Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-09-13


stitution Of this State, and to provide
for the submission of said amendment
to the qualified voters of this State for
adoption or rejection.
Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, That three fifths
Of all the members elected to each of the
| two Houses concurring, that the following
posed as an amendment to Section 81 Of
sub title part III-Circuit Courts" Of
cd by the legal and qualified voters thereof
as herein provided, Il shall .supersede and
stand in the place and stead Of Section q
Of said Article 4.
p; 70, each q the said circuits .s ., sx;
| (and) the sixth and seventh, there shall
be Q chief Judge. and two associate judges.
Be Be Ct sss as
vided, and for the second circuit, the third
circuit, (and( the sixth circuit, and the
seventh circuit, there shall be q chief Judge
judges Of the Circuit Court. to be elected
or appointed as herein provided. And no
said s c. SSs Srd d0s any sixth
and seventh circuits shall, at the time of
their election or appointment or during
elected or appointed, reside in the same
county. If two or more persons. shall be
candidates for associate judge in the same
third and sixth and seventh circuits, that
one only in said county. shall be declared
elected who has the highest number Of
didates for associate Judge in any Of the
circuits, except the third and sixth and
seventh circuits, residing in the same
county shall have an equal number Of votes
greater than any other candidates for assoc
ciate judge in the circuit, 1t shall be the
duty of the Governor to order new cleo
son residing in any other county OF the
circuit and who has the highest number of
votes shall be declared elected. The said
judges shall hold not less than two terms
of the Circuit Court in each of the coun-
ties composing their respective circuits,
at such times as are now or may hereafter
be prescribed to which jurors shall be sum-
moned; and in those counties where only
two such terms are held, two other and
intermediate terms, to which jurors shall
not be summoned; they may alter or fix
the times for holding any or all terms,
until otherwise prescribed, and shall adopt
rules to the end that all business not re;
be, as far as practicable, disposed of at
said intermediate terms. One judge in each
Of the above circuits, including the second,
shall constitute a quorum for the trans
action of any business; and the said judges
or any of them may hold special terms. of
the business Of the several counties rem
ders such terms necessary. The additional
associate Judge for the third circuit elected
in accordance with the terms Of the Con-
stitutional Amendment heretofore sub
mitted and adopted shall be subject to the
same constitutional provisions, hold his
the same compensation and have the same
| powers as are herein provided for the other
associate judges In the third circuit.
The. additional associate Judge fol. the
sseu ss Sf 'S Sc
ion q * SS months after the adoption
| Of this amendment and shall serve until the
election
General Assembly that shall be held in
said said circuit subsequent to the adoption Of
voters Of Caroline. Cecil. Kent, Queen
Annes, and Talbot Counties, constituting
the GO Sr9t The Judge SO
provisions, receive the same compensation
and have the same powers as are herein
hs 3Sdse
shall be subject to the same constitutional
| provision, hold his Office for the same term
Of years receive the same compensation
provided for the other associate judges in
the second circuit.
The additional Judge for the sixth cir
qualified voters Of Frederick and Montgom-
cry Counties at the 1888 election in accord
ance with the terms Of the Constitutional
adopted shall be s@bieet to the same con
stitutional provisions, receive the same
| compensation and have the same powers
ciate judges in the sixth circuit and his
successors shall be appointed and/or elect;
ed in accordance with the constitutional
%ay be- elected FROM either
or Montgomery Counties, but when the
Chief Judge Is elected from Frederick
County one Of the associate judges shall be
a resident of said county and the two re-
naming associate judges shall be residents
of Montgomery County and when the Chief
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one of the associate judges shall be resi-
dent of said Montgomery County and the
remaining. two associate judges residents
of Frederick County. In case any candi-
date or candidates for associate judge ut
any judicial election held in the sixth ju-
dicial circuit. shall receive sufficient votes
| to cause such candidate candidates to
be declared elected. but the election of
such candidate or candidates would cause
more associate judges than herein per-
cult, then and in that event only that can
didate or those candidates, as the case may
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whose election would provide the permitted
number of associate judges from said
county and the candidate aI or ca md aSa
| county, and not similarly disqualified, who
shall have the next highest number of votes
in said election shall be declared elected. If.
Of an equal vote for two or more candi-
dates a sufficient number Of associate
JUICES July QudNueu as TO reslueucc db
above set out should not be elected at any
election in said sixth judicial circuit, then
| 1t shall be the duty Of the Governor to
order a new election for such untitled Office
or Offices.
The additional associate Judge for the
seventh circuit herein provided for shall
be appointed by the Governor Immediately
after the adoption of this amendment and
shall serve until the first general election
for members Of the General Assembly that
shall be held in said circuit subsequent to
the adoption Of this amendment, at which
election his successor shall be elected by
the qualified voters Of Prince Georges,
Charles, Calvert and st. Mary's Counties.
No member Of the General Assembly of
1889, otherwise qualified, shall be ineligible
for appointment or election as such asso-
| ciate judge by reason of his membership
In the General Assembly. The judge so
appointed shall be subject to the same
constitutional provisions, receive the same
compensation and have the same powers as
are herein provided for the other associate
judges In the seventh circuit, and the judge
so elected and his successors shall be SUBJ
1ect to the same constitutional provisions,
hold office for the same term of years, re-
ceive the same compensation, and have the
same powers as are herein provided for
the other associate judges in the seventh
circuit. No two Of the associate judges
for the seventh circuit shall at the time Of