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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 in-
creased, such classification of the additional Senators shall be
made as to preserve, as nearly as may be, an equal number in
each class,
Covington vs. Buffett, 90 Md., 577, Weddle vs. School Commrs., 94
Md., 344.
SEC. 9. No person shall be eligible as a Senator or Dele- |
Qualifications
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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 represent,
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
lie 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 Congress, or be
appointed to any office, civil or military, under the Govern-
ment 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 accounted
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, re- |
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fusal 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 be-
tween two or more such qualified persons, a warrant of elec-
tion shall be issued by the Speaker of the House of Delegates,
or President of the Senate, as the case may be„ for the elec- |
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