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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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sentatives of all agencies, and for all in-
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stitutions applying for State moneys. After
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such public hearings he may, in his discre-
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tion, revise all estimates except those for
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the legislative and judiciary departments,
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and for the public schools, as provided by
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Law.
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Clemency
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Section 4.34. Executive Clemency.
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Art. II, sec. 20. He shall have power to
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The governor shall have power to grant
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grant reprieves and pardons, except in
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reprieves, commutations, and pardons, except
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cases of impeachment, and in cases, in which
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in cases of conviction upon impeachment,
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he is prohibited by other Articles of this
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and to remit fines and forfeitures for offenses
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Constitution; and to remit fines and for-
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against the State. At least annually he shall
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feitures for offences against the State; but
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file with the Court of Appeals a public re-
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shall not remit the principal or interest of
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port of the instances of the exercise of this
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any debt due the State, except in eases of
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power.
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fines and forfeitures; and before granting a
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nolle prosequi, or pardon, he shall give
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notice, in one or more newspapers, of the
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application made for it, and of the day
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on, or after which, his decision will be
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given; and in every case, in which he
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exercises this power, he shall report to
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either Branch of the Legislature, whenever
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required, the petitions, recommendations
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and reasons, which influenced his decision.
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State's Attorney
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The State's Attorneys.
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Section 4.35. State's Attorney.
There shall be a state's attorney in each
county or district which may be prescribed
by the General Assembly by law. He shall be
elected by the voters of the county or district
in which he seeks office. The term of office,
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Art. V, sec. 7. There shall be an At-
torney for the State in each county, and
the City of Baltimore, to be styled "The
State's Attorney," who shall be elected by
the voters thereof, respectively, on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday of
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functions, powers, duties, method of filling
vacancies, and all other matters relating to
the office shall be prescribed by the General
Assembly by law.
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November, in the year, nineteen hundred
and fifty-eight, and on the same day every
fourth year thereafter; and shall hold his
office for four years from the first Monday
in January next ensuing his election, and
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until his successor shall be elected and
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qualified; and shall be re-eligible thereto,
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and be subject to removal therefrom, for
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incompetency, willful neglect of duty, or
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misdemeanor in office, on conviction in a
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Court of Law, or by a vote of two-thirds
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of the Senate, on the recommendation of
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the Attorney General.
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Sec. 8. All elections for the State's
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Attorney shall be certified to, and Returns
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made thereof, by the Clerks of the said
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counties and city, to the Judges thereof,
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having criminal jurisdiction, respectively,
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whose duty it shall be to decide upon the
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elections and qualifications of the Persons
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returned; and, in case of a tie between two
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or more Persons, to designate which of said
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