courts.
tary, now holding office under this State, whether by
election or appointment, shall continue to hold, exer-
cise and discharge the duties of their offices (unless
inconsistent with or otherwise provided in this Consti-
tution), until they shall be superseded under its provi-
sions, and until their successors shall be duly qualified.
Smith & Davis v. Thursby, 28 Md. 244.
Officers to con-
tinue in of-
fice.


 
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