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MSA SC 5339-162-9
CollectionResearch and Educational Projects at the Maryland State Archives
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Sheriffs

Constitutions:
1776 Constitution Sec. 42
1851 Constitution Art. IV, Sec. 20
1864 Constitution Art. IV, Sec. 49
1864 Constitution Art. IV, Sec. 49 as published by Edward Otis Hinkley
1867 Constitution Art. IV Sec. 44
Current Constitution Art. IV Sec. 44

Constitutional comparison table from 1967 Constitutional Revision Study Documents

The office of sheriff was a common law tradition brought to the Maryland colony from England. "Originally, the royal governor appointed sheriffs, but despite these artistocratic roots, the office was retained, albeit in a democratically-elected form, after the American Revolution. The office of sheriffs has been recognized in each of Maryland's Constitutions, although there have been significant changes and modernizations in the eligibility for election and suffrage, method of election, term of office, and manner for filling vacancies in the office of sheriff." (Friedman, 184).
pp. 183-85 of Dan Friedman, The Maryland State Constitution (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006).

Chart about evolution of Sheriff's Office found among Jane McWilliams LHP notes.

2 Filesfriedman_sheriffs.pdf
sheriff_chart.pdf

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