Smoot v. Somerville
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. This was an application by the appellant for a mandamus to require the appellee to deliver to the petitioner possession of the office of Inspector of tobacco for Warehouse number two in the City of Baltimore, together with the said warehouse, and all the tobacco, hooks, furniture and appurtenances of every kind whatever, pertaining to the same.
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. This was an application by the appellant for a mandamus to require the appellee to deliver to the petitioner possession of the office of Inspector of tobacco for Warehouse number two in the City of Baltimore, together with the said warehouse, and all the tobacco, hooks, furniture and appurtenances of every kind whatever, pertaining to the same. The commission under which the -appellant claimed was the following: The State oe Maryland, To Dr. Andrew Jackson Smoot, of Charles County, Esquire, greeting: Be it known, that reposing especial trust and…
1Opinion of the CourtGrason, J.
The determination of the questions, presented on this appeal, depends upon the construction of the eleventh, thirteenth and fourteenth sections of the second Article of the Constitution of this State. The thirteenth section provides that “ All civil officers appointed by the Governor and Senate, shall he nominated to the Senate within fifty *87days from the commencement of each regular session of the Legislature; and their term of office, except in cases otherwise provided for in this Constitution, shall commence on the first Monday of May next ensuing their appointment, and continue for two…
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