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in every fourth year thereafter, at the places of voting for delegates to
the General Assembly; and every person qualified to vote for Delegates
shall be qualified and entitled to vote for Governor; the election to be
held in the same manner as the election of Delegates, and the returns
thereof under seal to be addressed to the Speaker of the House of Dele-
gates, and enclosed and transmitted to the Secretary of State, and
delivered to said Speaker, at the commencement of the session of the
General Assembly next ensuing said election.

Sec. 3. The Speaker of the House of Delegates shall then 'open the
said returns in the presence of both Houses; and the person having the
highest number of votes, and being constitutionally eligible, shall be the
Governor, and shall qualify, in the manner herein prescribed, on the
second Wednesday of January next ensuing his election, or as soon
thereafter as may be practicable.

Sec. 4. If two or more persons shall have the highest and an equal
number of votes for Governor, one of them shall be chosen Governor by
the Senate and House of Delegates, and all questions in relation to the
eligibility of Governor, and to the returns of said election, and to the
number and legality of votes therein given, shall be determined by the
House of Delegates; and if the person or persons, having the highest
number of votes, be ineligible, the Governor shall be chosen by the
Senate and the House of Delegates. Every election of Governor by the
General Assembly shall be determined by a joint majority of the Senate
and House of Delegates, and the vote shall be taken viva voce. But if
two or more persons shall have the highest and an equal number of
votes, then a second vote shall be taken, which shall be confined to the
persons having an equal number; and if the vote should again be equal,
then the election of Governor shall be determined by lot between those
who shall have the highest and an equal number on the first vote.

Sec. 5. A person to be eligible to the office of Governor must have
attained the age of thirty years, and must have been for ten years a
citizen of the State of Maryland, and for five years next preceding his
election a resident of the State, and, at the time of his election, a quali-
fied voter therein.

Sec. 6. In the case of death or resignation of the Governor, or of his
removal from the State, or other disqualification, the General Assembly,
if in session, or if not, at their next session, shall elect some other quali-
fied person to be Governor for the residue of the term for which the said
Governor had been elected.

Sec. 7. In case of any vacancy in the office of Governor, during the
recess of the Legislature, the President of the Senate shall discharge
the duties of said office, until a Governor is elected, as herein provided
for; and in case of the death or resignation of the said President, or
of his removal from the State, or of his refusal to serve, then the duties
of said office shall, in like manner, and for the same interval, devolve
upon the Speaker of the House of Delegates. And the Legislature may