Unannotated Code of Maryland (Last Updated: May 16, 2014)

§ 16-101. Governor and Lieutenant Governor

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   (a) When and before whom oath taken. -- The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution:

   (1) on the third Wednesday of January next following the election of the Governor, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, between the hours of noon and 2:00 p.m. in the chamber of the Senate of Maryland; and

   (2) before the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals; or

   (3) if the Chief Judge is unable to attend, before one of the associate judges of the Court of Appeals.

(b) Recordation of oath. -- The clerk of the Court of Appeals shall maintain a book that records the oaths taken and subscribed under this section.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 70, § 1; 1997, ch. 31, § 1.

                    
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