Limit of ses-
sions. |
SEC. 15. The General Assembly may continue its session
so long as in its judgment the public interest may require, for
a period not longer than ninety days; and each member there- |
Compensa-
tion. |
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- |
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Mileage. |
ceeding twenty cents per mile; and the presiding officer of
each House shall receive an additional compensation of three |
Extra ses-
sions. |
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- |
Books not to
be pur-
chased. |
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,
notwithstanding he may thereafter resign, shall during the |
Disqualifica-
tions. |
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.
SEC. 18. No Senator or Delegate shall be liable in any civil |
Freedom of
debate. |
action or criminal prosecution whatever for words spoken in
debate.
SEC. 19. Each House shall be judge of the qualifications |
Powers of
each House. |
and elections of its members, as prescribed by the Constitu-
tion and laws of the State; shall appoint its own officers, de-
termine the rules of its own proceedings, punish a member
for disorderly or disrespectful behavior, and with the consent
of two-thirds of its whole number of members elected, expel a
member, but no member shall be expelled a second time for
the same offence.
Covington vs. Buffett, 90 Md., 569.
SEC. 20. A majority of the whole number of members |
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Quorum. |
elected to each House shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
action of business; but a smaller number may adjourn from
day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members in
such manner and under such penalties as each House may
prescribe.
SEC. 21. The doors of each House and of the Committee of |
Sessions to be
open. |
the Whole shall be open, except when the business is such as
ought to be kept secret. |
