1690                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 787

eligibility of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and to the Returns
of said election, and to the number and legality of votes therein
given, shall be determined by the House of Delegates; and if the per-
son [, or persons,] having the highest number of votes for Governor
or for Lieutenant Governor or both of them, be ineligible, [the
Governor] a person or persons shall be chosen by the Senate and
House of Delegates in place of the ineligible person or persons. Every
election of Governor or of Lieutenant Governor, or both, by the
General Assembly shall be determined by a joint majority of the
Senate and House of Delegates; and the vote shall be taken viva voce.
But if two or more sets of persons shall have the highest and an
equal number of votes, then, a second vote shall be taken, which shall
be confined to the sets of persons having an equal number; and if
the vote should again be equal, then the election of Governor and
Lieutenant Governor shall be determined by lot between those sets,
who shall have the highest and an equal number on the first vote.

5.

A person to be eligible to the office of Governor [,] or Lieutenant
Governor must have attained the age of thirty years, and must have

been for ten years a citizen of the State of Maryland, and for five

years next preceding his election, a resident of the State, and, at the
time of his election, a qualified voter therein.

A PERSON TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE OFFICE OF GOVER-
NOR OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MUST HAVE ATTAINED
THE AGE OF 30 YEARS AND MUST HAVE BEEN A RESI-
DENT AND REGISTERED VOTER OF THE STATE FOR FIVE
YEARS NEXT IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING HIS ELECTION.

6.

(a)  If the Governor-elect is disqualified, resigns, or dies, the
Lieutenant Governor-elect shall become Governor for the full term.
If the Governor-elect fails to assume office for any other reason, the
newly elected Lieutenant Governor shall become Lieutenant Gover-
nor and shall serve as acting Governor until the Governor-elect as-
sumes office or until the office becomes vacant.

(b)   The Lieutenant Governor shall serve as acting Governor when
notified in writing by the Governor that the Governor will be tem-
porarily unable to perform the duties of his office. The Lieutenant
Governor also shall serve as acting Governor when the Governor is
disabled but is unable to communicate to the Lieutenant Governor
the fact of his mobility to perform the duties of his office. In either
event the Lieutenant Governor shall serve as acting Governor until
notified in writing by the Governor that he is able to resume the
duties of his office or until the office becomes vacant.

(c)   The General Assembly, by the affirmative vote of three-fifths
of all its members in joint session, may adop