Brown v. Brooke

Constitution, Art. 7, sec. 1, formerly read as follows: “County Commissioners shall be elected on general ticket of ⁷³⁹ each county by the qualified voters of the several counties of this State, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November, 1867, and on the same day in every second year thereafter. Their number in each county, their compensation, powers and duties shall be such as are now or may be hereafter prescribed by law.” This section was amended by the Act of 1890, ch. 255, adopted by vote of the people on November 3rd, 1890, so as to provide as follows : “County Commissioners shall be elected on general ticket of each county by the qualified voters of the several counties of the State, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November, commencing in the year 1891 ; their number in each county, their compensation, powers and duties shall be such as are now or may be hereafter prescribed by law ; they shall be elected at such times, in such numbers and for such periods, not exceeding six years, as may be prescribed by law.” The Act of 1892, ch. 442, provided for the election in November, 1893, of three County Commissioners for Anne Arundel County, to hold their offices for the terms respectively of six, four and two years, as the Governor should designate, and that at the expiration of their respective terms of office, their successors