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Art. 3] MARYLAND MANUAL 705 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- ing the whole period of time, for which he was elected, be eligible to any office, which shall have been created, or the salary, or profits of which shall have been increased, during such term. SEC. 18. No Senator or Delegate shall be liable in any civil action, or criminal prosecution, whatever, for words spoken in debate. SEC. 19. Each House shall be judge of the qualifications and elections of its members, as prescribed by the Consti- tution and Laws of the State; shall appoint its own officers, determine the rules of its own proceedings, punish a mem- ber for disorderly, or disrespectful behavior, and with the consent of two-thirds of its whole number of members elected, expel a member; but no member shall be expelled a second time for the same offence. SEC. 20. A majority of the whole number of members elected to each House shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent mem- bers, in such manner, and under such penalties, as each House may prescribe. SEC. 21. The doors of each House, and of the Committee of the Whole, shall be open, except when the business is such as ought to be kept secret. SEC. 22. Each House shall keep a Journal of its pro- ceedings, and cause the same to be published. The yeas and nays of members on any question, shall at the call of any five of them in the House of Delegates, or one in the Sen- ate, be entered on the Journal. SEC. 23. Each House may punish by imprisonment, dur- ing the session of the General Assembly, any person, not a member, for disrespectful, or disorderly behavior in its presence, or for obstructing any of its proceedings, or any of its officers in the execution of their duties; provided, such imprisonment shall not, at any one time, exceed ten days. SEC. 24. The House of Delegates may inquire, on the oath of witnesses, into all complaints, grievances and offences, as the grand inquest of the State, and may commit |
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