ART. III.] CONSTITUTION. 33
tion of another person in his place, of which election 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, refus-
ing or disqualified, it shall be the duty of the Governor to
issue a warrant of election to supply the vacancy thus cre-
ated, in the same manner the said Speaker or President might
have done during the session of the General Assembly; pro-
vided, however, that unless a meeting of the General Assem-
bly may intervene, the election thus ordered to fill such va-
cancy shall be held on the day of the ensuing election for
Delegates and Senators.
Covington vs. 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 there- |
Limit of ses-
sions. |
of 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 sickness or
by leave of the House of which he is a member; and he shall
also receive such mileage as may be allowed by law, not ex- |
Compensa-
tion. |
ceeding twenty cents per mile; and the presiding officer of
each House shall receive an additional compensation of three |
Mileage. |
dollars per day. When the General Assembly shall be con-
vened by Proclamation of the Governor, the session shall not
continue longer than thirty days, and in such case the com-
pensation shall be the same as herein prescribed.
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-
sembly, 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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