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the Legislature, he may di-
rect their sessions to be held
at some other convenient
place.
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the Legislature, he may di-
rect their sessions to be held
at some other convenient
place.
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the meeting of the General
Assembly, he may direct
their sessions to be held at
some other convenient place.
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the Legislature, he may di-
rect their sessions to be held
at some other convenient
place.
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the assembly shall then meet
and be held accordingly, and
he shall, if necessary, by ad-
vice of the council, call them
before the time to which they
shall in any manner be ad-
journed, on giving not less
than ten days notice thereof,
but the governor shall not
adjourn the assembly other-
wise than as aforesaid, nor
prorogue or dissolve it at
any time.
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Presentment of
bills for signa-
ture; passage
after veto,
failure to sign,
disapproval of
items in appro-
priation bills.
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Sec. 17. To guard a-
gainst hasty or partial legis-
lation and encroachments of
the Legislative Department
upon the coordinate Execu-
tive and Judicial Depart-
ments, every Bill which shall
have passed the House of
Delegates, and the Senate
shall, before it becomes a
law, be presented to the Gov-
ernor of the State; if he
approve he shall sign it, but
if not he shall return it with
his objections to\the House
in which it originated, which
House shall enter the objec-
tions at large _on its Journal
and proceed to reconsider
the Bill; if, after such recon-
sideration, three-fifths of the
members elected to that
House shall pass the Bill, it
shall be sent with the ob-
jections to the other House,
by which it shall likewise be
reconsidered, and if it pass
by three-fifths of the mem-
bers elected to that House it
shall become a Law; but in
all such cases the votes of
both Houses shall be deter-
mined by yeas and nays, and
the names of the persons
voting for and against the
Bill shall be entered on the
Journal of each House re-
spectively. If any Bill shall
not be returned by the Gov-
ernor within six days (Sun-
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Sec. 17. To guard a-
gainst hasty or partial legis-
lation, and encroachments of
the Legislative Department
upon the co-ordinate Execu-
tive and Judicial Depart-
ments, every Bill which shall
have passed the House of
Delegates and the Senate,
shall, before it becomes a
Law, be presented to the
Governor of the State; if
he approve, he shall sign it;
but if not, he shall return it,
with his objections, to the
House in which it originated,
which House shall enter the
objections at large on its
Journal, and proceed to re-
consider the Bill; if, after
such re-consideration, three-
fifths of the members elected
to that House shall pass the
Bill, it shall be sent, with
the objections to the other
House, by which it shall
likewise be re-considered,
and if passed by three-fifths
of the members elected to
that House, it shall become
a Law. But, in all such cases,
the votes of both Houses
shall be determined by yeas
and nays; and the names of
the persons voting for and
against the Bill, shall be en-
tered on the Journal of each
House, respectively. If any
Bill shall not be returned by
the Governor within six days,
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Article III, sec. 29. Every
bill, when passed by the Gen-
eral Assembly, and sealed
with the Great Seal, shall
be presented to the Gover-
nor, who shall sign the same
in the presence of the pre-
siding officers and chief
clerks of the Senate and
House of Delegates. Every
law shall be recorded in the
office of the Court of Ap-
peals, and in due time be
printed, published, and cer-
tified under the Great Seal
to the several courts, in the
same manner as has been
heretofore usual in this
State.
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Article III, sec. 34. Every
bill, when passed by the
General Assembly, and seal-
ed with the Great Seal, shall
be presented to the Gover-
nor, who shall sign the same
in the presence of the pre-
siding officers and chief
i clerks of the Senate and
House of Delegates. Every
law shall be recorded in the
office of the Court of Ap-
peals, and in due time be
printed, published and cer-
tified under the great seal to
the several courts in the
same manner as has been
! heretofore usual in this State.
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60. That every bill passed
by the general assembly,
when engrossed, shall be pre-
sented by the speaker of the
house of delegates, in the
senate, to the governor, for
the time being, who shall
sign the same, and thereto
affix the great seal, in the
presence of the members of
both houses; every law shall
be recorded in the general
court office of the western
shore, and in due time
printed, published and cer-
tified under the great seals,
to the several county courts,
in the same manner as hath
been heretofore used in this
State.
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