CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS [LEGISLATIVE 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
this State and the United
States, shall be affected by
this Act, if within fifteen
days after the same shall be-
come part of the Constitu-
tion he shall resign his seat
m Congress or his office held
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Ministers,
officers of state:
Disqualification
as Senator or
Delegate. Jus-
tices of Peace:
Eligibility.
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Sec. 11. No Minister or
Preacher of the Gospel, or
of any religious creed, or
denomination, and no person
holding any civil office o)
profit, or trust, under this
State, except Justices of the
Peace, shall be eligible as
Senator, or Delegate.
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Sec. 11. No Minister or
Preacher of the Gospel, or o
any religious creed, or de-
nomination, and no person
holding any civil office o!
profit, or trust, under this
State, except Justices of the
Peace, shall be eligible as
Senator, or Delegate.
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Sec. 10. No person hold-
ing any civil office of profit
or trust under this State,
except Justices of the Peace,
shall be eligible to the office
of Senator or Delegate.
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Sec. 11. No Minister or
Preacher of the Gospel, or
any denomination, and no
person holding any civil
office of profit, or trust,
under this State, except Jus-
tices of the Peace, shall be
eligible as Senator, or Dele-
gate.
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44. That a justice of the
peace may be eligible as a
senator, delegate, or mem-
ber of the council, and may
continue to act as a justice
of the peace,
45. That no field office
of the militia shall be eligible
as a senator, delegate, or
member of the council
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under the United States.
Proposed by Act of 1809,
chapter 65. Ratified 1810.
The forty fifth article of
the the Constitution and form of
Government be and the same
is hereby repealed and ut-
terly abolished.
Proposed by Act of 1836,
chapter 197. Ratified 1837.
Sec. 8. . . . and no sena-
tor or delegate, during the
time he shall continue to act
as such, shall be eligible to
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Eligibility
requirement for
Senator or Dele-
gate: Deposit of
public money.
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Sec. 12. No Collector,
Receiver, or Holder of public
money shall be eligible as
Senator or Delegate, or to
any office of profit, or trust,
under this State, until he
shall have accounted for, and
paid into the Treasury all
sums on the Books thereof,
charged to, and due by him.
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Sec. 12. No Collector,
Receiver, or Holder of public
money shall be eligible as
Senator or Delegate, or to
any office of profit, or trust,
under this State, until he
shall have accounted for,
and paid into the Treasury
all sums on the Books thereof
charged to, and due by him.
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Sec. 11. No collector, re-
ceiver or holder of public
moneys, shall be eligible as
Senator or Delegate, or to
any office of profit or trust
under this State, until he
shall have accounted for and
paid into the Treasury all
sums on the books thereof
charged to and due by him.
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Sec. 35. No person who
may hereafter be a collector,
receiver or holder of public
moneys, shall be eligible as
Senator or Delegate, or to
any office of profit or trust
under this State, until h
shall have accounted for and
paid into the treasury all
sums on the books thereof,
charged to and due by him.
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any civil office whatever.
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Senator or Dele-
gate : Disqualifi-
cation; resigna-
tion; refusal to
act; expulsion;
removal; tied
vote. Vacancy:
Appointment;
State Central
Committee;
qualification of
appointee; term
of appointee.
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Sec. 13. (a) In case of
death, disqualification, resig-
nation, refusal to act, expul-
sion, or removal from the
county, or city, for which he
shall have been elected, of
any person, who shall have
jeen chosen as a Delegate,
or Senator, or in case of
a tie between two or more
such qualified persons, the
Governor shall appoint a
jerson to fill such vacancy
rom a person whose name
shall be submitted to him in (
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Sec. 13. In case of death,
disqualification, resignation,
refusal to act, explusion, or
removal from the county,
or city, for which he shall
lave been elected, of any
person, who shall have been
chosen as a Delegate, or
Senator, or in case of a tie
between two or more such
qualified persons, a warrant
of election shall be issued
?y the Speaker of the
louse of Delegates, or
President of the Senate, as
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Sec. 12. In case of death,
disqualification, resignation,
refusal to act, expulsion, or
removal from the county or
egislative district of Balti-
more city for which he shall
lave been elected, of any
person who shall have been
chosen as a Delegate or Sen-
ator, or in case of a tie be-
:ween two or more such qual-
ified persons, a warrant of
election shall be issued by
the Speaker of the House of
Delegates or President of
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Sec. 29. In case of death,
disqualification, resignation
refusal to act, expulsion or
removal from the county or
city for which he shall have
been elected, of any person
who shall have been chosen
as a delegate or senator, or
m case of a tie between two
or more such qualified per-
sons a warrant of election
shall be issued by the Speak-
er of the House of Delegates
or President of the Senate
as the case may be, for the
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7. That on refusal, death,
disqualification, resignation,
or removal out of this State'
of any delegate, or on his,
becoming governor, or a
member of the council, a
warrant of election shall is-
sue by the speaker, for the
election of another in his
place, of which ten days
notice at the least, excluding
the day of notice and the
day of election, shall be
given.
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Proposed by Act of 1836,
chapter 197. Ratified 1837.
Sec. 6. In case any per-
son who shall have been
chosen as a Senator, shall
refuse to act, remove from
the County or City, as the
case may be, for which he
shall have been elected, die
resign or be removed for
cause, or in case of a tie
between two or more quali-
filed persons in any one of
the counties or in the City
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