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[Art. 17, Sec. 3] MARYLAND MANUAL 659
1SEC. 3. All State and county officers elected by the
qualified voters shall hold office for terms of four years.
1SEC. 4. All officers to be appointed by the Governor
shall hold office for the terms fixed by law. All officers ap-
pointed by County Commissioners shall hold office for terms
of four years, unless otherwise duly changed by law.
2 SEC. 5. Vacant.
"SEC. 6. Vacant.
"SEC. 7. Vacant.
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. Vacant.
"SEC. 10. Vacant.
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. Vacant.
SEC. 13. In the event of any inconsistency between the
provisions of this Article and any of the other provisions
of the Constitution, the provisions of this Article shall pre-
vail, and all other provisions shall be repealed or abrogated
to the extent of such inconsistency.
VOTE ON THE CONSTITUTION.
For the purpose of ascertaining the sense of the people
of this State, in regard to the adoption, or rejection of this
'Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956.
2 Repealed by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956.
' Repealed by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956,

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