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ART. 3.] STATE OF MARYLAND. 35
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SEC. 15. No book or other printed matter not apper-
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Books not to be
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taining to the business of the session shall be purchased or
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purchased.
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subscribed for, for the use of the members of the General
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Assembly or be distributed among them, at the public
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expense.
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SEC. 16. No Senator or Delegate, after qualifying as
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Disqualifications
to hold certain
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such, notwithstanding he may thereafter resign, shall, daring
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offices
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the whole period of time for which he was elected, be eligi-
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ble to any office which shall have been created, or the salary
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or profits of which shall have been increased during such
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term, or shall, during said whole period of time, be ap-
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pointed to any civil office by the Executive or General
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Assembly.
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SEC. If. No Senator or Delegate shall be liable in any
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Exemption for
words in debate.
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civil action or criminal prosecution whatever, for words
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spoken in debate.
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SEC. 18. Each House shall be judge of the qualifications
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Powers in each
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and elections of its members, subject to the laws of the
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House
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State ; shall appoint its own officers, determine the rules of
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its own proceedings, punish a member for disorderly or dis-
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respectful behaviour, and with the consent of two-thirds of
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its whole number of members elected, expel a member; but
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no member shall be expelled a second time for the same
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offence.
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SEC. 19. A majority of the whole number of members
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Quorum.
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elected to each House, shall constitute a quorum for the
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transaction of business ; but a smaller number may adjourn
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from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent
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members, in such manner and under such penalties, as each
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House may prescribe.
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SEC. 20. The doors of each House and of the committees
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Sessions to be open.
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of the whole shall be open, except when the business is such
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as ought to be kept secret.
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SEO. 21. Each House shall keep a journal of its pro-
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Journals to be
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ceedings, and cause the same to be published.. The yeas
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published
1833, ch 36.
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and nays of members on any question shall, at the call of
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any five of them in the House of Delegates, or one in the
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Senate, be entered on the journal.
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