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Maryland Constitution, Article C-III

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Article C-III, Legislative Department

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Md. Const. art. III, § 1 The Legislature shall consist of two distinct branches
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The Legislature shall consist of two distinct branches; a Senate, and a House of Delegates, and shall be styled the General Assembly of Maryland.
Md. Const. art. III, § 2 The membership of the Senate shall consist of forty-seven (47) Senators
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The membership of the Senate shall consist of forty-seven (47) Senators. The membership of the House of Delegates shall consist of one hundred forty-one (141) Delegates (amended by Chapter 469, Acts of 1900, ratified Nov. 5, 1901; Chapter 7, Acts of 1922, ratified Nov. 7, 1922; C…
Md. Const. art. III, § 3 The State shall be divided by law into legislative districts for the election of members of the Senate and the House of Delegates
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The State shall be divided by law into legislative districts for the election of members of the Senate and the House of Delegates. Each legislative district shall contain one (1) Senator and three (3) Delegates. Nothing herein shall prohibit the subdivision of any one or more of …
Md. Const. art. III, § 4 Each legislative district shall consist of adjoining territory, be compact in form, and of substantially equal population

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Each legislative district shall consist of adjoining territory, be compact in form, and of substantially equal population. Due regard shall be given to natural boundaries and the boundaries of political subdivisions (amended by Chapter 432, Acts of 1900, ratified Nov. 5, 1901; Ch…

Md. Const. art. III, § 5 Section 5

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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. The Governor shall present the plan to…

Md. Const. art. III, § 6 Section 6

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A member of the General Assembly shall be elected by the registered voters of the legislative or delegate district from which he seeks election, to serve for a term of four years beginning on the second Wednesday of January following his election (amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1…

Md. Const. art. III, § 7 Section 7

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The election for Senators and Delegates shall take place on the Tuesday next, after the first Monday in the month of November, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and in every fourth year thereafter (amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified Nov. 6, 1956).

Md. Const. art. III, § 8 Vacant (repealed by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified Nov

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Vacant (repealed by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified Nov. 6, 1956).

Md. Const. art. III, § 9 Section 9

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A person is eligible to serve as a Senator or Delegate, who on the date of the person's election, (1) is a citizen of the State of Maryland, (2) has resided therein for at least one year next preceding that date, and (3) if the district that the person has been chosen to represen…

Md. Const. art. III, § 10 No member of Congress, or person holding any civil, or military office under the United States, shall be eligible as a Senator, or Delegate

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No member of Congress, or person holding any civil, or military office under the United States, shall be eligible as a Senator, or Delegate; and if any person shall after his election as Senator, or Delegate, be elected to Congress, or be appointed to any office, civil, or milita…

Md. Const. art. III, § 11 No person holding any civil office of profit, or trust, under this State shall be eligible as Senator or Delegate

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No person holding any civil office of profit, or trust, under this State shall be eligible as Senator or Delegate; however, a Senator or Delegate may be a nonelected law enforcement officer or a fire or rescue squad worker (amended by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified Nov. 7, 1…

Md. Const. art. III, § 12 Section 12

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No Collector, Receiver, or Holder of public money shall be eligible as Senator or Delegate, or to any office of profit, or trust, under this State, until he shall have accounted for, and paid into the Treasury all sums on the books thereof, charged to, and due by him.

Md. Const. art. III, § 13 Section 13

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(a) (1) In case of death, disqualification, resignation, refusal to act, expulsion, or removal from the county or city for which he shall have been elected, of any person who shall have been chosen as a Delegate or Senator, or in case of a tie between two or more such qualified p…

Md. Const. art. III, § 14 Section 14

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The General Assembly shall meet on the second Wednesday of January, nineteen hundred and seventy-one, and on the same day in every year thereafter, and at no other time, unless convened by joint proclamation of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates…

Md. Const. art. III, § 15 Section 15

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(1) The General Assembly may continue its session so long as in its judgment the public interest may require, for a period not longer than ninety days in each year. The ninety days shall be consecutive unless otherwise provided by law. The General Assembly may extend its session …

Md. Const. art. III, § 16 Section 16

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No book, or other printed matter not appertaining to the business of the session, shall be purchased, or subscribed for, for the use of the members of the General Assembly, or be distributed among them, at the public expense.

Md. Const. art. III, § 17 Section 17

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No Senator or Delegate, after qualifying as such, notwithstanding he may thereafter resign, shall during the whole period of time, for which he was elected, be eligible to any office, which shall have been created, or the salary, or profits of which shall have been increased, dur…

Md. Const. art. III, § 18 Section 18

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No Senator or Delegate shall be liable in any civil action, or criminal prosecution, whatever, for words spoken in debate.

Md. Const. art. III, § 19 Section 19

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Each House shall be judge of the qualifications and elections of its members, as prescribed by the Constitution and Laws of the State, and shall appoint its own officers, determine the rules of its own proceedings, punish a member for disorderly or disrespectful behaviour and wit…

Md. Const. art. III, § 20 A majority of the whole number of members elected to each House shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business

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A majority of the whole number of members elected to each House shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as each House may pr…

Md. Const. art. III, § 21 Section 21

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The doors of each House, and of the Committee of the Whole, shall be open, except when the business is such as ought to be kept secret.

Md. Const. art. III, § 22 Each House shall keep a Journal of its proceedings, and cause the same to be published

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Each House shall keep a Journal of its proceedings, and cause the same to be published. The yeas and nays of members on any question, shall at the call of any five of them in the House of Delegates, or one in the Senate, be entered on the Journal.

Md. Const. art. III, § 23 Section 23

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Each House may punish by imprisonment, during the session of the General Assembly, any person, not a member, for disrespectful, or disorderly behavior in its presence, or for obstructing any of its proceedings, or any of its officers in the execution of their duties; provided, su…

Md. Const. art. III, § 24 Section 24

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The House of Delegates may inquire, on the oath of witnesses, into all complaints, grievances and offences, as the grand inquest of the State, and may commit any person, for any crime, to the public jail, there to remain, until discharged by due course of Law. They may examine an…

Md. Const. art. III, § 25 Section 25

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Neither House shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, at any one time, nor adjourn to any other place, than that in which the House shall be sitting, without the concurrent vote of two-thirds of the members present.

Md. Const. art. III, § 26 The House of Delegates shall have the sole power of impeachment in all cases

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The House of Delegates shall have the sole power of impeachment in all cases; but a majority of all the members elected must concur in the impeachment. All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate, and when sitting for that purpose, the Senators shall be on oath, or affirmation,…

Md. Const. art. III, § 27 (a) Any bill may originate in either House of the General Assembly and be altered, amended or rejected by the other

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(a) Any bill may originate in either House of the General Assembly and be altered, amended or rejected by the other. No bill shall originate in either House during the last thirty-five calendar days of a regular session, unless two-thirds of the members elected thereto shall so d…

Md. Const. art. III, § 28 Section 28

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No bill, nor single group of bills placed on the "consent calendar," shall become a Law unless it be passed in each House by a majority of the whole number of members elected, and on its final passage, the yeas and nays be recorded, and on final passage of the bills placed on the…

Md. Const. art. III, § 29 Section 29

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The style of all Laws of this State shall be, "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland:" and all Laws shall be passed by original bill; and every Law enacted by the General Assembly shall embrace but one subject, and that shall be described in its title; and no Law, nor…

Md. Const. art. III, § 30 Section 30

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Every bill, when passed by the General Assembly, and sealed with the Great Seal, shall be presented by the presiding officer of the House in which it originated to the Governor for the Governor's approval. All bills passed during a regular or special session shall be presented to…

Md. Const. art. III, § 31 Section 31

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A Law passed by the General Assembly shall take effect the first day of June next after the session at which it may be passed, unless it be otherwise expressly declared therein or provided for in this Constitution (amended by Chapter 883, Acts of 1974, ratified Nov. 5, 1974).

Md. Const. art. III, § 32 No money shall be drawn from the Treasury of the State, by any order or resolution, nor except in accordance with an appropriation by Law

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No money shall be drawn from the Treasury of the State, by any order or resolution, nor except in accordance with an appropriation by Law; and every such Law shall distinctly specify the sum appropriated, and the object, to which it shall be applied; provided, that nothing herein…

Md. Const. art. III, § 33 The General Assembly shall not pass local, or special Laws, in any of the following enumerated cases, viz.

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The General Assembly shall not pass local, or special Laws, in any of the following enumerated cases, viz.: For extending the time for the collection of taxes; granting divorces; changing the name of any person; providing for the sale of real estate, belonging to minors, or other…

Md. Const. art. III, § 34 Section 34

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No debt shall be hereafter contracted by the General Assembly unless such debt shall be authorized by a law providing for the collection of an annual tax or taxes sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to discharge the principal thereof within fifte…

Md. Const. art. III, § 35 Section 35

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Extra compensation may not be granted or allowed by the General Assembly to any public Officer, Agent, Servant or Contractor, after the service has been rendered, or the contract entered into; nor may the salary or compensation of any public officer be increased or diminished dur…

Md. Const. art. III, § 36 Section 36

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No Lottery grant shall ever hereafter be authorized by the General Assembly, unless it is a lottery to be operated by and for the benefit of the State (amended by Chapter 364, Acts of 1972, ratified Nov. 7, 1972).

Md. Const. art. III, § 37 Vacant (repealed by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified Nov

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Vacant (repealed by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified Nov. 7, 1978).

Md. Const. art. III, § 38 Section 38

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No person shall be imprisoned for debt, but a valid decree of a court of competent jurisdiction or agreement approved by decree of said court for the support of a spouse or dependent children, or for the support of an illegitimate child or children, or for alimony (either common …

Md. Const. art. III, § 39 Section 39

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The books, papers and accounts of all banks shall be open to inspection under such regulations as may be prescribed by law (amended by Chapter 151, Acts of Special Session of 1936, ratified Nov. 3, 1936).

Md. Const. art. III, § 40 Section 40

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The General Assembly shall enact no Law authorizing private property to be taken for public use without just compensation, as agreed upon between the parties, or awarded by a jury, being first paid or tendered to the party entitled to such compensation.

Md. Const. art. III, § 41 Vacant (repealed by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified Nov

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Vacant (repealed by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified Nov. 7, 1978).

Md. Const. art. III, § 42 Vacant (transferred to Article I, sec

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Vacant (transferred to Article I, sec. 7, by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified Nov. 7, 1978).

Md. Const. art. III, § 43 Section 43

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The property of the wife shall be protected from the debts of her husband.

Md. Const. art. III, § 44 Section 44

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Laws shall be passed by the General Assembly, to protect from execution a reasonable amount of the property of the debtor (amended by Chapter 549, Acts of 1976, ratified Nov. 2, 1976).

Md. Const. art. III, § 45 Section 45

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The General Assembly shall provide a simple and uniform system of charges in the offices of Clerks of Courts and Registers of Wills, in the Counties of this State and the City of Baltimore, and for the collection thereof; provided, the amount of compensation to any of the said of…

Md. Const. art. III, § 46 Section 46

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The General Assembly shall have power to receive from the United States, any grant, or donation of land, money, or securities for any purpose designated by the United States, and shall administer, or distribute the same according to the conditions of the said grant.

Md. Const. art. III, § 47 Vacant (transferred to Article I, sec

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Vacant (transferred to Article I, sec. 8, by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified Nov. 7, 1978).

Md. Const. art. III, § 48 Section 48

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Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes and except in cases where no general laws exist, providing for the creation of corporations of the same general character, as the corporation proposed to be creat…

Md. Const. art. III, § 49 Section 49

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The General Assembly shall have power to regulate by Law, not inconsistent with this Constitution, all matters which relate to the Judges of election, time, place and manner of holding elections in this State, and of making returns thereof.

Md. Const. art. III, § 50 Section 50

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It shall be the duty of the General Assembly, at its first session, held after the adoption of this Constitution, to provide by Law for the punishment, by fine, or imprisonment in the Penitentiary, or both, in the discretion of the Court, of any person, who shall bribe, or attemp…