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582 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 3, Sec. 14] party with which the Delegate or Senator, so vacating, had been affiliated in the County or District from which he or she was elected, provided that the appointee shall be of the same political party as the person whose office is to be filled; and it shall be the duty of the Governor to make said ap- pointment within fifteen days after the submission thereof to him. In the event there is no State Central Committee in the County or District from which said vacancy is to be filled, the Governor shall within fifteen days after the oc- currence of such vacancy appoint a person who is otherwise properly qualified to hold the office of delegate or senator in such District or County. In every case when any person is so appointed by the Governor, his appointment shall be deemed to be for the unexpired term of the person whose office has become vacant. ^ SEC. 14. The General Assembly shall meet on the third Wednesday of January, nineteen hundred and sixty-five, and on the same day in every year thereafter, and at no other time, unless convened by Proclamation of the Governor. " SEC. 15. The General Assembly may continue its ses- sion so long as in its judgment the public interest may require, for a period not longer than seventy days in each year; and on and after January 1, 1965, each member thereof shall receive a compensation of Twenty-four Hun- dred Dollars ($2,400.00), per annum, payable quarterly, with a deduction of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) per diem for each day of unexcused absence from any session; and he shall also receive such mileage as may be allowed by law, not exceeding Twenty Cents per mile; and the presiding officers of each House shall receive an additional compen- sation of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per annum. When the General Assembly shall be convened by Proclamation of the Governor, the session shall not con- tinue longer than thirty days, but no additional compensa- tion other than mileage and other allowances provided by law shall be paid members of the General Assembly for special session. SEC. 16. No book, or other printed matter not apper- taining to the business of the session, shall be purchased, or subscribed for, for the use of the members of the Gen- eral Assembly, or be distributed among them, at the public expense. SEC. 17. No Senator or Delegate, after qualifying as such, notwithstanding he may thereafter resign, shall dur- i Thus amended by Chapter 161, Acts of 1964, ratified November 8, 1964. ' Thus amended by Chapter 161, Acts of 1964, ratified November 3. 1964. |
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