CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS
after the first Monday in the month of
November, in the year in which they
shall occur; and the first election of all
officers, who, under this Constitution,
are required to be elected by the People,
shall, except in cases herein specially
provided for, be held on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday of Novem-
ber, in the year eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven.
Sec. 8. The Sheriffs of the several
Counties of this State, and of the City
of Baltimore, shall give notice of the
several elections authorized by this Con-
stitution, in the manner prescribed by
existing Laws for elections to be held in
this State, until said Laws shall be
changed.
Sec. 9. The Term of office of all
Judges and other officers, for whose elec-
tion provision is made by this Constitu-
tion, shall except in cases otherwise ex-
pressly provided herein, commence from
the time of their Election; and all such
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officers shall qualify as soon after their
election as practicable, and shall enter
upon the duties of their respective offices
immediately upon their qualification;
and the Term of office of the State
Librarian and of the Commissioner of
the Land Office shall commence from
the time of their appointment.
Sec. 10. Any officer elected or ap-
pointed in pursuance of the provisions
of this Constitution, may qualify, either
according to the existing provisions of
Law, in relation to officers under the
present Constitution, or before the Gov-
ernor of the State, or before any Clerk
of any Court of Record in any part of
the State; but in case an officer shall
qualify out of the County in which he
resides, an official copy of his oath shall
be filed and recorded in the Clerk's
office of the Circuit Court of the County
in which he may reside, or in the Clerk's
office of the Superior Court of the City
of Baltimore, if he shall reside therein.
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VOTE ON THE CONSTITUTION.
For the purpose of ascertaining the
sense of the people of this State, in re-
gard to the adoption, or rejection of this
Constitution, the Governor shall issue
his Proclamation within five days after
the adjournment of this Convention,
directed to the Sheriffs of the City of
Baltimore, and of the several Counties
of this State, commanding them to give
notice, in the manner now prescribed by
Law in reference to the election of mem-
bers of the House of Delegates, that an
election for the adoption or rejection of
this Constitution, will be held in the City
of Baltimore, and in the several Coun-
ties of this State, on Wednesday, the
Eighteenth day of September, in the year
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, at the
usual places of holding elections for
members of the House of Delegates in
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said City and Counties. At the said
election the vote shall be by ballot, and
upon each ballot, there shall be written
or printed the words "For the Constitu-
tion," or "Against the Constitution," as
the voter may elect; and the provisions
of the Laws of this State, relating to
the holding of general elections for
members of the House of Delegates,
shall, in all respects, apply to, and regu-
late the holding of the said election. It
shall be the duty of the Judges of Elec-
tion, in said City, and in the several
Counties of the State, to receive, accu-
rately count, and duly return the number
of ballots, so cast for, or against the
adoption of this Constitution, as well as
any blank ballots, which may be cast, to
the several Clerks of the Circuit Courts
of this State, and to the Clerk of the
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