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Dec. Ses. 1825.
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JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
officer shall act as governor, until another be elected and qualified,
or the disability removed. |
Election
thereafter. |
11. And be it enacted, That in case
of the removal of the
governor from office, or of his death, resignation or disqualification,
his successor shall be elected at the first election for
delegates to the general assembly, which shall take place thereafter,
and his term of service shall be the same as if no vacancy
had occurred. |
First election
under this act. |
12. And be it enacted, That the first
election for governor shall
be held at the time of the election of delegates for the general assembly
next ensuing the ratification and confirmation of this act. |
Powers vested—
appointments. |
13. And be it enacted, That al the
powers and authorities at
present exercised by the executive of this state, shall be and
hereby are vested in the governor, except the appointment of
chancellor, judges of the courts of common law, attorney general,
general, field and general staff officers, who shall be nominated
by the governor and approved of by the senate. |
| Oaths. |
14. And be it enacted, That all and
every part of the constitution
and form of government of this state, which relates to the
election of the governor and to the election of the council to
the governor that is in any manner repugnant to or inconsistent
with the provisions of this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed
upon the confirmation hereof. |
Repeal of repugnant
laws. |
15. And be it enacted, That all and
every part of the constitution
and form of government of this state, which relates to the
election of the governor and to the election of the council to
the governor that is in any manner repugnant to or inconsistent
with the provisions of this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed
upon the confirmation hereof. |
Confirmatory
provision. |
16. And be it enacted, That if this
act shall be confirmed
by the General Assembly of Maryland, after the next election
of delegates, in the first session after such new election, as the
constitution and form of government direct, that in such case
this act and the alterations and amendments of the constitution
and form of government herein contained, shall be taken and
considered and shall constitute and be valid as a part of the said
constitution and form of government to all intents and purposes,
any thing in said constitution and form of government to the
contrary notwithstanding. |
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Passed March
1, 1826. |
CHAPTER 138.
An act to authorise the levy courts of Baltimore and Harford counties,
to build a bridge over the Little Gunpowder Falls, at
Lees' Mill, on
the road from Baltimore to Belle Air. |
Levy court
authorised. |
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland,
That the justices of the levy courts of Baltimore and Harford
counties, be, and they are hereby authorised, if in the opinion
of the said levy courts, the mutual interests and convenience
of the said counties shall require it, to contract with any person
or persons for the building of a good and sufficient bridge
over the Little Gunpowder Falls, at Lees's mill, on the Belle |
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