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

..isd to stand for election when eligible shall
10 onpoiuted 10 succeed himself.
~ 9i In order to qualify for election or re,
.,a,tion an incumbent Judge shall file with the
e,nervisors Of Elections of Baltimore City not
- than thirty days before the date of the APP
Lit.abla election a certificate signed and duly
P"lrov,ledged stating the basis of his eligi-
b;ty and the term or remainder of term for
rbirh he is eligible for election. Thereupon
A., name of such Judge, together with a
4o4epent of the term or remainder of term
For which he is eligible, shall be placed upon
tbe ballot TO be used in said City in such cleo
.;,n with no party designation whatever and
Nth no opposing candidate, with space pro-
iJed TO permit any voter to cast his vote for
ar against the continuance in office of such
Judge, il the votes cast for the continuance
in Office Of such Judge represent a majority
If all the votes cast Tor or against his con-
FINANCE in office such Judge shall hold office
far the uueXpired remainder of the term for
4be full term of eight years, as the case may be.
Unless his office shall have been abolished.
rurslant to this Section, each Judge of said
Court shall continue to hold office after the
expiration Of his period of appointment or
term until successor shall qualify. As used
in this Section, Congressional election
means any of the biennial elections 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 City,
with such right of appeal, therefrom, and the
Chief Judge and Associate Judges thereof
sbaU have such powers and duties as the Gen.
era Assembly shall prescribe from time to
time by law. The Judges of said Court shall
have full power to regulate by rules the adj
ministratiOn, procedure and practice of said
Court: such rules shall have the force of law
until rescinded modified by said Judges or
the General Assembly. Unless otherwise pro
yided by law. ~ all powers granted by this
Section or by law to said Court or the Judges
thereof as body may be exercised by a
majority If the Judges thereof, and ~ said
Court shall not be a-Court of Record.
There shall be a Chief Constable of said
Court, who shall perform therein the duties
prescribed for Clerks of Court by Section 10 of
this Article and such other duties as shall be
prescribed by law or by rule of said Court
Such Chief Constable shall be appointed, in
the manner hereinafter prescribed by the
Judges of said Court, and such Chief Con-
stable shall appoint in the manner herein
after prescribed, all original. subsequent and
additional constables and clerks employed pur-
suant to this Section, and shall supervise and
direct the work of all such constables ana
clerks. There shall be appointed originally
fourteen such constables and sixteen such
clerks the number of either may, on the joint
recommendation of said Court and said Chief
Constable be increased by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore City, vacancy in the
position of any constable clerk, however
arising. shall be filled by said Chief Consta-
bic unless the Judges of said Court and said
Chief Constable shall expressly find that the
filling OF such vacancy is necessary for the
elnCenJ operation OF SAID court. Inc positions
of said Chief Constable and of all such con-
stables and clerks shall be positions in the
Classified City Service of Baltimore and the
provisions of the Charter of said City with
respect to said City Service are hereby ex-
pressly made applicable thereto provided that
the Chief Constable at the time this amendment
becomes effective shall continue and remain
in said position and Immediately become
member of said Classified City Service of Bal
tm0re; all such positions shall be classified by
the City Service Commission and all appoint
mentS, promotions, transfers, reinstatements.
and removals with respect to such positions
shall be made only in accordance with the pro-
visions, rules and regulations of said Classified
City Service in force from time to time. Such
Chief Constable and all Of such other consta-
bles and all such clerks shall receive from the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City such
compensation said Mayor and City Coun-
Gil shall prescribe. Such constables and clerks
shall perform such duties as may now or here.
after be prescribed by law or rule of Court
After adoption of this Section constable
shall be appointed by the Mayor and City Coun-
Gil of Baltimore City pursuant to Section AZ
Section AZ of this Article " but constables
in Office upon the adoption of this Section
shall hold office for the remainder of their
terms, and the constables first appointed
under this Section shall take office at the ex-
pratiOn Of such terms.
Alb. The General Assembly shall have
power by law to establish Peoples Court in
any county, or any part thereof, incorporated
city town in this State, except Baltimore
alter ~ the number, qualifications, 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 re-
duced during his continuance in office; (21
the jurisdiction of any such Court (which may
be made exclusive as to any class or classes
OF civil cases in such county, or any part
thereof, city or town. and the right of appeal
therefrom; (3) the number qualifications,
tenure, method of selection, duties, and COM
pensation of all constables, clerks or other
employees for such Court; and "a all other
matters relating to such Court. After adoption
OF this Section the Governor shall not be
CURED to appoint any particular number of
justices of the Peace in any county or in any
Of the several election districts of the coun-
ties as now provided in Section AZ of the Con-
stitution.
Sec. ?. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the aforegoing
tons hereby proposed amendment 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 rejection in
pursuance of the directions contained in Ar
ucle AlV of the Constitution of the State of
Maryland and at the said General Election the
vote on the said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be by ballot and upon each
ballot there shall be printed the following
synopsis of said amendment captioned as
follows:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PRO
VlDING FOR PEOPLES COURTS"
= ms amendment provides for establishing
feoples Court in this State by adding two
sections numbered Ala and Alb to Article
~ of the Constitution. The first section (41-A)
establishes a Peoples Court for Baltimore
Cpy and regulates or provides for regulating
a. matters relating to the Court. the Judges
Oh the Court and the Constabes and Clerks.
The second section alb authorizes the Cen
eral Assembly to establish a Peoples Court in
any other county, incorporated city or town
Oh this State and to provide for all matters
In r1fA (1g,tr..t ,Y1I fhn T,rIgr
stables, Clerks and Employees of said Court"
ana below said synopsis shall be printed the
words For Peoples Courts Amendment" and
Against Peoples Courts Amendment" as now
provided by law, and Immediately after said
eecton due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against said pro-
posed amendment directed by Article NV
vi the Constitution and further proceedings
mad in accordance with said Article XIV.
approved: April &c, 1889.
CHAPTER 200
AN ACT to amend Section Fl of Article 4,
utle Judiciary Department subtitle Part
lil-Circut Courts" of the Constitution of
this State, and to provide for the submission
OF said amendment to the qualified voters
OF this State for adoption rejection.
section l. Be it enacted by the General As
semby of Maryland that three-ffths of all
ue members elected to each of the two Houses
V.ohcurrng, that the following section be and
u. .ne same is hereby proposed as an amendment
70 Section 81 of Article 4, title Judiciary De-
psflment, subtitle Part lll--Circuit Courts,
Of the Constitution of this State, and if adopt
ed by the legal and qualified voters thereof as
herein provided it shall supercede and stand
IN the place and stead of Section Il of said
Article A.
Il, For each of the said circuits, except
ing the eighth, the second, the third (and) the
sixth and the seventh there shall be chief
Judge and two associate judges, to be styled
Judges of the Circuit Court, to be selected or
appointed as herein provided, and for the sec
o oiu circuit, the third circuit, { and the sixth