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632 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 2
unable by reason of physical or mental disability to perform
the duties of the office to which he has been elected, he shall
be disqualified to assume office.
(d) When a vacancy occurs in the office of Governor, the
Lieutenant Governor shall succeed to that office for the
remainder of the term. When a vacancy occurs in the office
of Lieutenant Governor, the Governor shall nominate a
person who shall succeed to that office upon confirmation
by the affirmative vote of a majority of all members of the
General Assembly in joint session.
(e) If vacancies in the offices of Governor and Lieutenant
Governor exist at the same time, the General Assembly shall
convene forthwith, and the office of Governor shall be filled
for the remainder of the term by the affirmative vote of a
majority of all members of the General Assembly in joint
session. The person so chosen as Governor by the General
Assembly shall then nominate a person to succeed to the
office of Lieutenant Governor, upon confirmation by the
affirmative vote of a majority of all members of the General
Assembly in the same joint session. The President of the
Senate shall serve as acting Governor until the newly elected
Governor has qualified. If a vacancy exists in the office of
Lieutenant Governor, at a time when the Lieutenant Gov-
ernor is authorized to serve as acting Governor, the Presi-
dent of the Senate shall serve as acting Governor. If there
is a vacancy in the office of the President of the Senate at
a time when he is authorized to serve as acting Governor,
the Senate shall forthwith convene and fill the vacancy.
(f) When the Lieutenant Governor or a person elected
by the General Assembly succeeds to the office of Governor,
he shall have the title, powers, duties, and emoluments of
that office; but when the Lieutenant Governor or the presi-
dent of the Senate serves as acting Governor, he shall have
only the powers and duties of that office. When the President
of the Senate serves as acting Governor, he shall continue
to be President of the Senate, but his duties as president
shall be performed by such other person as the Senate shall
select.
(g) The Court of Appeals shall have original and ex-
clusive jurisdiction to adjudicate disputes or questions aris-
ing from the failure of the Governor-elect to take office, or
the service of the Lieutenant Governor or President of the
Senate as acting Governor, or the creation of a vacancy in
the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor by reason of
disability, or the succession to the office of Governor or

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