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438 MARYLAND MANUAL SEC. 7. The term of the Treasurer elected by the General Assembly at the regular session of nineteen hundred and twenty-four shall be three years. Thereafter the term shall be the same as elsewhere provided. SEc. 8. The terms of the members of the Board of Super visors of Elections of Baltimore City and of the several counties shall commence on the first Monday of June next ensuing their appointment. SEC. 9. The vote to be held under the provisions of Sec- tion 2 of Article XIV of the Constitution for the purpose of taking the sense of the people in regard to calling a Consti tutional Convention shall be held at the general election in the year nineteen hundred and thirty, and every twenty years thereafter. SEC. 10. The Governor shall submit three budgets to the General Assembly at the regular session of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, in accordance with the provisions of Sec tion 52 of Article III of the Constitution, for the three fiscal years beginning October first, nineteen hundred and twenty- four, and ending September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and two budgets to the general Assembly at the regular session of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and thereafter as now provided by said section. SEC. 11. The purpose of this Article is to reduce the number of elections, by providing that all State and county elections shall be held only in every fourth year, and at the time now provided by law for holding congressional elec tions; and to bring the terms of appointive officers into har mony with the changes affected in the time of the beginning of the terms of elective officers; and the administrative and judicial officers of the State shall construe the provisions of this Article so as to effectuate that purpose. For the purpose of this Article only the word “officers” shall be construed to include those holding positions and other places of employ ment in the State and county governments whose terms are fixed by law, but it shall not include any appointments made by the Board of Public Works, nor appointments by the Governor for terms of three years. SEC. 12. The General Assembly, at the regular session in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four, shall make such changes in the primary and general election laws, and other wise, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Article. There shall be no election for State or county officers in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five. SEC. 13. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Article and any of the other provisions of the Constitution, the provisions of this Article shall prevail, and all other provisions shall be repealed or abrogated to the extent of such inconsistency. |
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