The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-04

greSSion0N election, as the law creating
| such office shall prescribe. II any vacancy
occurs during any such original term, the
| Governor shall appoint a successor to serve
| for the remainder Of such term. After the
| Of Office OF said Court shall be for eight
years from the expiration of the preceding
term, and shall be filed as follows:
~ ANY incumbent Judge Of said Court
| tion Immediately preceding the expiration
| Of his period Of appointment or term, for
| election or reelection to succeed himself
| (a) for full term of eight years, except
| as provided in (bl hereof; or (b) for the
unexpired remainder Of the current eight
| year, term, If his appointment will expire
other than an incumbent Judge shall be
| eligible for election to said Court.
(2) Whenever vacancy shall occur on
said Court from any cause the Governor
to sa,d conr pags whe
| until the thirty first day of December inn
| mediately following the first Congressional
| election occurring six months or more after
| the date of his appointment. No Judge Of
| said Court, who has stood for election to
| succeed himself and not been elected, shall
thereafter be appointed to said Court, and
stand for election when eligible, shall be
| appointed to succeed himself
| (3) In order to qualify for election or
| reelection an incumbent Judge shall file
more City not later than thirty days be-
fore the date Of the applicable election a
| certificate signed and duly acknowledged,
ssng the Dsss Sf h af er or yb anS
name Of such Judge. together with a state
ment Of the term Or remainder OF term
| upon the ballot to be used in said City In
1 such election, with no party designation
| whatever and with no opposing candidate,
| cast his vote for or against the continu-
| ance in Office Of such Judge; il the votes
| cast for the continuance in Office of such
| cast for or against his continuance in Office,
| such Judge shall hold Office for the unex-
PRED remainder Of the term or for the
fun term Of eight years, as the case may
Unless his Office shall have been abolished
pursuant to this Section, each Judge Of
| said Court shall continue to hold Office after
the expiration Of his period Of appoint
ment or term until a successor shall quail
| ify. As used in this Section Congressional
election" means any Of the biennial cleo
| tons at which members Of the House Of
| Representatives are regularly chosen.
Said Court shall have such jurisdiction
(which may be made exclusive as to any
| class or classes Of civil cases in Baltimore
| Cityl, with such right Of appeal, therefrom,
and the Chief Judge and Associate Judges
thereof shall have such powers and duties,
| as the General Assembly shall prescribe
from time to time by law. The Judges of
l B6lu court 6udl1 nave luu power 10 r6ku-
late by rules the administration, procedure
| and practice Of said Court; such rules shall
have the force of law until rescinded or
modified by said Judges or the General
law, ~ all powers granted by this Sec
| ton or by law to said Court or the Judges
thereof as 2 body may be exercised by
majority OF the Judges thereof, and ~
| said Court shall not be Court Of Record.
There shall be Chief Constable Of said
Court, who shall perform therein the du-
| ties prescribed for Clerks of Court by Sec
ton 10 Of this Article and such other du-
| ties as shall be prescribed by law or by
rule Of said Court. Such Chief Constable
shall be appointed, In the manner herein
and sueS chief shall ap
point, in the manner hereinafter prescribed,
all original, subsequent and additional con-
stables and clerks employed pursuant to
this Section, and shall supervise and direct
the work Of all such constables and clerks.
There shall be appointed originally four
teen such constables and sixteen such
joint Recommendation of said Court and
said Chief Constable, be increased by the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City;
stable or clerk, however arising, shall be
filed by said Chief Constable unless the
Judges of said Court and said Chief Con-
Of such vacancy is necessary for the EN-
cient operation of said Court. The posi-
tions Of said Chief, Constable and Of all
lions In the CLASSIFIED City Service Of Balti.
more and the provisions Of the Charter Of
said City with respect to said City. .Sery-
ice are hereby expressly maze Gnee appleablIe
at the time this amendment becomes effec-
tive shall continue and remain In said
position and Immediately become mem
Der Of said Classified City Service Of Bal
timore; all such positions shall be classi-
fed by the City Service Commission and
all appointments, promotions, transfers,
to such positions shall be made only In
accordance with the provisions, rules and
regulations of said Classified City Service
Constable and ali Of such other constabies
and all such clerks shall receive from
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
such compensation as said Mayor and City
and clerks shall perform such duties as
may now or hereafter be prescribed by
| law or rule OF Court.
After adoption Of this Section no con-
and City Council Of Baltimore City pur-
| suant to Section AZ or Section 43 Of this
| Article Nv, but constables in Office upon
| Office for the remainder of their terms. and
| the constables first appointed under this
| Section shall take Office at the expiration
| Of such terms.
power by law to establish Peoples Court
In any county, or any part thereof, incor-
| porated city or town in this State. except
| Baltimore City, and to prescribe and from
| time to time to alter ~ the number, quail
| fications, tenure, and method OF selection
| of the Judges Of any such Court, and their
powers, duties and compensation, except
| that the term Of office or compensation
| Of any Judge shall not be reduced during
| his continuance in Office; (2( the jurisdic-
| ton Of any such Court (which may be
| made exclusive as to any class or classes
1 Of civil cases in such county, or any part
| thereof, city or town. and the right of
| appeal therefrom; 81 the number, Qualifi-
| cations, tenure, method of selection, duties,
| and compensation of all constables, clerks
| or other employees for such Court; and (4)
| all other matters relating to such Court.
/ After adoption Of this Section the Gov
| ernor shall not be required to appoint any
/ particular number Of Justices of the Peace
i In any county or in any of the several
| election districts of the counties as now
| provided in Section AZ Of the Constitu-
| ton.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted by the
i authority aforesaid, That the afOregoing
| sections hereby proposed as an amend
Il ment to the Constitution of the State Of
Maryland shall, at the election to be held
| in November, 1910, be submitted to the
| legal and qualified voters of the State for
| their adoption or rejection in pursuance
/ OF the directions contained In Article XIV
| of the Constitution of the State Of Mary
| land and at the said General Election the
vote on the said proposed amendment
| to the Constitution shall be by ballot and
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