year in the state, and
six months in the county.

_Executive._ The governor is elected for four years; must be thirty
years of age; have been a citizen five years, a resident of the state
five years, and for three years a resident of the district from which he
is elected. In case of vacancy, the general assembly elects a resident
of the same district for the residue of the term. If the vacancy happens
during the recess of the legislature, the president of the senate serves
until the next session. No lieutenant-governor.

A secretary of state is appointed by the governor and senate during the
official term of the governor. A controller of the treasury is elected
by the electors of the state for two years; and a treasurer and a state
librarian are chosen by the legislature on joint ballot at each session.

_Legislature._ A senate and a house of delegates, styled _general
assembly_. Senators, one from each county and the city of Baltimore, are
elected for four years, one-half every two years. Age, twenty-five
years; residence, three years in the state, one in the county. Delegates
are eligible at twenty-one; otherwise qualified as senators; elected for
two years, apportioned among the counties according to population; the
city of Baltimore to have four more delegates than the most populous
county, and no county to have less than two delegates; the whole number
not to be more than eighty, nor less than sixty-five.

A majority constitutes a quorum. Bills must pass by majorities of all
the members elected; and when so passed and sealed with the great seal,
the governor is required to sign them in the presence of the presiding
officers and chief clerks of both houses.

_Judiciary._ A court of appeals, consisting of four judges, one of whom
is elected in each judicial district for ten years. One is designated by
the governor and senate as chief-justice. They must be thirty years of
age, and have been citizens of the state five years. They are
disqualified at seventy. There are eight judicial circuits, in each of
which, except the fifth, is elected a judge, for ten years, who holds
circuit courts in the counties within his circuit.

There are, in the city of Baltimore, courts peculiar to that city.

Justices of the peace and constables, are elected for two years in each
ward of the city of Baltimore, and in each election district in the
several counties.

A sheriff and a state's attorney are elected in each county and t