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16. The Inactive National Guard shall consist of such
officers and enlisted men as are commissioned or enlisted
therein or transferred thereto.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts, or
parts of Acts, inconsistent with this Act, be and the same
are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved May 17, 1935.

CHAPTER 584.

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section 13 of Article
3 of the Constitution of the State of Maryland, title
"Legislative Department, " providing for the appointment
of persons by the Governor to fill vacancies in the House
of Delegates or in the Senate of the General Assembly of
Maryland and providing for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters of the State for adop-
tion or rejection.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland (three-fifths of all the members of each of the
two Houses concurring), That the following amendment is
hereby proposed to Section 13 of Article 3 of the Constitu-
tion of the State of Maryland, title "Legislative Depart-
ment, " the same, if adopted by the legally qualified voters
of the State as herein provided, to become Section 13 of
Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Maryland.

Section 13. In case of death, disqualification, resigna-
tion, 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,
the Governor shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy
from a person whose name shall be submitted to him