Kroh v. Smoot
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. In the year 1882, during the recess of the Senate, the Governor of Maryland appointed the appellee to be Inspector of Tobacco at Warehouse No. 2, in the city of Baltimore, to fill a vacancy caused during such recess, by the resignation of one Alexander Somerville ; and on the 3rd of January, 1884, the same being within thirty days after the next meeting of the Legislature, the nomination of the appellee, thus appointed, was…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. In the year 1882, during the recess of the Senate, the Governor of Maryland appointed the appellee to be Inspector of Tobacco at Warehouse No. 2, in the city of Baltimore, to fill a vacancy caused during such recess, by the resignation of one Alexander Somerville ; and on the 3rd of January, 1884, the same being within thirty days after the next meeting of the Legislature, the nomination of the appellee, thus appointed, was sent to the Senate, in accordance with section 11 of Article 2, of the Constitution, and confirmed by that body on the…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, C. J.
The appellee, Smoot, was appointed to the office in question by the Governor, in 1882, during the recess of *175the Senate, to fill a then existing vacancy. He was appointed simply to fill an unexpired term of two years, which commenced on the first Monday of March, 1882; and hy the terms of the Constitution (Art. 2, sec. 11), that appointment and the commission to the appointee continued in force “ until the end of the next session of the Legislature, or until some other person is appointed to the same office, whichever shall first occur.” This language plainly designates the term for which the…
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