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Maryland Manual, 1969-70
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660 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 15
where the amount in controversy exceeds the sum of five
dollars, shall be inviolably preserved.
1 SEC. 7. All general elections in this State shall be held
on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month
of November, in the year in which they shall occur.
2 SEC. 8. Vacant.
SEC. 9. The Term of office of all Judges and other offi-
cers, for whose election provision is made by this Constitu-
tion, shall except in cases otherwise expressly provided
herein; commence from the time of their Election; and all
such officers shall qualify as Soon after their election as
practicable, and shall enter upon the duties of their respec-
tive offices immediately upon their qualification; and the
Term of office of the State Librarian and of the Commis-
sioner of the Land Office shall commence from the time of
their appointment.
"SEC. 10. Any officer elected or appointed in pursuance
of the provisions of this Constitution, may qualify, either
according to the existing provisions of law, in relation to
officers under the present Constitution, or before the Gov-
ernor of the State, or before any Clerk of any Court of
Record in any part of the State; but in case an officer shall
qualify out of the County in which he resides, an official copy
of his oath shall be filed and recorded in the Clerk's office of
the Circuit Court of the County in which he may reside, or
in the Clerk's office of the Superior Court of the City of Bal-
timore, if he shall reside therein. All words or phrases, used
in creating public offices and positions under the Constitu-
tion and laws of this State, which denote the masculine
gender shall be construed to include the feminine gender,
unless the contrary intention is specifically expressed.
4 SEC. II. No person who is a member of an organization
that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the
United States or of the State of Maryland through force or
violence shall be eligible to hold any office, be it elective or
appointive, or any other position of profit or trust in the
Government of or in the administration of the business of
this State or of any county, municipality or other political
subdivision of this State.
'1 Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956.
2 Repealed by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956.
'Thus amended by Chapter 275, Acts of 1922, ratified November 7, 1922.
* Added by Chapter 721, Acts of 1947, ratified November 2, 1948.

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