Article VII, Maryland Constitution

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Article VII of the Maryland Constitution is entitled Sundry Officers and consists of six sections, most of which have been repealed.

Section 1

	Text of Section 1: The County Commissioners of each county not governed by Article XI-A of this Constitution may be elected by the voters of commissioner districts established therein, or by the voters of the entire county, or by a combination of these methods of election, as provided by the General Assembly by law.

Amendments

• Amended with the approval of Chapter 255, Acts of 1890, on November 3, 1891.
• Amended with the approval of Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, on November 6, 1956.
• Amended with the approval of Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, on November 7, 1978.
• Amended with the approval of Chapter 707, Acts of 1986, on November 4, 1986.

Section 2

	Text of Section 2: The number, compensation, and powers and duties of the County Commissioners of each county not governed by Article XI-A of this Constitution shall be such as now are or may be hereafter prescribed by law.

Amendments

• Amended with the approval of Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, on November 6, 1956.
• Repealed by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, on November 7, 1978.
• Added by Chapter 707, Acts of 1986, on November 4, 1986.

Section 3

	Text of Section 3: Vacant.

Amendments

• Amended with the approval of Chapter 97, Acts of 1958, on November 4, 1958.
• Repealed by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, on November 7, 1978.

Section 4

	Text of Section 4: Vacant.

Amendments

• Amended with the approval of Chapter 489, Acts of 1966, on November 8, 1966.
• Repealed by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, on November 7, 1978.

Section 5

	Text of Section 5: Vacant.

Amendments

• Repealed by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, on November 7, 1978.

Section 6

	Text of Section 6: Vacant.

Amendments

• Repealed by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, on November 6, 1956.

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Maryland.gov, "Maryland Constitution"
• From The Archives of Maryland, "Constitutional Records"
• Maryland.gov, "Statewide Ballot Question Results"
• Teaching American History in Maryland, "Maryland Constitutions", a list of primary and secondary resources about the Maryland Constitution and its history.

Additional reading

• Friedman, Dan (2006). The Maryland State Constitution: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing
• Rees, Charles A. (2007). "Remarkable Evolution: The Early Constitutional History of Maryland" in University of Baltimore Law Review, Vol. 36, No. 2, 2007
• Ridgway, Whitman H. (2001). "(Maryland in) the Nineteenth Century" from the Maryland Humanities Council
• Berg-Andersson, Richard E. (2004). "Constitutions of the Several states" from The Green Papers