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Maryland Manual, 1885
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MARYLAND MANUAL. 27
THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES SHALL HAVE SOLE POWER
to impeach, and that only by a maJority vote of members
elected. The Senate shall act in impeachment cases,
and two-thirds of all the Senators elected are required
to convict. Art. III, Sec. 26, Const.
EITHER HOUSE MAY ORIGINATE BILLS. No bill, except
by a two-thirds vote of members elected to the House
in which it is proposed, shall be originated during the
last ten days of a session. No bill can become a law
except it has been read on three different days in each
House, except by a two-thirds vote of the House, in
which such bill is pending. No bill shall be read a
third time until it shall have been actually engrossed
for a third reading. Art. III, Sec. 27, Const.
IT REQUIRES A MAJORITY VOTE. the yeas and tiayg
recorded, to pass a bill or resolution in either House.—
Art. III, Sec. 28, Const.
"BE it ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARY-
LAND," is the enacting clause of all laws passed by the
Legislature. Laws shall embrace but one subject, and
that shall be described in its title. No law can be
amended or revised lay reference to the title and sec-
tion only, but the law shall be amended as it shall
read when enacted. The General Assembly shall provide
for the publication of all alterations and additions
made to the Code. Art. III, Sec. 29, Const.
LAWS SHALL BE RECORDED IN THE COURT OF APPEALS,
and shall be published, printed and certified to the
several Courts under the Great Seal of the State. Art.
III, Sec. 30, Const.
LAWS, UNLESS OTHERWISE ENACTED, take effect on the
first of June next, after the session, at which it may be
passed. Art. III, Sec. 31, Const.
No MONEY SHALL BE DRAWN from the State Treasury
by order or resolution, but must be drawn by law, which
must specify exactly the sum and object. The Legis-
lature, however, has right to vote the Governor a snm
of money for contingent expenses. An accurate state-
ment of the receipts and expenditures of the public
monies must be published with the laws after each
regular session of the Legislature. Art. III, See. 32,
Const.
LOCAL OR SPECIAL LAWS cannot be. passed by the
Legislature in the following cases:—For extending the

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