ART. 2. ] EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. XXV

tions in relation to the eligibility of Governor, and to the returns

of said election, and to the number and legality of votes therein
given, shall be determined by the House of Delegates; and if
the person, or persons, having the highest number of votes, be
ineligible, the Governor shall be chosen by the Senate and House

of Delegates. Every election of Governor by the General
Assembly shall be determined by a joint majority of the Senate
and House of. Delegates; and the vote shall be taken viva voce.
But if two or more persons shall have the highest and an equal
number of votes, then, a second vote shall be taken, which shall
be confined to the persons having an equal number; and if the
vote should again be equal, then the election of Governor shall
be determined by lot between those who shall have the highest
and an equal number on the first vote.

SEC. 5. A person to be eligible to the office of Governor, must
have attained the age of thirty years, and must have been for ten
years a citizen of the State of Maryland, and for five years next
preceding his election, a resident of the State, and, at the time of
his election, a qualified voter therein.

SEC. 6. In case of the death, or resignation of the Governor, or

of his removal from the State, or other disqualification, the
General Assembly, if in session, or if not, at their next session,

shall elect some other qualified person to be Governor for the
residue of the term for which the said Governor had been

elected.

SEC. 7. In case of any vacancy in the office of Governor
during the recess of the Legislature, the President of the Senate
shall discharge the duties of said office, until a Governor is

elected, as herein provided for; and in case of the death or
resignation of the said President, or of his removal from the

State, or of his refusal to serve, then the duties of said office
shall, in like manner, and for the same interval, devolve upon
the Speaker of the House of Delegates. And the Legislature
may provide by Law, for the impeachment of the Governor; and
in case of his conviction, or his inability, may declare what

person shall perform the Executive duties; and for any vacancy
in said office not herein provided for, provision may be made by