COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	of any person, who shall have been chosen	member, shall be a member of the same po-
	as a Delegate, or Senator, or in case of	litical party as the person last elected to that
	a tie between two or more such qualified	office. An appointee shall serve only until the
	persons, the Governor shall appoint a person	next general election held at least ninety
	to fill such vacancy from a person whose	days after the vacancy occurs. At that elec-
	name shall be submitted to him in writing,	tion the remainder of the term shall be
	within thirty days after the occurrence of	filled.
	the vacancy, by the State Central Commit-
	tee of the political party with which the
	Delegate or Senator, so vacating, had been
	affiliated in the County or District from
	which he or she was elected, provided that
	Ae appointee shall be of the same political
	party as the person whose office is to be
	filled; and it shall be the duty of the
	Governor to make said appointment within
	fifteen days after the submission thereof
	to him. If a name is not submitted by the
	State Central Committee within thirty days
	after the occurrence of the vacancy, the
	Governor within another period of fifteen
	days shall appoint a person, who shall be
	of the same political party as the person
	whose office is to be filled, and who is other-
	wise properly qualified to hold the office
	of Delegate or Senator in the District or
	County. In the event there is no State
	Central Committee in the County or Dis-
	trict from which said vacancy is to be
	filled, the Governor shall within fifteen days
	after the occurrence of such vacancy appoint
	a person who is otherwise properly quali-
	fied to hold the office of Delegate or Senator
	in such District or County. In every case
	when any person is so appointed by the
	Governor, his appointment shall be deemed
	to be for the unexpired term of the person
	whose office has become vacant.
	(b) In addition, and in submitting a
	name to the Governor to fill a vacancy in
	a Senatorial district or subdistrict, as the
	case may be, in any of the twenty-three
	counties of Maryland, the State Central
	Committee or committees shall follow these
	provisions :
	( 1 ) If the vacancy occurs in a district or
	subdistrict having the same boundaries as
	a county, the State Central Committee of
	the county shall submit the name of a
	resident of the district or subdistrict.
	(2) If the vacancy occurs in a district or
	subdistrict which has boundaries comprising
	a portion of one county, the State Central
	Committee of that county shall submit the
	name of a resident of the district or sub-
	district.

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