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SEC. 15. The Governor may suspend, or arrest any mili-
tary officer of the State for disobedience of orders or other
military offence; and may remove him in pursuance of the
sentence of a Court-Martial; and may remove for incompe-
tency or misconduct, all civil officers who received appoint-
ment from the Executive for a term of years.
Cantwell vs. Owens, 14 Md., 215. Harman vs. Harwood, 58 Md., 1.
Townsend vs. Kurtz, 83 Md., 331. School Commrs. vs. Goldsborough,
90 Md., 195. Cull vs. Wheltle, 114 Md.
SEC. 16. The Governor shall convene the Legislature, or
the Senate alone, on extraordinary occasions; and whenever |
Courts-mar-
tial. |
from the presence of any enemy, or from any other cause, the
Seat of Government shall become an unsafe place for the
meeting of the Legislature, he may direct their sessions to be
held at some other convenient place.
SEC. 17. To guard against hasty or partial legislation and
encroachments of the Legislative Department upon the co-
ordinate, Executive and Judicial Departments, every Bill |
Extra sessions
of Legisla-
ture. |
which shall have passed the House of Delegates, and the Sen-
ate shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the Gov-
ernor of the State; if he approves he shall sign it, but if not
he shall return it with his objections to the House in which
it originated, which House shall enter the objections at large
on its Journal and proceed to reconsider the Bill; if, after
such reconsideration, three-fifths of the members elected to |
Veto power. |
that House shall pass the Bill, it shall be sent with the objec-
tions to the other House, by which it shall likewise be recon-
sidered, and if it pass by three-fifths of the members elected
to that House it shall become a law; but in all cases the votes
of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and |
Vetoed bills;
bow passed. |
the names of the persons voting for and against the Bill shall
be entered on the Journal of each House, respectively. If
any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within six days |
Teas and
nays. |
(Sundays excepted), after it shall have been presented to
him, the same shall be a law in like manner as if he signed it,
unless the General Assembly shall, by adjournment, prevent
its return, in which case it shall not be a law.
The Governor shall have power to disapprove of any item
or items of any Bills making appropriations of money em- |
Veto within
six days. |
bracing distinct items, and the part or parts of the Bill ap-
proved shall be the law, and the item or items of appropria-
tions disapproved shall be void unless repassed according to
the rules or limitations prescribed for the passage of other
Bills over the Executive veto.*
Hamilton vs. State, 61 Md., 28. Lankford vs. Commrs. Somerset Co.,
73 Md., 105. Warfield vs. Vandiver, 101 Md., 78.
*Thus amended by Chapter 194, Acts of 1890, ratified by the people, Novem-
ber 3, 1891. |
Veto of Items. |
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