26 MARYLAND MANUAL. [ART. II.
ARTICLE II.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Governor's
term of
office. |
SECTION 1. The executive power of the State will be vested
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. |
Time, place
and manner
of electing
Governor. |
SEC. 2. An election for Governor, under this Constitution,
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
elect. |
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,
in the manner herein prescribed, on the second Wednesday of
January next ensuing his election, or as soon thereafter as
may be practicable.
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Tie vote. |
SEC. 4. If two or more persons shall have the highest and
an equal number of votes for Governor, one of them shall be |
House to de-
cide all ques-
tions. |
chosen Governor by the Senate and House of Delegates, and
all questions in relation to the eligibility of Governor, and to
the returns of said election, and to the number and legality of
voters therein given, shall be determined by the House of
Delegates; and if the person or persons, having the highest
number of votes, be ineligible, the Governor shall be chosen
by the Senate and House of Delegates. Every election of
Governor by the General Assembly shall be determined by a
joint majority of the Senate and House of Delegates, and the |
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