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SEC. 12. No collector, receiver or holder of public money |
Defaulters
Ineligible. |
shall be eligible as Senator or Delegate, or to any office of
profit or trust under this State, until he shall have accounted
for and paid into the Treasury all sums on the books thereof
charged to and due by him.
SEC. 13. In case of death, disqualification, resignation, re- |
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Vacancies. |
fusal to act, expulsion, or removal from the county or city for
which he shall have been elected, or any person who shall have
been chosen as a Delegate or Senator, or in case of a tie be-
tween two or more such qualified persons, a warrant of elec-
tion shall be issued by the Speaker of the House of Delegates,
or President of the Senate, as the case may be, for the elec-
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 |
Time of meet-
ing of Leg-
islature. |
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. |
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 |
Compensa-
tion. |
a period not longer than ninety days; and each member there-
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 |
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Mileage. |
also receive such mileage as may be allowed by law, not ex-
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 |
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