100 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. XV

Sec. 8. The Sheriffs of the several Counties of this State, and of
the City of Baltimore, shall give notice of the several elections author-
ized by this Constitution, in the manner prescribed by existing Laws
for elections to be held in this State, until said Laws shall be changed.

Sec. 9. The term of office of all Judges and other officers, for whose
election provision is made by this Constitution, shall, except in cases
otherwise expressly provided herein, commence from the time of their
election; and all such officers shall qualify as soon after their election
as practicable, and shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices
immediately upon their qualification; and the term of office of the State
Librarian and of Commissioner of the Land Office shall commence
from the time of their appointment.

Sec. 10. Any officer elected or appointed in pursuance of the pro-
visions of this Constitution, may qualify, either according to the exist-
ing provisions of Law, in relation to officers under the present Constitu-
tion, or before the Governor of the State, or before any Clerk of any
Court of Record in any part of the State; but in case an officer shall
qualify out of the County in which he resides, an official copy of his
oath shall be filed and recorded in the Clerk's office of the Circuit Court
of the County in which he may reside, or in the Clerk's office of the
Superior Court of the City of Baltimore, if he shall reside therein.

VOTE ON THE CONSTITUTION.

For the purpose of ascertaining the sense of the people of this State
in regard to the adoption or rejection of this Constitution, the Governor
shall issue his Proclamation within five days after the adjournment of
this convention, directed to the Sheriffs of the City of Baltimore and
of the several Counties of this State, commanding them to give notice
in the manner now prescribed by Law in reference to the election of
members of the House of Delegates, that an election for the adoption
or rejection of this Constitution will be held in the City of Baltimore,
and in the several Counties of this State, on Wednesday, the eighteenth
day of September, in the year eighteen hundrd and sixty-seven, at the
usual places of holding elections for members of the House of Dele-
gates in said city and counties. At the said election the vote shall be
by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be written or printed the
words, "For the Constitution," or "Against the Constitution," as the
voter may elect; and the provisions of the Laws of this State relating
to the holding of general elections for members of the House of Dele-
gates; shall in all respects apply to and regulate the holding of the said
election. It shall be the duty of the Judges of Election in said city
and in the several counties of the State to receive, accurately count and
duly return the number of ballots so cast for or against the adoption of
this Constitution, as well as any blank ballots which may be cast, to
the several Clerks of the Circuit Courts of this State, and to the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, in the manner now prescribed
by Law, in reference to the election of members of the House of Dele-
gates, and duplicates thereof, directly to the Governor; and the several