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unless three-fourths of the members of the House where
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such bill is pending shall so determine.
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SEC. 27. No bill shall become a law unless it be passed
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Passage of Bills.
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in each House by a majority of the whole number of mem-
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bers elected, and on its final passage the ayes and noes be
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recorded.
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SEC 28. The style of all laws of this State shall be, " Be
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Style of Laws.
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it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland," and all
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Mode of enact-
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laws shall be passed by original bill, and every law enacted
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by the General Assembly shall embrace but one subject,
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and that shall be described in the title ; and no law nor
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7 Md 191.
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section of a law shall be revised or amended by reference to
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its title or section only ; and it shall be the duty of the
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General Assembly, in amending any article or section of
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the code of laws of this State, to enact the same as the said
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article or section would read when amended. And whenever
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the General Assembly shall enact any public general law,
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not amendatory of any section or article in the said code,
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it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to enact the
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same in articles and sections, in the same manner as the
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said code is arranged ; and to provide for the publication
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of all additions and alterations which may be made to the
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Amendments.
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said code.
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SEC. 29. Every bill, when passed by the General Assem-
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Bills to be signed
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bly, and scaled with the Great Seal, shall be presented to
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by Governor, and
recorded in Court
of Appeals.
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the Governor, who shall sign the same in the presence of
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the presiding officers and chief clerks of the Senate and
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House of Delegates. Every law shall be recorded in the
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office of the Court of Appeals, and in due time be printed,
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published, and certified under the Great Seal to the several
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courts, in the same manner as has been heretofore usual in
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this State.
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SEC. 30. No law passed by the General Assembly shall
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When Laws take
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effect
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take effect until the first day of June next after the session
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at which it may be passed, unless it be otherwise expressly
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declared therein ; and in case any public law is made to
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take effect before the said first day of June, the General
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