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SEC. 1]. In case of any vacancy during the recess of the |
Appointments
during re-
cess. |
Senate, in any office which the Governor has power to fill, he
shall appoint some suitable person to said office, whose com-
mission shall continue in force until the end of the next session
of the Legislature, or until some other person is appointed
to the same office, whichever shall first occur; and the nomi-
nation 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 meeting of the Legislature.
Watkins vs. Watkins, 2 Md., 341. Cantwell vs. Owens, 14 Md., 21.7.
Smoot vs. Sommerville, 59 Md., 84. Kroh vs. Smoot, 62 Md., 172. Ash vs
McVey, 85 Md., 119. Sappington vs. Slade, 91 Md., 645. School Com-
missioners vs. Goldsborough, 90 Md., 204.
SEC. 12. No person, after being rejected by the Senate, |
Rejection by
Senate. |
shall be again nominated for the same office at the same ses-
sion, unless at the request of the Senate; or be appointed to
the same office during the recess of the Legislature.
Townsend vs. Kurtz, 83 Md., 331. |
Time of
nomination. |
SEC. 13. 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 Legis- |
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Term of office. |
lature ; and their term of office, except in cases otherwise pro-
vided for in this Constitution, shall commence on the first
Monday of May next ensuing their appointment, and con-
tinue for two years, (unless removed from office), and until
their successors, respectively, qualify according to Law; but
the term of office of the Inspectors of Tobacco shall commence
on the first Monday of March next ensuing their appoint-
ment.
Dyer vs. Bayne, 54 Md., 87. Smoot vs. Sommerville, 59 Md., 84. Mer.
rill vs. School Commrs. Garrett Co., 70 Md., 269. Commrs. Calvert Co.
vs. Hellen, 72 Md., 603. Sappington vs. Slade, 91 Md., 645.
SEC. 14, If a vacancy shall occur during the session of the |
Vacancy dur-
ing session. |
Senate, in any office which the Governor and Senate have the
power to fill, the Governor shall nominate to the Senate, be-
fore its final adjournment, a proper person to fill said va-
cancy, unless such vacancy occurs within ten days before said
final adjournment.
Smoot vs. Sommerville, 59 Md., 84. Ash vs. McVey, 85 Md., 119.
SEC. 15. The Governor may suspend or arrest any mili- |
Courts-mar-
tial. |
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 incompe- |
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