ACT. III.] CONSTITUTION.
for the election of another person in his place, of which elec-
tion not less than ten days' notice shall be given, exclusive of
the day of the publication of the notice and of the day of
election; and if during the recess of the Legislature, and
more than ten days before its termination, such death shall
occur, or such resignation, refusal to act or disqualification
be communicated in writing to the Governor by the person
so resigning, refusing or disqualified, it shall be the duty of
the Governor to issue a warrant of election to supply the
vacancy thus created, in the same manner the said Speaker
or President might have done during the session of the
General Assembly; provided, however, that unless a meet-
ing of the General Assembly may intervene, the election
thus ordered to fill such vacancy shall be held on the day of
the ensuing election for Delegates and Senators.
Covington v. Buffett, 90 Md., 576.
SEC. 14. The General Assembly shall meet on the first |
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Wednesday of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,
and on the same day in every second year thereafter, and at
no other time, unless convened by Proclamation of the Gov-
ernor.
SEC. 15. The General Assembly may continue its session |
Time of meet-
ing of Leg-
islature. |
so long as in its judgment the public interest may require,
for a period not longer than ninety days; and each member |
Limit of ses-
sions. |
thereof shall receive a compensation of five dollars per diem
for every day he shall attend the session, but not for such
days as he may be absent, unless absent on account of sick-
ness or by leave of the House of which he is a member; and |
Compensa-
tion. |
he shall also receive such mileage as may be allowed by law,
not exceeding twenty cents per mile; and the presiding
officer of each House shall receive an additional compensa- |
Mileage. |
tion of three dollars per day. When the General Assembly
shall be convened by Proclamation of the Governor, the ses-
sion shall not continue longer than thirty days, and in such
case the compensation shall be the same as herein pre-
scribed.
SEC. 16. No book, or other printed matter, not appertain- |
Extra ses-
sions. |
ing to the business of the session, shall be purchased or sub
scribed for, for the use of the members of the General As
Assembly, or be distributed among them, at the public expense.
SEC. 17. No senator or Delegate, after qualifying as such: |
Books not to
be pur-
chased. |
notwithstanding he may thereafter resign, shall during the
whole period of time for which he was elected be eligible to
any office which shall have been created, or the salary or
profits of which shall have been increased, during such term |
Disqualifica-
tions. |
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