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Ch. 681
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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[10.] 10.
Any officer elected or appointed in pursuance of the
provisions of this Constitution, may qualify, either
according to the existing provisions of law, in relation
to officers under the present Constitution, or before the
Governor of the State, or before any Clerk of any Court
of Record in any part of the State; but in case an
officer shall qualify out of the County in which he
resides, an official copy of his oath shall be filed and
recorded in the Clerk's office of the Circuit Court of
the County in which he may reside, or in the Clerk's
office of the Superior Court of the City of Baltimore, if
he shall reside therein. All words or phrases, used in
creating public offices and positions under the
Constitution and laws of this State, which denote the
masculine gender shall be construed to include the
feminine gender, unless the contrary intention is
specifically expressed.
[7.] 11.
Every person, hereafter elected, or appointed, to
office, in this State, who shall refuse, or neglect, to
take the oath, or affirmation of office, provided for in
the [sixth] NINTH section of this Article, shall be
considered as having refused to accept the said office;
and a new election, or appointment, shall be made, as in
case of refusal to accept, or resignation of an office;
and any person violating said oath, shall, on conviction
thereof, in a Court of Law, in addition to the penalties
now, or hereafter, to be imposed by Law, be thereafter
incapable of holding any office of profit or trust in
this State.
Article II - Executive Department
[7A.
The person, if any, who in November, 1970, is
elected to the statutory position of Lieutenant Governor
shall assume and hold the constitutional office of
Lieutenant Governor for a regular four-year term which
begins on the same day as the term of the
Governor-elect.]
Article III — Legislative Department
5.
Following each decennial census of the United States
and after public hearings, the Governor shall prepare a
plan setting forth the boundaries of the legislative
districts for electing of the members of the Senate and
the House of Delegates.
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The Governor shall present the plan to the
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