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CONSTITUTION OF THE

from each
county, and
city of B.

state of Maryland for and from such county or said city, as
the case may be, whose term of office shall commence on the
day fixed by law for the commencement of the regular ses-
sion of the general assembly, next succeeding such election,

Term

of service.

and continue for two, four or six years according to the classi-
fication of a quorum of its members; and at every such elec-

Qualified
voters
entitied to
vote for one
person as
senator.

tion for senators, every person qualified to vote at the place at
which he shall offer to vote for delegates to the general assem-
bly, shall be entitled to vote for one person as senator; and of
the persons voted for as senator in each of the several counties
and in said city, respectively, the person having the highest
number of legal votes, and possessing the qualifications here-
in after mentioned, shall be declared and returned as duly elect-
ed for said county or said city, as the case may be ; and in case
two persons possessing the required qualifications shall be found
on the final casting of the votes given, in any one of said coun-

Case of tie
between

candidates.

ties or said city, to have an equal number of votes there shall
be a new election ordered as herein after mentioned ; and im-
mediately after the senate shall have convened in pursuance of
their election under this act, the senators shall be divided in
such manner as the senate shall prescribe, into three classes ;

Classifica-
tion of
senators.

the seats of the senators of the first class shall be vacated at the
expiration of the second year, of the second class at the expira-
tion of the fourth year, and of the third class at the expiration
of the sixth year, so that one third thereof may be elected on
the first Wednesday of October in every second year; and elec-
tions shall be held in the several counties and city, from which

Case of
vacancies.

the retiring senators came, to supply the vacancies as they may
occur in consequence of this classification.

Elections
conducted.

SEC. 4. That such election for senators shall be conducted,
and the returns thereof be made, with proper variations, in the
certificate to suit the case, in like manner as in cases of elec-
tions for delegates.

Qualifica-
tion of
senators.

SEC. 5. That the qualifications necessary in a senator shall
be the same as are required in a delegate to the general assem-
bly, with the additional qualification that he shall be above
the age of twenty-five years, and shall have resided at least
three years, next preceding his election, in the county or city in
and for which he shall be chosen.

Case of re-
signation or
vacancy.

SEC. 6. That in case any person 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 qualified persons in any one of the counties or in

Warrant of
election
to issue.

the city of Baltimore, a warrant of election shall be issued by
the president of the senate for the time being, for the election
of a senator to supply the vacancy, of which ten days notice at