to inforce the execution of the laws, by which an incidental revenue may arife, fhall be accounted a money bill; but every bill affeffing, levying, or applying taxes or fupplies for the support of Government, or the current expences of the State, or appropriating money in the Treasury, fhall be deemed a money bill.

XII. That the House of Delegates may punish, by imprisonment, any perfon who shall be guilty of a contempt in their view, by any diforderly or riotous behaviour, or by threats to, or abuse of their Members, or by any obstruction to their proceedings. They may also punish, by imprisonment, any person who fhall be guilty of a breach of privilege, by arresting on civil process, or by affaulting any of their Members, during their fitting, or on their way to, or return from the House of Delegates; or by any affault of, or obftruction to their officers, in the execution of any order or process; or by affaulting or obstructing any witness, or any other perfon, attending on, or on their way to, or from the Houfe; or by refcuing any perfon committed by the House; and the Senate may exercise the fame power, in fimilar cafes.

XIII. That the Treasurers (one for the weftern

western and another for the eastern fhore) and the Commiffioners of the Loan Office may be appointed by the House of Delegates during their pleasure; and in case of refusal, death, refignation, difqualification, or removal out of the State of any of the faid Commiffioners or Treasurers, in the recefs of the General Affembly, the Governor, with the advice of the Council, may appoint and commiffion a fit and proper perfon to fuch vacant office, and to hold the fame until the meeting of the next General Affembly.

XIV. That the Senate be chofen in the following manner: All perfons, qualified as aforefaid to vote for county Delegates, shall, on the firft day of September, 1781, and on the fame day in every fifth year forever thereafter, elect viva voce, by a majority of votes, two perfons for their respective counties, qualified as aforefaid to be elected county Delegates, to be electors of the Senate; and the Sheriff of each county, or, in cafe of fickness, his deputy (fummoning two Juftices of the county, who are required to attend for the preservation of the peace), fhall hold and be Judge of the faid election, and make return thereof as aforefaid. And all perfons qualified as aforefaid to vote

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for Delegates for the city of Annapolis and Baltimore town, fhall on the fame first Monday of September 1781, and on the fame day in every fifth year forever thereafter, elect viva voce, by a majority of votes, one perfon for the faid city and town refpectively, qualified as aforefaid, to be elected a Delegate for the faid city and town respectively; the faid election to be held in the fame manner as the election of Delegate for the said city and town; the right to elect the faid elector with respect to Baltimore town to continue as long as the right to elect Delegates for the said town.

XV. That the faid electors of the Senate meet at the city of Annapolis, or fuch other place as fhall be appointed for convening the legislature, on the third Monday in September 1781, and on the fame day in every fifth year forever thereafter, and they, or any twentyfour of them fo met, fhall proceed to elect, by ballot, either out of their own body or the people at large, fifteen Senators (nine of whom to be refidents on the weftern, and fix to be refidents on the eaftern, fhore), men of the most wisdom, experience and virtue, above twenty-five years of age, refidents of the State

above three whole years next preceding the election, and having real and perfonal property above the value of one thousand pounds cur

rent money.

XVI. That the Senators fhall be ballotted for at one and the fame time; and out of the gentlemen refidents of the western shore who fhall be propofed as Senators, the nine who fhall, on ftriking the ballots, appear to have the greatest number in their favour, shall be accordingly declared and returned duly elected; and out of the gentlemen refidents of the eastern shore who fhall be proposed as Senators, the fix who fhall, on ftriking the ballots, appear to have the greatest number in their favour, shall be accordingly declared and returned duly elected and if two or more, on the fame shore, shall have an equal number of ballots in their favour, by which the choice shall not be determined on the first ballot, then the electors fhall again ballot before they separate, in which they shall be confined to theperfons who on the first ballot shall have had an equal number ; and they who shall have the greatest number in their favour on the second ballot, hall be accordingly declared and returned duly

elected; and if the whole number should not thus be made up, because of an equal number on the second ballot ftill being in favour of two or more perfons, then the election fhall be determined by lot, between those who have equal numbers; which proceedings of the electors shall be certified under their hands, and returned to the Chancellor for the time being.

XVII. That the electors of Senators fhall judge of the qualifications and elections of Members of their body, and on a contefted election shall admit to a feat, as an elector, fuch qualified perfon as fhall appear to them to have the greatest number of legal votes in his favour.

XVIII. That the electors immediately on their meeting, and before they proceed to the election of Senators, take such oath of support and fidelity to this State, as this Convention or the legislature shall direct; and also an oath, "to elect, without favour, affection, partiality, or prejudice, fuch perfons for Senators as they, in their judgement and confcience, believe beft qualified for the office."

XIX. That in case of refufal, death, refignation, difqualification, or removal out of this