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SEC. 5. [The terms of all State and county officers heretofore
elected by qualified voters, and whose successors would not be elected
until the Tuesday next after the first Monday of November, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-five, shall be increased by one year, and
their successors shall be elected for the regular term at the election
to be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of November,
nineteen hundred and twenty-six. The terms of all State and county
officers heretofore elected by qualified voters, and whose successors
would not be elected until the Tuesday next after the first Monday of
November, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, shall remain un-
changed; their successors shall be elected for a term of three years
at the elections to be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday
of November, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, but shall not take
office until the expiration of the full term for which their prede-
cessors have been elected; and their successors shall be elected for
the regular term at the election to be held on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday of November, nineteen hundred and thirty. Nothing
herein shall affect the terms of any judge of the Circuit Court of
the several circuits, the member of the Court of Appeals from Balti-
more City, or any member of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City;
if the term of any such judge shall expire in a year in which no
election for members of the General Assembly is held, the Governor
shall appoint a person duly qualified to fill said office, who shall
hold the same until the next general election for members of the
General Assembly, when a successor shall be elected for the term
elsewhere provided. The terms of all State and county officers
heretofore appointed for terms which will not expire until during
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five, nineteen hundred and
twenty-six, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven or nineteen hundred
and twenty-eight shall be reduced by one year, and their successors
shall be appointed for the terms now provided by law in the years
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, nineteen hundred and twenty-
five, nineteen hundred and twenty-six or nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven, respectively. In the event that the term of any officer ap-
pointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate
shall expire in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five or twenty-
six, the Governor shall have power to appoint a successor, who shall
serve for the full term subject to confirmation by the Senate at the
regular session to be held under this Article in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-seven.J Vacant.
SEC. 6. [The General Assembly shall meet on the first Wednesday
of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, for a regular session,
and shall not meet again for a regular session until the first Wednes-
day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and the General
Assembly shall meet on the same day in every second year, there-
after and at no other time, unless convened by proclamation of the
Governor.] Vacant.
SEC. 7. [The term of the Treasurer elected by the General Assem-
bly at the regular session of nineteen hundred and twenty-four shall
be three years. Thereafter the term shall be the same as elsewhere
provided.] Vacant.
SEC. 9. [The vote to be held under the provisions of Section 2 of
Article XIV of the Constitution for the purpose of taking the sense


 
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