Article 11
SEC. 17." To guard against hasty or partial
legislation and encroachment of the Legislative
Department upon the co-ordinate Executive and
Judicial Departments, every Bill which shall have
passed the House of Delegates and the Senate
shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the
Governor of the State; if he approves he shall
sign it, but if not he shall return it with his
objections to the House in which it originated,
which House shall enter the objections at large
on its Journal and proceed to reconsider the Bill;
if, after such reconsideration, three-fifths of the
members elected to that House shall pass the Bill,
it shall be sent with the objections to the other
House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered,
and if it pass by three-fifths of the members
elected to that House it shall become a law; but
in all such cases the votes of both Houses shall
be determined by yeas and nays, and the names
of the persons voting for and against the Bill
shall be entered on the Journal of each House re-
spectively. If any Bill presented to the Governor
while the General Assembly is in session shall not
be returned by him with his objections within six
days (Sundays excepted), the same shall be a law
in like manner as if he signed it, unless the Gen-
eral Assembly shall, by adjournment, prevent its
retuiii, in which case it shall not be a law
Any Bill presented to the Governor within six
days (Sundays excepted), prior to adjournment of
any session of the General Assembly, or after
such adjournment, shall become law without the
Governor's signature unless it shall be vetoed by
the Governor within 30 days after its present-
ment.
Any Bill so vetoed by the Governor shall be
returned to the House in which it originated, im-
mediately after said House shall have organized
at the next regular or special session of the Gen-
eral Assembly. Said Bill may then be reconsid-
ered according to the procedure specified herein-
above. Any Bill enacted over the veto of the
Governor, or any Bill which shall become law as
the result of the failure of the Governor to act
within the time hereinabove specified, shall take
effect 30 days after the Governor's veto is over-
ridden, or on the date specified in the Bill, which-
ever is later, unless the Bill is an emergency mea-
sure, in which event it shall take effect when
enacted. No such vetoed Bill shall be returned to
the Legislature when a new General Assembly of
Maryland has been elected and sworn since the
passage of the vetoed Bill.
" Thus amended by Chapter 883, Acts of 1974, ratified No-
vember 5,1974.

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The Governor shsdl have power to disapprove
of any item or items of any Bills making
appropriations of money embracing distinct
items, and the part or parts of the Bill approved
shall be the law, and the item or items of
appropriations disapproved shall be void unless
repassed according to the rules or limitations pre-
scribed for the passage of other Bills over the Ex-
ecutive veto.
SEC. 18. It shall be the duty of the Governor,
semi-annually (and oftener, if he deem it expedi-
ent) to examine under oath the Treasurer and
Comptroller of the State on all matters pertaining
to their respective offices; and inspect and review
their Bank and other Account Books.
SEC. 19. He shall, from time to time, inform
the Legislature of the conditions of the State and
recommend to their consideration such measures
as he may judge necessary and expedient.
SEC. 20. He shall have power to grant
reprieves and pardons, except in cases of im-
peachment, and in cases, in which he is prohib-
ited by other Articles of this Constitution; and to
remit fines and forfeitures for offences against the
State; but shall not remit the principal or interest
of any debt due the State, except in cases of fines
and forfeitures; and before granting a nolle
prosequi, or pardon, he shall give notice, in one or
more newspapers, of the application made for it,
and of the day on, or after which, his decision
will be given; and in every case, in which he
exercises this power, he shall report to either
Branch of the Legislature, whenever required, the
petitions, recommendations and reasons, which
influenced his decision.
SEC. 21.^ The Governor shall reside at the
seat of government, and, from and after the
fourth Wednesday in January 1967, shall receive
for his services an annual salary of Twenty-five
Thousand Dollars, except that beginning in the
year 1978 the salary of the Governor shall be as
provided in Section 21A of this Article.
SEC. 21A." (a) The salaries of the Governor
and Lieutenant Governor shall be as provided in
this section.
(b) The Governor's Salary Commission is cre-
ated. It consists of seven members: The State
^ Thus amended by Chapter 543, Acts of 1976, ratified No-
vember 2,1976.
" Added by Chapter 543, Acts of 1976, ratified November 2,
1976.