Section 16-101 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor.

§ 16-101. Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
 

(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. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 70, § 1; 1997, ch. 31, § 1.]