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An act to amend the Constitution and Form of Government of the State of Maryland. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That, upon the resignation of a Senator during the recess of the Senate, communicated, in writing, to the Governor, or upon the death of any Senator during the recess, it shall be the duty of the Governor to issue a warrant of election, to supply vacancies thus created, in the same manner as the President of the Senate for the time being is authorised to do in virtue of an act to amend the constitution and form of government of the State of Maryland, chapter one hundred and ninety-seven, passed at December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and confirmed December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That, in all cases of resignation or death, as aforesaid, the elections to supply the vacancies shall take place at the time and places of the annual election of delegates, unless such resignation or death shall occur between the first day of September and the meeting of the General Assembly in any year; in which event elections shall be held at such time as shall be directed by the Governor, with such notice as is provided by the act of Assembly for the amendments of the constitution and form of government, as aforesaid. SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the provisions of the fourteenth and fifteenth sections of the act of December session of the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, chapter one hundred and ninety-seven, be, and the same are hereby declared to extend to the offices of the Judges of the several Judicial Districts of this State, and to all other offices of this State known to the constitution, concerning |
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