CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
		eenth day of September, in the year eight-
		een hundred and sixty-seven, at the usual
		places of holding elections for members of
		the House of Delegates in said City and
		Counties. At the said election the vote
		shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot,
		there shall be written or printed the words
		"For the Constitution," or "Against the
		Constitution," as the voter may elect; and
		the provisions of the Laws of this State,
		relating to the holding of general elections
		for members of the House of Delegates,
		shall, in all respects, apply to, and regulate
		the holding of the said election. It shall be
		the duty of the Judges of Election, in said
		City, and in the several Counties of the
		State, to receive, accurately count, and
		duly return the number of ballots, so cast
		for, or against the adoption of this Con-
		stitution, as well as any blank ballots which
		may be cast, to the several Clerks of the
		Circuit Courts of this State, and to the
		Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore
		City, in the manner now prescribed by
		Law, in reference to the election of mem-
		bers of the House of Delegates, and du-
		plicates thereof directly to the Governor;
		and the several Clerks, aforesaid shall
		return to the Governor, within ten days
		after said election, the number of ballots
		cast for or against the Constitution, and
		the number of blank ballots; and the
		Governor, upon receiving the returns from
		the Judges of Election or the Clerks as
		aforesaid and ascertaining the aggregate
		vote throughout the State, shall, by this
		Proclamation, make known the same; and if
		a majority of the votes cast shall be for
		the adoption of this Constitution, it shall
		go into effect on Saturday, the Fifth day of
		October, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
	Section 10.02. Effect of Constitution on	Declaration of Rights, Art. 5. That the
	Existing Law.	Inhabitants of Maryland are entitled to the
	All legislation, including local legislation,	Common Law of England, and the trial by
	and all other law, including common law, in	Jury, according to the course of that Law,
	force on June 30, 1968, insofar as it is not in	and to the benefit of such of the English
	conflict with this Constitution, shall continue	Statutes as existed on the Fourth day of
	in force until it expires by its own limitation	July, seventeen hundred and seventy-six;
	or is lawfully changed. A law in effect on	and which, by experience, have been found
	June SO, 1968, shall not be deemed in con-	applicable to their local and other circum-
	flict with this Constitution solely because it	stances, and have been introduced, used and
	was enacted pursuant to authority granted	practiced by the Courts of Law or Equity;
	by a provision of the Constitution of 1867 as	and also of all Acts of Assembly in force on
	amended. All existing writs, actions, suits,	the first day of June, eighteen hundred and
	proceedings, civil or criminal liabilities, pros-	sixty-seven; except such as may have since
	ecutions, judgments, sentences, orders, de-	expired, or may be inconsistent with the
	crees, appeals, causes of action, contracts,	provisions of this Constitution; subject,
	claims, demands, property titles, and rights	nevertheless, to the revision of, and amend-

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