CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
	sent of the Senate, he shall appoint a person	office, whose commission shall continue in
	to the office. If the appointment is made	force until the end of the next session of
	within the first sixty days of a regular session	the Legislature, or until some other person
	of the General Assembly, the governor shall	is appointed to the same office, whichever
	submit to the Senate the nomination of the	shall first occur; and the nomination of
	appointee, or the nomination of another per-	the person thus appointed, during the
	son in his place. If the appointment is made	recess, or, of some other person in his
	at any other time, the governor shall submit	place, shall be made to the Senate on the
	the nomination to the Senate at the begin-	first day of the next regular meeting of
	ning, of the next regular session of the Gen-	the Senate.
	eral Assembly. Such an appointee shall re-
	main in office until the end of the next	Sec. 12. No person, after being rejected
	regular session of the General Assembly, or until the expiration of the term of the office	by the Senate, shall be again nominated for the same office at the same session, unless
	to which he was appointed, or until his	at the request of the Senate; or, be
	nomination is rejected by the Senate, which- ever shall occur first. No person after being	appointed to the same office during the recess of the Legislature.
	rejected by the Senate shall again be appoint- ed to or nominated for the same office at the	Sec. 14. If a vacancy shall occur, during the session of the Senate, in any office
	same session, unless at the request of the Sen- ate, or be appointed to the same office dur- ing the adjournment of the General As-	which the Governor and Senate have the power to fill, the Governor shall nominate to the Senate before its final adjournment,
	sembly.	a proper person to fill said vacancy, un-
		less such vacancy occurs within ten days
		before said final adjournment.
	Section 4.33. Information from Administra-	Sec. 18. It shall be the duty of the
	tive Officers.	Governor, semi-annually (and oftener, if
	The governor at any time may require in-	he deem it expedient) to examine under
	formation, in writing or otherwise, from any	oath the Treasurer and Comptroller of the
	officer of any department, office, agency, or	State on all matters pertaining to their
	instrumentality in the executive branch.	respective offices; and inspect and review
		their Bank and other Account Books.
		Art. III, sec. 52. (11) The Governor
		for the purpose of making up his Budget
		shall have the power, and it shall be his
		duty, to require from the proper State
		officials, including herein all executive de-
		partments, all executive and administrative
		offices, bureaus, boards, commissions and
		agencies, expending or supervising the
		expenditure of, and all institutions applying
		for State moneys and appropriations, such
		itemized estimates and other information, in
		such form and at such times as he shall
		direct. The estimates for the Legislative
		Department, certified by the presiding
		officer of each House, of the Judiciary, as
		provided by Law, certified by the Comp-
		troller, and for the public schools, as
		provided by law, shall be transmitted to
		the Governor, in such form and at such
		times as he shall direct, and shall be in-
		cluded in the Budget without revision.
		(12) The Governor may provide for pub-
		lic hearings on all estimates and may require
		the attendance at such hearings of repre-

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