72 Constitution of the [Art. 12.

Trial by Jury.

Sec. 5. The trial by jury of all issues of fact in civil
proceedings in the several courts of law in this State, where
the amount in controversy exceeds the sum of five dollars,
shall be inviolably preserved.

All Officers con-
tinued until suc-
cessors qualify.

Sec. 6. All officers, civil and military, now holding
office, whether by election or appointment under the State,
shall continue to hold and exercise their offices, according
to their present tenure, unless otherwise provided in this
Constitution, until they shall be superseded pursuant to its
provisions, and until their successors be duly qualified, and

Increased compen-
sation.

the compensation of such officers which has been increased
by this Constitution, shall take effect from the first day of
January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

Time of Elections
in November an-
nually.

1852, ch. 183.
1/53, ch. 134.

Sec. 7. General elections shall be held throughout the
State on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the
month of November of each and every year; at the elec-
tion held in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, all
State officers required to be elected under this Constitution
during that year shall be elected, and in like manner in
every second year thereafter an election shall be held for
those State officers whose terms are about to expire; at
the election held in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-
five, all county officers required to be elected under this
Constitution in that year shall be elected, and in like man-
ner in every second year thereafter, an election shall be
held for those county officers whose terms are about to
expire; Provided, however, the Judges of the several
Courts of this State, except the Judges of the Orphans'
Courts, shall be elected at the regular election, whether for
State or county officers, as the case may be, immediately
preceding the expiration of the term of the incumbent
whose place is to be filled.

VOTE ON THE CONSTITUTION.

Sheriffs to give
notice of vote on
Constitution.

Sec. 8. For the purpose of ascertaining the sense of the
people of this State in regard to the adoption or rejection
of this Constitution the Governor shall issue his proclama-
tion within five days after the adjournment of this Conven-
tion, directed to the Sheriff of the city of Baltimore, and
to the Sheriffs of the several counties of this State, com-
manding them to give notice, in the manner now prescribed
by law, that an election will be held in the city of Baltimore