Maryland State Government Section 16-101

Article - State Government

§ 16-101.

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



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