CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
	General Assembly is in session, he shall return	in which it originated, which House shall
	it promptly to the General Assembly. If the	enter the objections at large on its Journal
	governor vetoes a bill after the General As-	and proceed to reconsider the Bill; if, after
	sembly has adjourned sine die, he shall re-	such reconsideration, three-fifths of the
	turn it promptly either to the next regular	members elected to that House shall pass
	session of the same General Assembly or to a	the Bill, it shall be sent with the objections
	special session of the same General Assembly	to the other House, by which it shall like-
	convened for the purpose of reconsidering	wise be reconsidered, and if it pass by
	bills that have been vetoed. A bill shall be-	three-fifths of the members elected to that
	come law if passed over the veto by the	House it shall become a Law; but in all
	affirmative vote of three-fifths of all the	such cases the votes of both Houses shall
	members of each house. The law shall take	be determined by yeas and nays, and the
	effect on the first day of July after passage,	names of the persons voting for and against
	unless another effective date after passage is	the Bill shall be entered on the Journal
	established by joint resolution of the General	of each House respectively.......
	Assembly.	Any bill which is vetoed by the Governor
		following the adjournment of the General
		Assembly, or any bill which fails to become
		a law by reason of not having been signed
		by the Governor following the adjournment
		of the General Assembly, shall be returned
		to the House in which it originated, im-
		mediately after said House shall have
		organized at the next regular or special
		session of the General Assembly. Said bill
		may then be reconsidered according to the
		procedure specified hereinabove. If the bill
		is passed over the veto of the Governor,
		it shall take effect on June 1 following,
		unless the bill is an emergency measure to
		take effect when passed. No such vetoed
		bill shall be returned to the Legislature
		when a new General Assembly of Maryland
		has been elected and sworn since the
		passage of the vetoed bill.......
	Attorney General
	Section 4.17. Office of Attorney General.	Art. V, sec. 3. It shall be the duty of
	The attorney general shall be the chief le-	the Attorney General to prosecute and de-
	gal officer of the State. He shall represent the	fend on the part of the State all cases,
	State in all criminal cases in the Court of	which at the time of his appointment and
	Appeals, the Intermediate Appellate Court,	qualification and which thereafter may be
	and the courts of the United States, and	depending in the Court of Appeals and the
	shall represent the State in all civil cases or	intermediate courts of appeal, or in the
	proceedings in which the State is a party or	Supreme Court of the United States, by or
	may be interested. He shall have those other	against the State, or wherein the State may
	powers and duties with respect to criminal	be interested; and he shall give his opinion
	and civil cases or proceedings, and with re-	in writing whenever required by the General
	spect to his responsibilities as chief legal	Assembly or either Branch thereof, the
	officer of the State, that the General Assem-	Governor, the Comptroller, the Treasurer,
	bly may prescribe by law. Upon request, he	or any State's Attorney, on any legal matter
	shall give his opinion on any legal matter to	or subject depending before them, or either
	either house of the General Assembly or to	of them; and when required by the Governor
	its presiding officer, or to the governor, or to	or General Assembly, he shall aid any
	any other officer, agency, or department of	State's Attorney in prosecuting any suit or
	the State. The attorney general may appoint,	action brought by the State in any Court
	to serve at his pleasure, the number of depu-	of this State, and he shall commence and

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