SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That the aforegoing sec-
tion hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution
of this State shall be, at the next general election, to be held in
this State in the year 1956, submitted to the legal and qualified
voters thereof for their adoption or rejection in pursuance of
directions contained in Article 14 of the Constitution of this
State, and at the said general election, the vote on the said
proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be printed the words "For the
Constitutional Amendment", and "Against the Constitutional
Amendment", as now prescribed by law, and immediately
after said election, due returns shall be made to the Governor
of the vote for and against said proposed amendment as di-
rected by said Article 14 of the Constitution.

Approved April 25,1955.

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.

CHAPTER 626
(House Bill 89)

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section II of Article 2
of the Constitution of Maryland, title "Executive Depart-
ment", providing that recess appointments of civil officers
of the State shall be returned on the first day of the next
REGULAR session of the Senate of Maryland for its adop-
tion or rejection; and providing that this amendment shall
be submitted to the qualified voters of the State for their
adoption or rejection.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, (Three-fifths of all members elected to each of the two
Houses concurring). That the following amendment be and it is
hereby proposed as an amendment to Section II of Article 2
of the Constitution of Maryland, title "Executive Depart-
ment", the same, if adopted by the qualified voters of the State,
to become Section II of Article 2 of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland:

11. In case of any vacancy during the recess of the Senate,
in any office which the Governor has power to fill, he shall ap-
point some suitable person to said office, whose commission
shall continue in force until the end of the next session of the
Legislature, or until some other person is appointed to the
same office, whichever shall first occur; and the nomination of