54.  That if any person shall give any bribe, present or award, or any premise,
or any security for the payment or delivery of any money, or any other
thing, to obtain or procure a vote to be governor, senator, delegate to congress
or assembly, member of the council, or judge, or to be appointed to any of the
said offices, or to any office or profit or trust, now created, or hereafter to be
created, in this state, the person giving, and the person receiving the same, on
conviction in court of law, shall be for ever disqualified to hold any office or
trust or profit in this state.

    55.  That every person appointed to any office of profit or trust shall, before
he enters on the execution thereof, take the following oath (k), to with, " I A. B.
do swear, that I do not hold myself bound in allegiance to the king of Great
Britain, and that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the state of Maryland,"
and shall also subscribe a declaration of his belief in the christian religion.

    56.  That there be a court of appeals, composed of persons of integrity, and
sound judgment in the law, whose judgment shall be final and conclusive in all
cases of appeal from the general court (l), court of chancery, and court of admiralty:
that one person of integrity, and sound judgment in the law, be appointed
chancellor; that three persons of integrity, and sound judgment in the law,
be appointed judges of the court now called the provincial court; and that the same
court be hereafter called and known by the name of the general court; which court
shall sit on the western and eastern shores for transacting and determining the
business of the respective shores, at such times and places as the future legislature
of this state shall direct and appoint (l).

    57.  That the style of all laws run thus, " Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland;" that all public commissions and grants run thus, " The
State of Maryland," &c. and shall be signed by the governor, and attested by
the chancellor, with the seal of the state annexed, except military and militia
commissions, which shall not be attested by the chancellor, or have the seal of
the state annexed.  That all writs shall run in the same style, and be tested,
sealed and signed, as usual.  That all indictments shall conclude, " against
the peace, government and dignity of the state."

    58.  That all penalties and forfeitures heretofore going to the king, or proprietary,
shall go to the state, save only such as the general assembly may abolish
or otherwise provide for.

    59.  That this form of government, and the declaration of rights, and no part
thereof, shall be altered, changed or abolished, unless a bill so to alter, change or
abolish the same, shall pass the general assembly, and be published at least
three months before a new election, and shall be confirmed by the general assembly
after a new election of delegates, in the first session after such new election;
provided that nothing in this form of government, which relates to the
eastern shore particularly, shall at any time hereafter be altered, unless for the
alteration and confirmation thereof at least two thirds of all the members of
each branch of the general assembly shall concur.

    60.  That every bill passed by the general assembly, when engrossed, shall
be presented by the speaker of the house of delegates, in the senate, to the governor
for the time being, who shall sign the same, and thereto affix the great
seal, in the presence of the members of both houses.  Every law shall be recorded

    (k)  See note (e) to the 50th section.
    (l)  See note (b) to the 47th section.