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enforce the execution of the laws; but shall not take the
command in person without the consent of the General
Assembly.

Sec. 12. He shall take care that the laws be faithfully
executed.

His duties.

Sec. 13. He shall nominate, and by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, appoint all civil and military
officers of the State, whose appointment or election is not
otherwise herein provided for, unless a different mode of
appointment be prescribed by the law creating the office.

Appointments.

Sec. 14. In case of vacancy, during the recess of the
Senate, in any office which the Governor has power to fill,
he shall appoint some suitable person to said office, whose
commission shall continue in force till the end of the next
session of the General Assembly, or till some other person
is appointed to the same office, whichever shall first occur,
and the nomination of the person thus appointed during
the recess, or of some other person in his place, shall be
made to the Senate within thirty days after the next meet-
ing of the General Assembly.

Appointments
during recess.

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14 Md. 215.
1862, ch. 68.

Sec. 15. No person after being rejected by the Senate,
shall be again nominated for the same office at the same
session, unless at the request of the Senate; or be appointed
to the same office during the recess of the General Assembly.

Persons rejected
not to be appointed.

Sec. 16. All civil officers appointed by the Governor
and Senate, shall be nominated to the Senate within fifty
days from the commencement of each regular session of the
General Assembly; and their term of office, except in cases
otherwise provided for in this Constitution, shall commence

Time of Nomina-
tion.

on the first Monday of May next ensuing their appoint-
ment, and continue for two years (unless sooner removed
from office,) and until their successors respectively qualify
according to law.

Term of Office.

Sec. 17. The Governor may suspend or arrest any mili-
tary officer of the State for disobedience of orders, or other
military offence, and may remove him in pursuance of the
sentence of a court-martial; and may remove, for incom-
petency or misconduct, all civil officers who received ap-
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Courts Martial.
14 Md. 215.