ber and legality of votes therein given, shall be determined
by the House of Delegates; and if the person or persons,
having the highest number of votes, be ineligible, the Gov-
ernor shall be chosen by the Senate and House of Dele-
gates. Every election of Governor by the General Assem-
bly shall be determined by a joint majority of the Senate
and House of Delegates, and the vote shall be taken viva
voce. But if two or more persons shall have the highest
and an equal number of votes, then a second vote shall be
taken, which shall be confined to the persons having an
equal number; and if the vote should again be equal, then
the election of Governor shall be determined by lot between
those who shall have the highest and an equal number on
the first vote..

SEC. 5. A person to be eligible to the office of Governor
must have attained the age of thirty years, and must have
been for ten years a citizen of the State of Maryland, and
for five years next preceding his election a resident of the
State, and, at the time of his election, a qualified voter
therein..

SEC. 6. In the case of death or resignation of the Gov-
ernor, or of his removal from the State, or other disquali-
fication, the General Assembly, if in session, or if not, at
their next session, shall elect some other qualified person
to be Governor for the residue of the term for which the
said Governor had been elected..

SEC. 7. In case of any vacancy in the office of Governor,
during the recess of the Legislature, the President of the
Senate shall discharge the duties of said office, until a Gov-
ernor is elected, as herein provided for; and in case of the
death or resignation of the said President, or of his re-
moval from the State, or of his refusal to serve, then the
duties of said office shall, in like manner, and for the same
interval, devolve upon the Speaker of the House of Dele-
gates. And the Legislature may provide by Law, for the
impeachment of the Governor; and in case of his conviction
or his inability, may declare what person shall perform the
Executive duties; and for any vacancy in said office not
herein provided for, provision may be made by Law; and
if such vacancy should occur without such provision being
made, the Legislature shall be convened by the Secretary
of State for the purpose of filling said vacancy..

SEC. 8. The Governor shall be the Commander-in-Chief
of the land and naval forces of the State; and may call out
the Militia to repel invasions, suppress insurrections, and.