ART. 2.] STATE OF MARYLAND. 27

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

1853, ch. 134.

Delegates, and the returns thereof, under seal, to be

addressed to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, and

enclosed and transmitted to the Secretary of State, and

delivered to the said Speaker at the commencement of the

session of the General Assembly next ensuing said election.

SEO. 3. The Speaker of the House of Delegates shall

Plurality to elect.

then open the said returns in the presence of both Houses,

1856, ch 183.

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

Case of the Senate

and an equal number of votes one of them shall be chosen

and House to
choose.

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 House of Delegates. Every

election of Governor by the General Assembly shall be

determined by a joint majority of the Senate and House of

House to deter-

mine all questions.

Delegates, and the vote shall be taken viva voce. But if

Vote viva voce

two or, more persons shall have the highest and an equal

aud jointly.

number of votes, then a second vote shall be taken, which

shall be confined to the persons having an equal number ;

and if the votes should be again equal, then the election of

Governor shall be determined by lot between those who

Case of the choice

shall have the highest aud an equal number on the first

by lot

vote.

SEC 5. A person to be eligible to the office of Governor

Qualification of

must have attained the age of thirty years, and must have

Governor.

been for fire years a citizen of the United States, and for