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provided for; unless a different mode of appointment be pre-
scribed by the Law creating the office.

Davis v State, 7 Md. 151. Cantwell v. Owens, 14 Md 215. Scholle v
State, 90 Md 743

Sec. 11. In case of any vacancy during the recess of the
Senate, in any office which the Governor has power to fill, he
shall appoint some suitable person to said office, whose com-
mission shall continue in force until the end of the next session
of the Legislature, or until some other person is appointed to
the same office, whichever shall first occur; and the nomination
of the person thus appointed during the recess, or of some
other person in his place, shall be made to the Senate within
thirty days after the next meeting of the Legislature.

Watkins v. Watkins, 2 Md 341. Cantwell v. Owens, 14 Md 215 Smoot

v Somerville, 59 Md 84. Kroh v. Smoot, 62 Md. 172 Ash v. McVey, 85
Md 119. School Commrs v Goldsborough, 90 Md 204. Sappington v.
Slade, 91 Md 645

Sec. 12. No person, after being rejected by the Senate, shall
be again nominated for the same office at the same session, unless
at the request of the Senate; or be appointed to the same
office during the recess of the Legislature.
Townsend v. Kurtz, 83 Md 331.

Sec. 13. All civil officers appointed by the Governor and
Senate shall be nominated to the Senate within fifty days from
the commencement of each regular session of the Legisla-
ture; and their term of office, except in cases otherwise pro-
vided for in this Constitution, shall commence on the first
Monday of May next ensuing their appointment, and continue
ror two years, (unless removed from office), and until their
successors, respectively, qualify according to Law; but the
term of office of the Inspectors of Tobacco shall commence on

on the first Monday of March next ensuing their appointment.
Dyer v. Bayne, 54 Md. 87 Smoot v. Somerville, 59 Md. 84. Merrill v.
School Commis. Garrett Co , 70 Md. 269. Commrs. Calvert Co. v. Hellen,
72 Md. 603 School Commrs. v Goldsborough, 90 Md. 204 Sappington v.
Slade, 91 Md 646.

Sec. 14. If a vacancy shall occur during the session of the
Senate, in any office which the Governor and Senate have the
yower to fill, the Governor shall nominate to the Senate, before
its final adjournment, a proper person to fill said vacancy, unless
isuch vacancy occurs within ten days before said final adjourn-
ment.

Smoot v. Somerville, 59 Md. 84 Ash v. McVey, 85 Md. 119.