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ART. 2.] STATE OF MARYLAND. 29
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enforce the execution of the laws ; but shall not take the
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command in person without the consent of the General
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Assembly.
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SEC. 12. He shall take care that the laws be faithfully
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His duties.
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executed.
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SEC. 13. He shall nominate, and by and with the advice
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and consent of the Senate, appoint all civil and military
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officers of the State, whose appointment or election is not
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otherwise herein provided for, unless a different mode of
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appointment be prescribed by the law creating the office.
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SEC. 14. In case of vacancy, during the recess of the
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Appointments
during recess.
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Senate, in any office which the Governor has power to fill,
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he shall appoint some suitable person to said office, whose
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commission shall continue in force till the end of the next
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session of the General Assembly, or till some other person
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is appointed to the same office, whichever shall first occur,
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and the nomination of the person thus appointed during
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the recess, or of some other person in his place, shall be
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made to the Senate within thirty days after the next meet-
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ing of the General Assembly.
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SEC. 15. No person after being rejected by the Senate,
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Persona rejected
not to be appointed.
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shall be again nominated for the same office at the same
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session, unless at the request of the Senate ; or be appointed
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to the same office during the recess of the General Assembly.
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SEC. 16. All civil officers appointed by the Governor
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Time of Nomina-
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and Senate, shall be nominated to the Senate within fifty
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days from the commencement of each regular session of the
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General Assembly ; and their term of office, except in cases
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otherwise provided for in this Constitution, shall commence
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on the first Monday of May next ensuing their appoint-
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Term of Office.
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ment, and continue for two years (unless sooner removed
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from office,) and until their successors respectively qualify
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according to law.
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SEC. 17. The Governor may suspend or arrest any mili-
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Courts Martial.
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tary officer of the State for disobedience of orders, or other
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military offence, and may remove him in pursuance of the
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sentence of a court-martial ; and may remove, for incom-
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petency or misconduct, all civil officers who received ap-
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