72 CONSTITUTION OF THE [ART. 12.

Trial by Jury

SEC. 5. The trial by jury of all issues of fact in civil

proceedings in the several courts of law in this State, where

the amount in controversy exceeds the sum of five dollars,

shall be inviolably preserved.

All Officers con-
tinued until suc-

SEC. 6. All officers, civil and military, now holding

cessors qualify.

office, whether by election or appointment under the State,

shall continue to hold and exercise their offices, according

to their present tenure, unless otherwise provided in this

Constitution, until they shall be superseded pursuant to its

provisions, and until their successors be duly qualified, and

Increased compen-
sation

the compensation of such officers which has been increased

by this Constitution, shall take effect from the first day of

January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

Time of Elections
in November an-

SEC. 7. General elections shall be held throughout the

nually.

State on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the

1852. ch 183.
1893. ch. 131

month of November of each and every year; at the elec-

tion held in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, all

State officers required to be elected under this Constitution

during that year shall be elected, and in like manner in

every second year thereafter an election shall be held for

those State officers whose terms are about to expire; at

the election held in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-

five, all county officers required to be elected under this

Constitution in that year shall be elected, and in like man-

ner in every second year thereafter, an election shall be

held for those county officers whose terms are about to

expire; Provided, however, the Judges of the several

Courts of this State, except the Judges of the Orphans'

Courts, shall be elected at the regular election, whether for

State or county officers, as the case may be, immediately

preceding the expiration of the term of the incumbent

whose place is to be filled.

VOTE ON THE CONSTITUTION.

Sheriffs to give
notice of vote on

SEC. 8. For the purpose of ascertaining the sense of the

Constitution.

people of this State in regard to the adoption or rejection

of this Constitution the Governor shall issue his proclama-

tion within five days after the adjournment of this Conven-

tion, directed to the Sheriff of the city of Baltimore, and

to the Sheriffs of the several counties of this State, com-

manding them to give notice, in the manner now prescribed

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by law, that an election will be held in the city of Baltimore