The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-10-27
CHAPTER 479

AN ACT to propose an amendment to
Section of Article w of the Con-
stitution of the State of Maryland,
title Judiciary Department" elm
mating the provision empowering
the General Assembly to continue
in office Judges who have reached
the age of 70 years, and providing
for the submission of said amend
ment to the qualified voters of the
State of Maryland for adoption or
rejection.
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland three
fifths of all the members of each of
the two houses concurring), That the
following be and the same is pro-
posed as an amendment to Section 8
of Article w of the Constitution of
the State of Maryland, title Judiciary
Department" the same, if adopted by
the legally qualified voters of the
State, as herein provided, to become
Section of Article w of the Con-
stitution of the State of Maryland:
3. The Judges of the said several
Courts shall be elected in the coun-
ties by the qualified voters in their
respective Judicial Circuits as here
matter provided, and in the City of
Baltimore, at the general election to
be held on the Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, as now pro-
vided for in the Constitution. Each
of the said Judges shall hold his of
flee for the term of fifteen years from
the time of his election, and until his
successor is elected and qualified, or
until he shall have attained the age
of 70 years, whichever may first hap
pen, and be re-eligible thereto until
he shall have attained the age of 70
years, and not after. Provided, how
ever, that any Judge whose term has
been extended beyond the age of sew
enty years by the General Assembly
prior to April Z, 1881, shall be per-
mitted to continue in office in accord
ance with the resolution of the Cen
eral Assembly in each case. In case
of the inability of any of said Judges
to discharge his duties with efficiency,
by reason of continued sickness, or of
physical or mental infrmity, it shall
be in the power of the General As
sembly, two-thirds of the members
of each House concurring, with the
approval of the Governor, to retire
said Judge from office.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That said
aforegoing section, hereby proposed
as an amendment to the Constitution,
shall be at the next general election
for Members of the House of Repre-
sentatives of Congress held in this
State submitted to the legal and quail
flied voters of the State for adoption
or rejection, in pursuance of the direc-
tions contained in Article XIV of the
Constitution of this State, and at the
said general election the vote on the
said proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution shall be by ballot, and upon
each ballot there shall be printed the
words ''For the Constitutional Amend
ment" and against the Constitution
al Amendment" as now provided by
law, and Immediately after said cleo
ton due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against
said proposed amendment, as directed
by said Fourteenth Article of the
Constitution, and further proceedings
had in accordance with said Article
Fourteen.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
LIST, 1881.
Also for the Bond Issue, Against
the Bond Issue, said proposed issue
being for the purpose of empowering
and directing the County Commits
sioners of Garrett County to borrow
money on the credit of Garrett county
for the purpose of erecting public
school buildings in the county of Gar
rett, and heating, furnishing and
equipping the same and to purchase
and condemn real estate for the cree
ton of the same and for the purpose