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CONSTITUTION — ART. XV.

equity, in all respects, as if this Constitution had not been adopted; an J when
said courts shall be so superseded, all causes, then depending in said courts,
shall pass into the jurisdiction of the several courts, by which they may [be],
respectively, superseded.

Governor and
all officers to
bold office until
superseded
24 Md 202, 25
Md 173, 28 Md
244, 32 Md 398

SEC 3 The governor and all officers, civil and military, now holding office
under this State, whether by election, or appointment, shall continue to hold,
exercise, and discharge the duties of their offices (unless inconsistent with, or
otherwise provided in this Constitution) until they shall be superseded, under
its provisions, and until their successors shall be duly qualified

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New election in
case of tie.

SEC. 4 If at any election directed by this Constitution, any two or more can-
didates shall have the highest and an equal number of votes, a new election shall

Jury judges of
law and fact
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Md 386, 86 Md
257, 42 Md 563,
45 Md 356.

be ordered by the governor, except in cases specially provided for by this Con-
stitution.
SEC. 5 In the trial of all criminal cases, the jury shall be the judges of law,
as well as of fact

Right of trial
by jury.
33 Md 461

SEC. 6. The right of trial by jury of all issues of feet 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.

General election
to be held in
November

SEC. 7 All general elections in this State shall be held on the Tuesday next
after the first Monday in the month of November, in the year in which they
shall occur; and the first election of all officers, who, under this Constitution,
are required to be elected by the people, shall, except in cases herein specially
provided for, be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of November,
in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven

Sheriffs to give
notice of elec-
tions

SEC 8 The sheriffs of the several counties of this State, and of the city of
Baltimore, shall give notice of the several elections authorized by this Consti-
tution, in the manner prescribed by existing laws for elections to be held in
this State, until said laws shall be changed

Terms of office
to commence
from election
Exceptions

SEC. 9 The term of office of all judges and other officers, for whose election
provision is made by this Constitution, shall, except in cases otherwise expressly
provided herein, commence from the time of their election; and all such offi-
cers shall qualify as soon after their election as practicable, and shall enter upon

Librarian and
commissioner of
the Land office.

the duties of their respective offices immediately upon their qualification; and
the term of office of the State librarian and of the commissioner of the Land
Office shall commence from the time of their appointment

How officers
may qualify.

SEC 10 Any officer elected or appointed in pursuance of the provisions of
this Constitution, may qualify, either according to the existing provisions of
law, in relation to officers under the present Constitution, or before the gov-
ernor of the State, or before any clerk of liny court of record in any part of
the State; but in case an officer shall qualify out of the county in which he re-

Copy of oath to
be recorded

sides, an official copy of his oath shall be filed and recorded in the clerk's office
of the Circuit Court of the county in which he may reside, or in the clerk's
office of the Superior Court of the City of Baltimore, if he shall reside therein.