Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

action Of any business: and the said
judges or any of them may hold special
terms of their courts, whenever in theiy
discretion the business of the several
counties renders such terms necessary
In the Third Circuit, two of said AS
sociate Judges shall at all times be
bona tide residents of Baltimore County,
and one of said Associate Judges or
the Chief Judge be bona fide resident
Of Hartford County, and said Judges
shall have been such residents six
months prior TO their appointment or
election
The additional associate judge for the
second circuit herein provided for shall
be a resident of Cecil County. shall be
appointed by the Governor after the ex-
piration of six t6) months 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 mis- 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 cOmpensa-
ton and have the same powers as are
herein provided for the other associate
Judges in the second circuit, and the
same constitutional provision. hold his
office for the same term of years, re.
calve 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 qualified voters of Frederick and
Montgomery Counties at the 1888 cleo
ton in accordance with the terms of
the Constitutional Amendment hereto
fore submitted and adopted shall be
subject to the same constitutional pro-
visions, receive the same compensation
and have the same powers as are herein
provided for the other associate judges
in the sixth circuit and his successor
shall be appointed and/or elected in ac-
cordance with the constitutional pro-
visions relating to judges. The Chief
Judge may be elected from either Fred
erick or Montgomery Counties. but when
the Chief Judge is elected from Fred
erick County one of the associate
judges shall be a resident of said coun-
ty and the two remaining associate
judges shall be residents of Montgom-
cry County and, when the Chief Judge
is elected from Montgomery County 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 candidate or candidates for asso-
ciate judge at any judicial election held
in the third and sixth judicial circuits
shall receive sufficient votes to cause
such candidate or candidates to be de-
clared elected. but the election of such
candidate or candidates would cause
more associate judges than herein per-
lifted to reside in any county of said
circuits, 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 permitted number of asso-
ciate judges from said county and the
candidate or candidates as the case
may be. residing in the other county,
and not similarly disqualified, who shall
have the next highest number of votes
in said election shall be declared elect
ed. If. by reason of such a condition
or by reason of an equal vote for two
or more candidates a sufficient number
of associate judges duly qualified as
to residence as above set out should not
be elected at any election in said third
and sixth judicial circuits, then it shall
be the duty of the Governor to order a
new election for such untitled Office or
offices.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the aforegOing section hereby pro,
posed as an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of this State shall be, at the next
general election to be held in this State
in the year 1910, submitted to the legal
and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection in pursuance of
directions contained in Article IA of the
Constitution of this State, and at the
said general election, the vote on the
said proposed amendment shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall
be printed the words For the Consti-
tutional Amendment" and Against the
Constitutional Amendment" as now pre-
scribed 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 d.
rected by said Article IA of the Con-
stitution.
Approved: May IL, 1889.