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elected on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the
month of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, for the
term of four years, to supply their places; so that, after the
first election, one-half of the Senators may he chosen every
second year. In case the number of Senators be hereafter
increased, such classification of the additional Senators
shall be made as to preserve, as nearly as may be, an equal
number in each class.
Covington v. Buffett, 90 Md., 577. Weddle v. School Commrs., 94
Md., 344.
SEC. 9. No person shall be eligible as a Senator or Dele- |
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gate who, at the time of his election, is not a citizen of the
State of Maryland, and who has not resided therein for at
least three years next preceding the day of his election, and
the last year thereof, in the county, or in the Legislative Dis-
trict of Baltimore city, which he may be chosen to repre-
sent, if such county or Legislative District of said city shall
have been so long established; and if not, then in the county
or city. from which, in whole or in part, the same may have
been formed; nor shall any person be eligible as a Senator
unless he shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, at
the time of his election.
SEC. 10. No member of Congress, or person holding any |
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civil or military office under the United States shall be
eligible as a Senator or Delegate; and if any person shall,
after his election as Senator or Delegate, be elected to Con-
gress, or be appointed to any office, civil or military, under
the Government of the United States, his acceptance thereof
shall vacate his seat.
SEC. 11. No Minister or Preacher of the Gospel, or of any |
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religious creed or denomination, and no person holding any
civil office of profit or trust under this State, except Justices
of the Peace, shall be eligible as Senator or Delegate.
SEC. 12. No collector, receiver or holder of public money |
Defaulters
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shall be eligible as Senator or Delegate, or to any office of
profit or trust under this State, until he shall have ac-
counted for and paid into the Treasury all sums on the
books thereof charged to and due by him.
SEC. 13. In case of death, disqualification, resignation, |
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refusal to act, expulsion, or removal from the county or city
for which he shall have been elected, or any person who shall
have been chosen as a Delegate or Senator, or in case of a
tie between two or more such qualified persons, a warrant
of election shall be issued by the Speaker of the House of
Delegates, or President of the Senate, as the case may be, |
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