Qualifications
for office of Gov-
ernor; disputed
elections.
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Sec. 5. A person to be
eligible to the office of Gov-
ernor, 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.
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Sec. 5. A person to be
eligible to the office of Gov-
ernor, 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.
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Sec. 5. A person to be
eligible to the office of Gov-
ernor must have attained
the age of thirty years, and •
must have been for five years '
a citizen of the United j
States, and for five years ,
next preceding his election
a resident of the State.
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Sec. 5. The State shall be
divided into three districts;
St. Mary's, Charles, Calvert,
Prince George's, Anne Arun-
del, Montgomery, and How-
ard counties, and the city of
Baltimore, to be the first;
the eight counties of the
Eastern Shore to be the sec-
ond; and Baltimore, Har-
ford, Frederick, Washington,
Allegany and Carroll coun-
ties, to be the third. The
Governor, elected from the
third district in October last,
shall continue in office dur-
ing the term for which he
was elected. The Governor
shall be taken from the first
district, at the first election
of Governor under this Con-
stitution; from the second
district at the second elec-
tion, and from the third dis-
trict at the third election,
and in like manner, after-
wards, from each district, in
regular succession.
Sec. 6. A person to be
eligible to the office of Gov-
ernor, must have attained
the age of thirty years, and
been for five years a citizen
of the United States, and for
five years next preceding his
election a resident of the
State, and for three years a
resident of the district from
which he was elected.
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30. That no person unless
above twenty-five years of
age, a resident in this state
above five years next pre-
ceding the election, and
having in the state real
and personal property above
the value of five thousand
pounds current money, one
thousand pounds whereof at
least to-be of freehold estate,
shall be eligible as governor.
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Proposed by Act of 1809,
chapter 198. Ratified 1810.
All such parts of the con-
stitution and form of govern-
ment as require a property
qualification in persons to be
appointed or holding offices
of profit or trust in this
State, and in persons elected
members of the legislature
or electors of the senate,
shall be and the same are
hereby repealed and abol-
ished.
Proposed by Act of 1836,
chapter 197. Ratified 1837.
Sec. 20. ... and the
person voted for as Gover-
nor, shall possess the quali-
fications now required by the
constitution and form of
Government, and the addi-
tional qualification of being
at least thirty years of age,
and of being, and of having
been for at least three whole
years before, a resident with-
in the limits of the guberna-
torial district, from which
the Governor is to be taken,
at such election, according
to the priority which shall be
determined, as hereinafter
mentioned; that is to say,
the State shall be, and the
same is hereby divided into
three gubernatorial Districts
as follows, the counties of
Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's,
Caroline, Talbot, Dorches-
ter, Somerset and Worcester
shall together compose one
district, and until its number
shall be determined as here-
inafter provided, shall be
known as the Eastern Dis-
trict; the counties of Saint
Mary's, Charles, Calvert,
Prince George's, Anne Arun-
del (inclusive of the City of
Annapolis) Montgomery,
and Baltimore City shall, to-
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