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.]