Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-23

for the remainder OF such term. After the
expiration of said original terms, the terms
years from the expiration Of the preceding
term, and shall be filled as follows
% Any incumbent Judge of said Court
shall be eligible, at the Congressional cleo
Of his period Of appointment or term for
election or reelection to succeed himself
(a) for full term Of eight years, except
unexpired remainder of the current eight
year term, If 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.
~ Whenever a vacancy shall occur on
shall appoint to said Court Judge who
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
stand for election when eligible, shall be
appointed to succeed himself.
80 In order to qualify for election or
reelection an incumbent Judge shall file
with the Supervisors of Election Of Balti-
more City not later than thirty days be-
fore the date of the applicable election a
certificate signed and duly acknowledged,
stating the basis. Of his eligibility and
the term or remainder of term for which
he is eligible for election. Thereupon, the
name of such Judge, together with state
for which he is eligible, shall be placed
upon the ballot to be used in said City in
such election, with no party designation
whatever and with no opposing candidate
with space provided to permit any voter to
cast his vote for or against the continu-
anee in office of such Judge; II the votes e;s
Judge represent majority of all the votes
cast for or against his continuance in office,
such Judge shall hold office for the uneX-
PRED remainder of the term or for the
full term Of eight years, as the case may
be.
Unless his office shall have been abolished
said COURT Shall Continue to hold Office after
the expiration of his period of appoint
ment or term until successor shall quail
ify. AS used in this Section Con gresSional
election" means any Of the biennial cleo
lions 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 tS shall have such powers and duties
from time to time 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
modified by said Judges or the General
Assembly. OuleSS OCuerWlSe prOVlueu ny
law, ~ all powers granted by this Sec
ton or by law to said Court or the Judges
thereof as body may bo exercised by
majority of the Judges thereof, and %
There shall be Chief Constable of said
Court, who shall perform therein the du-
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
the work Of all such constables and clerks.
There shall be appointed originally four
teen 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;
stable or clerk, however arising, shall be
filled 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-
tions 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-
ice are hereby expressly made applicable
thereto, provided that, the Chief Constable
at the time this amendment becomes elfec-
tive shall continue and remain in said
position and Immediately become q menu
Der OF said Classified City Service OF Bal
timore; all such positions shall be CLASH
lied by the City Service Commission ana
all appointments, promotions, transfers,
reinstatements, and removals with respect
to such positions shall be made only i'll
accordance 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 constablcs
and all such clerks shall receive from
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
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.
After adoption Of this Section no con-
stable shall be appointed by the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore City pur-
Article ~, but constables in office upon
the adoption of this Section shall hold
office for the remainder of their terms, and
the conStables Erst appointed under this
Section shall take Office at the expiration
OF such terms.
Alb. The General Assembly shall have
power by law to establish Peoples Court
in any county, or any part thereof, incor-
porated city or town in this State, except
Baltimore City, and to prescribe and from
time to time to alter ~ the number, quail
of the Judges of any such Court, and their
powers, duties and compensation, except
tnat the term or once 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, qualifi-
cations, tenure, method Of selection, duties,
and compensation 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 Gov
ernor 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.
Sec. 2. And be it 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
upon each ballot there shall be printed
the following synopsis Of said amendment
captioned as follows:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PROVIDING FOR PEOPLES