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QUALIFICATIONS OF STATE OFFICERS. 283
Out of twenty-one Eastern Shore members voting on this proposition, sixteen
were for it, and but five against it; of the twenty-six Western Shore members
voting on it, twenty-five were against it, and one for it.1
The senate consisted of fifteen members, taken indiscriminately from any
part of the State, with the sole restriction that nine of them were to be residents of the west, and six of the east side of the Chesapeake Bay. Their term
of office was five years; and they were chosen by an electoral college, composed
of two electors from each of the counties, and one from each of the cities of
Annapolis and Baltimore. The electors were to have the qualifications necessary for delegates, and were to meet at Annapolis on the third Monday in the
September after their election, to proceed to the election of a senate. The
qualifications of the senator were that he should be above the age of twenty-
five, should have resided in the State for the three years next preceding his
election, and should have real or personal property within it, above the value
of £1,000.2
"A person of wisdom, experience and virtue" should be chosen governor,
on the second Monday of November, 1777, and on the second Monday in
November in every year thereafter, by the joint ballots of both Houses. He
was to be not less than twenty-five years of age, a resident of the State for five
years preceding the election, and owning in the State real and personal property over £5,000, current money, £1,000, at least, to be of freehold estate.
He was not to continue successively in office longer than three years, and
was not re-eligible until four years after leaving office.
The same body was to elect, by joint ballot of both Houses, on the second
Tuesday of November, 1777, and annually on the second Tuesday of November, thereafter, " five of the most sensible, discreet and experienced men, above
twenty-five years of age, residents in the State above three years preceding their
election, and having therein a freehold of lands and tenements above the value
of £1,000, current money, to be the council to the governor."
The delegates to congress were chosen annually by the joint ballot of the
two houses, so that there should be a rotation of at least two members who
were to be changed annually. No person was capable of being a delegate for
more than three in any term of six years. He was to be a resident of the
State more than five years preceding the election, and possessed of real and
personal estate above £1,000, current money. No governor, senator, delegate,
or member of council, if he qualify, should hold any other office of profit or
trust during that for which he was elected.
There was to be a Court of Appeals, whose judgment should be final and
conclusive in all cases of appeal from the General Court. The Provincial
Court was thereafter to be known as the General Court, which was to sit on
the Western and Eastern Shores for the transaction of business at such times
1 McMahon, p. 465. Senator, see the report prepared by the writer
2 In regard to the choice of United States in the Maryland House Journal of 1878.
| Title | History of Maryland - 2 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000314 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | QUALIFICATIONS OF STATE OFFICERS. 283 Out of twenty-one Eastern Shore members voting on this proposition, sixteen were for it, and but five against it; of the twenty-six Western Shore members voting on it, twenty-five were against it, and one for it.1 The senate consisted of fifteen members, taken indiscriminately from any part of the State, with the sole restriction that nine of them were to be residents of the west, and six of the east side of the Chesapeake Bay. Their term of office was five years; and they were chosen by an electoral college, composed of two electors from each of the counties, and one from each of the cities of Annapolis and Baltimore. The electors were to have the qualifications necessary for delegates, and were to meet at Annapolis on the third Monday in the September after their election, to proceed to the election of a senate. The qualifications of the senator were that he should be above the age of twenty- five, should have resided in the State for the three years next preceding his election, and should have real or personal property within it, above the value of £1,000.2 "A person of wisdom, experience and virtue" should be chosen governor, on the second Monday of November, 1777, and on the second Monday in November in every year thereafter, by the joint ballots of both Houses. He was to be not less than twenty-five years of age, a resident of the State for five years preceding the election, and owning in the State real and personal property over £5,000, current money, £1,000, at least, to be of freehold estate. He was not to continue successively in office longer than three years, and was not re-eligible until four years after leaving office. The same body was to elect, by joint ballot of both Houses, on the second Tuesday of November, 1777, and annually on the second Tuesday of November, thereafter, " five of the most sensible, discreet and experienced men, above twenty-five years of age, residents in the State above three years preceding their election, and having therein a freehold of lands and tenements above the value of £1,000, current money, to be the council to the governor." The delegates to congress were chosen annually by the joint ballot of the two houses, so that there should be a rotation of at least two members who were to be changed annually. No person was capable of being a delegate for more than three in any term of six years. He was to be a resident of the State more than five years preceding the election, and possessed of real and personal estate above £1,000, current money. No governor, senator, delegate, or member of council, if he qualify, should hold any other office of profit or trust during that for which he was elected. There was to be a Court of Appeals, whose judgment should be final and conclusive in all cases of appeal from the General Court. The Provincial Court was thereafter to be known as the General Court, which was to sit on the Western and Eastern Shores for the transaction of business at such times 1 McMahon, p. 465. Senator, see the report prepared by the writer 2 In regard to the choice of United States in the Maryland House Journal of 1878. |
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