24 MARYLAND MANUAL., [ART. II.
New election
on refusal
to take oath. |
SEC. 7. Every person hereafter elected, or appointed to of-
fice in this State, who shall refuse or neglect to take the oath
or affirmation of office provided for in the sixth section of this
Article, shall be considered as having refused to accept the
said office; and a new election or appointment shall be made;
as in case of refusal to accept, or resignation of any office;
and any person violating said oath shall, on conviction there-
of, in a Court of Law, in addition to the penalties now or here-
after to be imposed by law, be thereafter incapable of holding
any office of profit or trust in this State.
Archer vs. State, 74 Md., 443. Davidson vs. Brice, 91 Md., 684.
ARTICLE 11.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
SECTION 1. The executive power of the State will be vested |
Governor's
term of
office. |
in a Governor, whose term of office shall commence on the sec-
ond Wednesday of January next ensuing his election, and
continue for four years, and until his successor shall have
qualified; but the Governor chosen at the first election under
this Constitution shall not enter upon the discharge of the
duties of the office until the expiration of the term for which
the present incumbent was elected; unless the said office shall
become vacant by death, resignation, removal from the State,
or other disqualification of the said incumbent.
Miles vs. Bradford, 22 Md., 183.
SEC. 2. An election for Governor, under this Constitution, |
Time, place
and manner
of electing
Governor. |
shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of
November, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and
on the same day and month in every fourth year thereafter,
at the places of voting for delegates to the General Assembly;
and every person qualified to vote for Delegates shall be qual-
ified and entitled to vote for Governor; the election to be held
in the same manner as the election of Delegates, and the re-
turns thereof under seal to be addressed to the Speaker of the
House of Delegates, and enclosed and transmitted to the Sec-
retary of State, and delivered to said Speaker, at the com-
mencement of the session of the General Assembly next en-
suing said election.
SEC. 3. The Speaker of the House of Delegates shall then |
Plurality to
fleet. |
open the said returns in the presence of both Houses; and the
person having the highest number of votes, and being consti-
tutionally eligible, shall be the Governor, and shall qualify, |
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