The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-10-03
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

] Po9Su VI at Sdlu intermediate terms. One ludQt
III saeh OF the above circuits, including the sec
ond, the third tand) sixth and seventh circuits
| snaI constitute quorum for the transaction
Of any business; and the said judges or any o.
eheln may mold special terms of their courts
whenever IN their discretion the business of tn,
several counties renders such terms necessary
! Inc additional associate judge for the thrt
circuit elected in accordance with the terms Of
| the constitutional Amendment heretofore sub
mitted and adopted shall be subject to the sam,
constitutional provisions, hold his office for tn,
| same term of years, receive the same compen
satlon and have the same powers as are hereir
PROVIDED Tor the other associate judges in the
| third circuit.
The additional associate judge for the SECOND
circuit herein provided for shall be a resident
oil Cecil County, shall be appointed by the Gov.
| efhof after the expiration of six t61 months
after the adoption of this amendment and shall
serve until the first general election for mem
| bers of the General Assembly that shall be held
| in said circuit subsequent to the adoption OF
TINS amendment at which election his successor
Shall be elected by the qualified voters of Caro-
line, Cecil, Kent Queen Anne's and Talbot
Counties, constituting the second circuit. The
| Judge so appointed shall be subject to the same
constitutional provisions, receive the same com
pensatlon and have the same powers as arc
! herein provided for the other associate judges
IN the second circuit, and the judge so elected
shall be subject to the same constitutional pro.
| vision, hold his Office for the same term of
| years, receive the same compensation and have
! the same powers as are herein provided for the
other associate judges in the second circuit
The additional judge for the sixth circuit
| herein provided for and elected by the quail.
he'd voters of Frederick and Montgomery Coun.
ties at the 1888 election in accordance with the
terms OF the Constitutional Amendment hereto
lore submitted and adopted shall be subject 10
the same constitutional provisions, receive the
same compensation and have the same powers
as are herein provided for the other associate
Judges IN the sixth circuit and his successors
snail be appointed and or elected in accordance
with the constitutional provisions relating 10
Judges. The Chief Judge may be elected from
either Frederick or Montgomery Counties but
when the Chlet Judge is elected from Freder-
lex county one of the associate judges shall be
a resident of said county and the two remain
ing associate judges shall be residents of Mont
gomery County and when the Chief Judge is
erected from Montgomery County one of the
associate Judges shall be a resident of said
montgomery County and the remaining two
associate judges residents of Frederick County.
In case any candidate candidates for assoc
late judge at any judicial election held in the
sixth judicial circuit shall receive sufficient
votes to cause such candidate or candidates TO
| be declared elected. but the election of such
candidate or candidates would cause more as
soclate judges than herein permitted to reside
in any county of said circuit, then and in that
event only that candidate or those candidates.
as the case may be, residing in said county in
the order OF the votes received shall be declared
elected whose election would provide the per-
mitted number of associate judges from said
county and the candidate or candidates as the
case may be, residing in the other county ana
not similarly disqualified, who shall have the
next highest number of votes in said election
shall be declared elected If, by reason of such
condition or by reason of an equal vote for
two or more candidates a sufficient number of
associate judges duly qualified rs to residence
as ABOVE set out should not be elected at any
election in said sixth judicial circuit then il
shall be the duty of the Governor to order new
election for such untitled office or Offices
Inc additional associate judge for the sew
dad Il. 1.
pointed by the Governor Immediately after the
&dopton of this amendment and shall serve I'M
til 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 5
Countles. No member of the General Assembly
OF 1882 otherwise qualified shall be ineligible
Tor appointment election as such associate
Judge by reason of his membership in the Cen
eral Assembly. The judge so appointed shall be
SUBJECT tos the same constitutional provisions,
receive the same compensation and have the
same powers as herein provided for the
other associate judges in the seventh circuit,
and the judge so elected and his successors shall
be subject to the same constitutional proyis-
ions, hold office for the same term of wears. re-
celve 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 cir
cult shall at the time of their election or an
pontment or during the term for which they
may have been elected or appointed reside in
the same county, except in Prince George S
County, in which county two of said associate
Judges for the said circuit shall reside at the
time Of their appointment or election and dur
ing the term for which they may have been ap-
pointed or elected unless the chief judge of
said circuit shall already reside in said county
in which event only one of said associate Judges
shall reside in Prince Georges County and
Prince Georges County shall at all times have
Two resident Judges and no MORE such Judges
to be either the Chief Judge of the Seventh
Circuit and one associate Judge or two assoc
late Judges of said Circuit. In case any candi-
date or candidates for associate Judge at any
judicial election held in the seventh judicial
circuit snail receive sufficient votes to cause
such candidate candidates to be elected but
the election of such candidate or candidates
would cause more associate judges than herein
permitted to reside in any county of said cir
cunt. then and in that event only that candidate
or those candidates, as the case may be- resid-
ing in said county in the order of the votes re-
ceived shall be declared elected whose election
would provide the permitted number of assoc
late Judges from said county and the candidate
or candidates, the case may be, residing in
some other county and not similarly disquai-
fled, who shall have the next highest number
OF votes in said election shall be declared cleo
ted II, by reason of such a condition or by
reason of an equal vote for two or more candi-
dates a sufficient number of associate Judges
duly qualified as to residence as above set out
Snoulu noC De elected at any election IN said
seventh judicial circuit, then it shall be the
duty of the Governor to order new election
for such untitled Office offices.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
aforegoing section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of this State
shall be, at the next general election to be held
in this State in the year 1940 submitted to the
legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection in pursuance of direc-
lions contained in Article IA of the Constitu-
ton of this State, and at the said general cleo
ton, the vote on the said proposed amendment
shall be by ballot and upon each ballot there
shall be printed the words For the Constitu-
tional Amendment" and Against the Consti-
tutional Amendment" prescribed by
law, and Immediately after said election, due
returns shall be made to the Governor of the
vote for and against said proposed amendment
as directed by said Article IA of the Constitu-
ton.
Approved: May IL, 1899.
CHAPTER 247.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
Is of Article 8 of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, title Legislative De-
partment," regulating the period that the
General Assembly may continue its session
and the compensation of the members there
of and to provide for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters of the
State of Maryland for adoption or rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland (three-fifths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concur
ring) That the following be and the same is
hereby proposed amendment to Section
Is of Article of the Constitution of the State
of Maryland. title Legislative Department, -
the same, if adopted by the legally qualified
voters of the State, as herein provided, to
become Section Is of Article of the Consti-
tuition of the State of Maryland.
Is. The General Assembly may continue its
session so long as in its Judgment the public
interest may require, for a period not longer
than ninety days and each member thereof
shall receive compensation of seven hundred
and fifty dollars ($750) per annum, payable
quarterly, with deduction of ten dollars per
diem for each day of unexcused absence from
anv sessinn and he shall also receive such