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tency or misconduct, all civil officers who received appoint-
ment from the Executive for a term of years.
Cantwell v. Owens, 14 Md., 215. Harman v. Harwood, 58 Md., 1.
Townsend v. Kurtz, 83 Md., 331. School Commrs. v. Goldsborough,
90 Md., 195.
SEC. 16. The Governor shall convene the Legislature, or |
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the Senate alone, on extraordinary occasions; and when
ever from the presence of any enemy, or from any other
cause, the Seat of Government shall become an unsafe
place for the meeting of the Legislature, he may direct their
sessions to be held at some other convenient place.
SEC. 17. To guard against hasty or partial legislation and |
Extra sessions
of Legisla-
ture. |
encroachments of the Legislative Department upon the co-
ordinate, Executive and Judicial Departments, every Bill
which shall have passed the House of Delegates, and the
Senate shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the
Governor of the State; if he approves he shall sign it, but if
not he shall return it with his objections to the House in
which it originated, which House shall enter the objections
at large on its Journal and proceed to reconsider the Bill; |
Veto power. |
if, after such reconsideration, three-fifth of the members
elected to that House shall pass the Bill, it shall be sent
with the objections to the other House, by which it shall
likewise be reconsidered, and if it pass by three-fifths of the |
Vetoed bills;
how passed. |
members elected to that House it shall become a law; but in
all cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by
yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and |
Yeas and
nays. |
against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each
House, respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by
the Governor within six days (Sundays excepted), after it
shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law in
like manner as if he signed it, unless the General Assembly
shall, by adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it
shall not be a law. |
Veto within
six days. |
[The Governor shall have power to disapprove of any
item or items of any Bills making appropriations of money
embracing distinct items, and the part or parts of the Bill
approved shall be the law, and the item or items of appro-
priations disapproved shall be void unless repassed according
to the rules or limitations prescribed for the passage of
other Bills over the Executive veto.]*
Hamilton 17. State, 61 Md„ 28. Lankford v. Commrs. Somerset Co.,
73 Md., 105. Warfield v. Vandiver, 101 Md„ 78.
*Thus amended by Chapter 194, Acts of 1890, ratified by the people,
November 3, 1891. |
Veto of Items. |
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