128 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. IIII

Sec. 13. In case of_ death, disqualification, resignation,
refusal to act, expulsion, or removal from the county or city
for which he shall have been elected, of any person who shall
have been chosen as a delegate or Senator, or in case of a tie
between two or more such qualified persons, a warrant of elec-
tion shall be issued by the Speaker of the House of Delegates,
or President of the Senate, as the case may be, for the election
of another person in his place, of which election not less than
ten days' notice shall be given, exclusive of the day of the
publication of the notice and of the day of election; and if
during the recess of the Legislature, and more than ten days
before its termination, such death shall occur, or such resigna-
tion, refusal to act or disqualification be communicated in
writing to the Governor by the person so resigning, refusing or
disqualified, it shall be the duty of the Governor to issue a
warrant of election to supply the vacancy thus created, in the
same manner the said Speaker or President might have done
during the session of the General Assembly; provided, how-
ever, that unless a meeting of the General Assembly may
intervene, the election thus ordered to fill such vacancy'shall
be held on the day of the ensuing election for Delegates and
Senators.
Covington v Buffett, 90 Md 576.

Sec. 14. The General Assembly shall meet on the first
Wednesday of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and.
on the same day in every second year thereafter, and at no
other time, unless convened by Proclamation of the Governor.

Sec. 15. The General Assembly may continue its session so
long as in its judgment the public interest may- require, for a-
period not longer than ninety days; and each member thereof
shall receive a compensation of five dollars per diem for every
day he shall attend the session, but not for such days as he
may be absent, unless absent on account of sickness or by
leave of the House of which he is a member; and he shall
also receive such mileage as may be allowed by law, not exceed-
ing twenty cents per mile; and the presiding officer of each
House shall receive an additional compensation of thiee dol-
lars per day. When the General Assembly shall be convened
by Proclamation of the Governor, the session shall not con-
tinue longer than thirty days, and in such case the compensa-
tion shall be the same as herein prescribed.