CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	Sec. 49. The General Assembly shall	Section 2.07. Conduct of Elections.
	have power to regulate by Law, not in-	The General Assembly by law shall define
	consistent with this Constitution, all mat- ters which relate to the Judges of election, time, place and manner of holding elections in this State, and of making returns thereof.	residence, establish a uniform system of per- manent registration of voters, provide for the nomination of candidates, regulate the time, place, and manner of elections, provide
		for the uniform administration of elections,
		provide for absentee voting, insure secrecy of
		voting, and protect the integrity of the elec-
		tion process. A municipal corporation may
		prescribe by law election dates and proce-
		dures for the administration and regulation
		of its municipal elections, subject to any
		procedures and standards that the General
		Assembly may prescribe by law. The General
		Assembly shall provide by law for the super-
		vision and uniform administration of laws
		enacted by the General Assembly pursuant to
		this section.
	Sec. 50. It shall be the duty of the
	General Assembly, at its first session, held
	after the adoption of this Constitution, to
	provide by Law for the punishment, by
	fine, or imprisonment in the Penitentiary,
	or both, in the discretion of the Court,
	of any person, who shall bribe, or attempt
	to bribe, any Executive, or Judicial officer
	of the State of Maryland, or any member,
	or officer of the General Assembly of the
	State of Maryland, or of any Municipal
	Corporation in the State of Maryland, or
	any Executive officer of such corporation,
	in order to influence him in the performance
	of any of his official duties; and, also, to
	provide by Law for the punishment, by
	fine, or imprisonment in the Penitentiary,
	or both, in the discretion of the Court, of
	any of said officers, or members, who shall
	demand, or receive any bribe, fee, reward,
	or testimonial, for the performance of his
	official duties, or for neglecting, or failing
	to perform the same; and, also, to provide
	by Law for compelling any person, so brib-
	ing, or attempting to bribe, or so demanding,
	or receiving a bribe, fee, reward, or testi-
	monial, to testify against any person, or
	persons, who may have committed any of
	said offences; provided, that any person,
	so compelled to testify, shall be exempted
	from trial and punishment for the offence, of
	which he may have been guilty; and any
	person, convicted of such offence, shall, as
	part of the punishment thereof, be forever
	disfranchised and disqualified from holding
	any office of trust, or profit, in this State.

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