CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	Sec. 8. Vacant.
	Sec. 9. The Term of office of all Judges	See Section 5.22, Judicial Term of Office, p.
	and other officers, for whose election pro-	51.
	vision is made by this Constitution, shall
	except in eases otherwise expressly provided
	herein, commence from the time of their
	Election; and all such officers shall qualify
	as soon after their election as practicable,
	and shall enter upon the duties of their
	respective offices immediately upon their
	qualification; and the Term of office of the
	State Librarian and of the Commissioner
	of the Land Office shall commence from
	the time of their appointment.
	Sec. 10. Any officer elected or appointed
	in pursuance of the provisions of this Con-
	stitution, may qualify, either according to
	the existing provisions of Law, in relation
	to officers under the present Constitution,
	or before the Governor of the State, or
	before any Clerk of any Court of Record
	in any part of the State; but in case an
	officer shall qualify out of the County in
	which he resides, an official copy of his
	oath shall be filed and recorded in the
	Clerk's office of the Circuit Court of the
	County in which he may reside, or in the
	Clerk's office of the Superior Court of the
	City of Baltimore, if he shall reside therein.
	All words or phrases, used in creating
	public offices and positions under the Con-
	stitution and Laws of this State, which de-
	note the masculine gender shall be con-
	strued to include the feminine gender, un-
	less the contrary intention is specifically
	expressed.
	Sec. H. No person who is a member
	of an organization that advocates the over-
	throw of the Government of the United
	States or of the State of Maryland through
	force or violence shall be eligible to hold
	any office, be it elective or appointive, or
	any other position of profit or trust in the
	Government of or in the administration of
	the business of this State or of any county,
	municipality or other political subdivision
	of this State.
		NO COMPARABLE SECTIONS.
		Section 9.02. Conflict of Interest.
		The General Assembly shall prescribe by
		law a code of ethics, and provide for the reg-
		ulation of conflicts of interest, for all elect-
		ed state officers.

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