"Executive Department", the same if adopted by the legal
and qualified voters of the State as herein provided, to be-
come a part of the Constitution of Maryland:

6. [In case of the death, or resignation of the Governor,
or of his removal from the State, or other disqualification,
the General Assembly, if in session, or if not, at their next
session, shall elect some other qualified person to be Gover-
nor for the residue of the term for which the said Governor
had been elected.] In case of the death, resignation, removal
from the State, or other disqualification of the Governor, the
General Assembly, if in session with a quorum present, or if
not, at its next session with a quorum present, shall elect
some other qualified person to be Governor for the residue
of the term for which the said Governor had been elected.

7. [In case of any vacancy in the office of Governor, dur-
ing the recess of the Legislature, the President of the Senate
shall discharge the duties of said office, until a Governor is
elected, 'as herein provided for; and in case of the death, or
resignation of the said President, or of his removal from
the State, or of his refusal to serve, then the duties of said
office shall, in like manner, and for the same interval, de-
volve upon the Speaker of the House of Delegates.] In case
of any vacancy in the office of Governor, and until the
General Assembly meets in session with a quorum present
and elects a Governor as provided for in Section 6, the Presi-
dent of the Senate, AT THE TIME SUCH VACANCY
OCCURRED, shall discharge the duties of said office; and
in case there be no President of the Senate or in the case
of his refusal to serve, and in the case of his death, resig-
nation, removal from the State, or other disqualification
while discharging the duties of said office of Governor, then
the duties of said office shall, in like manner and for the
same interval, devolve upon the Speaker of the House of
Delegates, AT THE TIME SUCH VACANCY OCCURRED;
and in case there be no Speaker of the House of Delegates
or in the case of his refusal to serve, and in the case of his
death, resignation, removal from the State, or other dis-
qualification while discharging the duties of said office of
Governor, then the duties of said office shall, in like manner
and for the same interval, devolve upon the Comptroller of
the State, AT THE TIME SUCH VACANCY OCCURRED;
and in case there be no Comptroller of the State, or in the
case of his refusal to serve, and in the case of his death,
resignation, removal from the State or other disqualification
while discharging the duties of said office of Governor, then
the duties of said office shall, in like manner and for the
same interval devolve upon the Attorney General of the