from which he or she was appointed or elected, provided
that the appointee shall be of the same political party, if
any, as was that of the Delegate or Senator, whose office
is to be filled, at the time of the last election or appoint-
ment of die vacating Delegate or Senator, and it shall be
the duty of the Governor to make said appointment within
fifteen days after the submission thereof to him.

(2) If a name is not submitted by the Central Commit-
tee within thirty days after the occurrence of the vacancy,
the Governor within another period of fifteen days shall
appoint a person, who shall be affiliated with the same
political party, if any as was that of the Delegate or Senator,
whose office is to be filled, at the time of the last election
or appointment of the vacating Delegate or Senator, and
who is otherwise properly qualified to hold the office of
Delegate or Senator in the District or County.

(3) In the event there is no Central Committee in the
County or District from which said vacancy is to be filled,
the Governor shall within fifteen days after the occurrence
of such vacancy appoint a person, from the same political
party, if any, as that of the vacating Delegate or Senator, at
the time of the last election or appointment of the vacating
Senator or Delegate, who is otherwise properly qualified to
hold the office of Delegate or Senator in such District or
County.

(4) In every case when any person is so appointed by
the Governor, his appointment shall be deemed to be for
the unexpired term of the person whose office has become
vacant.

(b) In addition, and in submitting a name to the
Governor to fill a vacancy in a legislative or delegate
district, as the case may be, in any of the twenty-three
counties of Maryland, the Central Committee or commit-
tees shall follow these provisions:
(1) If the vacancy occurs in a district having the same
boundaries as a county, the Central Committee of the
county shall submit the name of a resident of the district.
(2) If the vacancy occurs in a district which has bounda-
ries comprising a portion of one county, the Central
Committee of that county shall submit the name of a
resident of the district.
(3) If the vacancy occurs in a district which has boundaries
comprising a portion or all of two or more counties, the Central
Committee of each county involved shall have one vote for
submitting the name of a resident of the district; and if there
is a tie vote between or among me Central Committees, the
list of names mere proposed shall be submitted to the Gover-
nor, and he shall make the appointment from the list.

SEC. 14.⁵⁶ The General Assembly shall meet on the
second Wednesday of January, nineteen hundred and seventy-
one, and on the same day in every year thereafter, and at no
other time, unless convened by Proclamation of the Governor.
A Proclamation convening the General Assembly in extraor-
dinary session must be issued by the Governor if a majority of
the members elected to the Senate and a majority of the
members elected to the House of Delegates join in a petition
to the Governor requesting that he convene the General
Assembly in extraordinary session, and the Governor shall
convene the General Assembly on the date specified in the
petition. This section docs not affect the Governor's power to

convene the General Assembly in extraordinary session
pursuant to Section 16 of Article II of mis Constitution.

SEC. 15.' (1) The General Assembly may continue
its session so long as in its judgment the public interest
may require, for a period not longer than ninety days in
each year. The ninety days shall be consecutive unless
otherwise provided by law. The General Assembly may
extend its session beyond ninety days, but not exceeding
an additional thirty days, by resolution concurred in by a
three-fifths vote of the membership in each House. When
the General Assembly is convened by Proclamation of the
Governor, the session shall not continue longer than thirty
days, but no additional compensation other than mileage
and other allowances provided by law shall be paid mem-
bers of the General Assembly for special session.

(2) Any compensation and allowances paid to members
of the General Assembly shall be as established by a commis-
sion known as the General Assembly Compensation Com-
mission. The Commission shall consist of nine members, five
of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, two of whom
shall be appointed by the President of the Senate, and two
of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Delegates. Members of the General Assembly and officers
and employees of the Government of the State of Maryland
or of any county, city, or other governmental unit of the State
shall not be eligible for appointment to the Commission.
Members of the Commission shall be appointed for terms
of four years commencing on June 1 of each gubernatorial
election year. Members of the Commission are eligible for .
re-appointment. Any member of the Commission may be
removed by the Governor prior to the expiration of his term
for official misconduct, incompetence, or neglect of duty.
The members shall serve without compensation but shall be
reimbursed for expenses incurred in carrying out their re-
sponsibilities under this section. Decisions of the Commis-
sion must be concurred in by at least five members.

(3) Within 15 days after the beginning of the regular
session of the General Assembly in 1974 and within 15 days
after the beginning of the regular session in each fourth year
. thereafter, the Commission by formal resolution shall sub-
mit its determinations for compensation and allowances to
the General Assembly. The General Assembly may reduce
or reject, but shall not increase any item in the resolution.
The resolution, with any reductions that shall have been
concurred in by joint resolution of the General Assembly,
shall take effect and have the force of law as of the beginning
of the term of office of the next General Assembly. Rates
of compensation and pensions shall be uniform for all
members of the General Assembly, except that the officers
of the Senate and the House of Delegates may receive
higher compensation as determined by the General Assem-
bly Compensation Commission. The provisions of the
Compensation Commission resolution shall continue in
force until superseded by any succeeding resolution.

(4) In no event shall the compensation and allowances
be less than they were prior to the establishment of the
Compensation Commission.

SEC. 16. No book, or other printed matter not
appertaining to the business of the session, shall be pur-
chased, or subscribed for, for the use of the members of