The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-08-09

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gressional election, as, the, law creating
| such Office shall prescribe. If any vacancy
/ occurs during any such original term, the
ehe OF sueh Se
expiration of said original terms the terms
of office of said Court shall be for eight
| years from the expiration of the preceding
term, and shall be filed as follows
IA Any Incumbent Judge Of said Court
shall be eligible, at the Congressional elec-
ton immediately preceding the expiration
election OF. reelection to succeed himself
s(a) for o full term of eight years, except
as provided in (bl hereof; or % for the
year term, IL his appointment will expire
before the end of such term. No person
other than an incumbent Judge shall be
| eligible for election to said Court.
l. (2) Whenever vacancy shall occur on
said Court from any cause the Governor
shall hold ONCE under such appointment
until the thirty first day of December i'm
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
no Judge Of said Court, who has failed to
| stand for election when eligible, shall be
| appointed to succeed himself.
(3) In order to qualify for election or
reelection an incumbent Judge shall ME
with the Supervisors Of Election OF Baiti-
fore the date of the applicable election
certificate. signed and duly acknowledged,
stating the basis Of his eligibility and n,
he is eligible for election. Thereupon, the
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
| such election, with no party designation
whatever and with no opposing candidate ndtss
| cast his vote for or against the continu-
ance in office OF such Judge II the votes s
Judge eo represent majority of ali the votes
| cast for or against his continuance in Office,
such Judge shall hold Office for the unex-
full term Of eight years, as the case may
| be.
Unless his Office shall have been abolished
| pursuant to this Section, each Judge Of
the expiration Of his period Of appoint
| ment or term until successor shall quail
| ify. AS used in this Section Congressional
election" means any. of the biennial cleo.
| 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 shall have such powers and duties,
from mt time to time i by law. The Judges Of
said Court shall have full power to regu-
| 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
! Assembly. Unless otherwise provided by
Or BY Law to said coat OF py the Judges
| thereof as a body may be exercised by a
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-
rule Of said Court. Such Chief Constable
| shall be appointed, In the manner herein-
after prescribed. by the Judges Of said
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
Mayor and City Council Of Baltimore city;
Stable or clerk, However arising, shall be
i filed by said Chief Constable unless the
Judges of said Court and said Chief Con-
| Of such vacancy is necessary for the eff
| Gent operation Of said Court The posi-,
tons 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-
bthereto, provided that, the Chief Constable
1 at the time this amendment becomes effec-
| tive shall continue and remain In said
| Der Of said Classified City Service of Bal
\ timore; all such positions shall be classi-
| fed by the City Service Commission and
reinstS SRt and removals with respect
4 to such positions shall be made only In
accordahce with the provisions. rules and
! regulations of said Classified City Service
| in force from time to time. Such Chief
| Constable and all Of such other cOnstables
and all such clerks shall receive from
such compensation as said Mayor and City
/ Council shall prescribe. Such constables
and clerks shall perform such duties as
may now or hereafter be prescribed by
| law or rule OF Court. 81 Aa ~
/ After adoption of this Section no con-
stable shall be, appointed by the Mayor
and City COUNCIL Of Baltimore City pur-
suant to Section AZ or Section 43 Of this
| Article Nv, but Seonstables 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 expiration
l OF such terms.
41Bg The General Assembly shall have
power by, law to establish Peoples Court
| porated city or town in this State, except
| Baltimore City, and to prescribe and from
| time to time to alter a. the number, quan-
/ 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
| of civil cases in such county, or any part
| thereof, city or town. and the right OF
\ appeal therefrom; 90 the number, qualif-
| icati0nsa tenure, method Of selection, duties,
| and compensation of all constables, clerks
or other employees for such Court; and az
all other matters relating to such Court.
| After adoption Of this Section the Gov
2ernor shall not be required to appoint any
| particular number of Justices of the Peace
| In any county or in any of the several
election districts Of the counties as now
| provided in Section AZ Of the Constitu-
| ton. - a34 '
Sec. q lAnd be 1t further enacted by the
| authority aforesaid, That the aforegoing
| sections hereby proposed as an amend
| 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