CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS [EXECUTIVE BRANCH] COMPARISON
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Headnotes
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Present
Constitution
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Constitution of
1867
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Constitution of
1864
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Constitution of
1851
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Constitution of
1776
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Amendments to
1776 Constitution
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the legal qualifications ac-
cording to the constitution
of this State, shall come for-
ward within thirty days after
such election, and make
oath before the Chancellor
of Maryland, that he has
good and sufficient reason to
believe, that corruption ex-
isted, on the part of the
Judges of election or any of
them and that he is prepared
to prove, the fact, or that he
is prepared to prove, that a
sufficient number of illegal
votes were cast, at such elec-
tion as to defeat the election
of the candidate who may
have the returns, then in
that case, or either of them,
the chancellor shall without
delay communicate in writ-
ing to the governor of the
State, all the facts in the
premises, and upon such rep-
resentation of facts, the Gov-
ernor is hereby authorized,
and directed to convene by
proclamation, upon reason-
able notice, the Senate of
Maryland, before whom the
Chancellor, shall forthwith
lay all the election returns
for governor, with the affi-
davit of the contestant the
Senate, when so convened,
shall decide all questions in
relation to the number of
legality of the votes given,
for each and any person,
voted for, as Governor, and
in relation to the returns,
and in relation to the quali-
fication of the persons voted
for as Governor, and all
other questions growing out
of such a state of facts, shall
be decided by the Senate.
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688
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689
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