State, or other disqualification of the
said incumbent.
Sec. 2. An election for Governor,
under this Constitution, shall be held
on the Tuesday next after the first Mon-
day 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 Dele-
gates, shall be qualified and entitled to
vote for Governor; the election to be held
in the same manner as the election of
Delegates, and the returns thereof, under
seal, to be addressed to the Speaker of
the House of Delegates, and enclosed
and transmitted to the Secretary of State,
and delivered to said Speaker at the
commencement of the session of the
General Assembly, next ensuing said
election.
Sec. 3. The Speaker of the House of
Delegates shall then open the said
Returns, in the presence of both Houses;
and the person having the highest num-
ber of votes, and being constitutionally
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.
Sec. 4. If two or more persons shall
have the highest and an equal number
of votes for Governor, one of them shall
be 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 votes
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
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by the General Assembly shall be deter-
mind by a joint majority of the Senate
and House of Delegates; and the vote
shall be taken viva voce. But if two or
more persons shall have the highest and
an equal number of votes, then, a second
vote shall be taken, which shall be con-
fined to the persons having an equal
number; and if the vote should again be
equal, then the election of Governor
shall be determined by lot between those,
who shall have the highest and an equal
number on the first vote.
Sec. 5. A person to be eligible to the
office of Governor, must have attained
the age of thirty years, and must have
been for ten years a citizen of the State
of Maryland, and for five years next
preceding his election, a resident of the
State, and, at the time of his election, a
qualified voter therein.
Sec. 6. In case of the death, or
resignation of the Governor, or of his
removal from the State, or other disquali-
fication, the General Assembly, if in
session, or if not, at their next session,
shall elect some other qualified person
to be Governor for the residue of the
term for which the said Governor had
been elected.
Sec. 7. In case of any vacancy in the
office of Governor, during the recess of
the Legislature, the President of the
Senate shall discharge the duties of said
office, until a Governor is elected, as
herein provided for; and in case of the
death or resignation of the said President,
or of his removal from the State, or of
his refusal to serve, then the duties of
said office shall, in like manner, and for
the same interval, devolve upon the
Speaker of the House of Delegates. And
the Legislature may provide by Law, for
the impeachment of the Governor; and
in case of his conviction, or his inability,
may declare what person shall perform
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