SEC. 8. The terms of the members of the Board of Su-
pervisors 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
Section 2 of Article XIV of the Constitution for the pur-
pose of taking the sense of the people in regard to calling
a Constitutional 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 Section 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 sec-
tion.

SEC. II. 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 effected in the time of the begin-
ning of the terms of elective officers; and the administra-
tive 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 employment in the State and county gov-
ernments 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
of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four, shall make
such changes in the primary and general election laws, and
otherwise, 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