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in writing by the State Central Committee of the political
party with which the Delegate or Senator, so vacating, had
been affiliated in the County or District from which he or
she was elected, provided that the appointee shall be of the
same political party as the person whose office is to be
filled; and it shall be the duty of the Governor to make said
appointment within fifteen days after the submission there-
of to him. In the event there is no State Central Committee
in the County or District from which said vacancy is to be
filled, the Governor shall within fifteen days after the occur-
rence of such vacancy appoint a person who is otherwise
properly qualified to hold the office of delegate or senator
in such District or County. 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.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That said aforegoing section, hereby proposed as
an amendment to the Constitution, shall be at the next
general election for members of the House of Representa-
tives of Congress held in this State submitted to the legal
and qualified voters of the State for adoption or rejection,
in pursuance of the directions contained in Article 14 of the
Constitution of this State, and at the said general election
the vote on the said proposed amendment to the Constitu-
tion shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be
printed the words "For the Constitutional Amendment,"
and "Against the Constitutional Amendment," as now pro-
vided by law, and immediately after said election due re-
turns shall be made to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed amendment, as directed by said Four-
teenth Article of the Constitution, and further proceedings
had in accordance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved May 17,1935.
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