Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-12

q Congressional election, as the law
creating such ONCE shall prescribe. II
any vacancy occurs during any such
original term, the Governor shall APP
point q successor to serve for the re-
malnder Of such term. After the expi-
ration of said original terms, the terms
OF Office Of said Court shall be for eight
years from the expiration of the pre-
ceding term. and shall be filled as fol-
lows:
~ Any incumbent Judge OF said
Court shall be eligible, at the Con-
gressional election Immediately preced-
continent or term, for election or re-
election to succeed himself (a) for a
full term OF eight years, except as pro-
vided In tb) hereof; or (b) for the un-
expired remainder Of the current eight
year term, II his appointment will ex-
pire 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
ernor shall appoint to said Court a
Judge who shall hold Office under such
appointment until the thirty first day
Of December Immediately 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 shall thereafter her be agpOii19tecd etc to said
has failed to stand for election when
eligible. shall be appointed to succeed
(sj In order to qualify for election
or reelection an incumbent Judge shall
file with the Supervisors Of Elections Of
Baltimore City not later than thirty
days before 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 a statement of
which he is eligible, shall be placed
upon the ballot to be used in said City
In such election, with no party desig-
nation whatever and with no opposing
candidate, with space provided to per-
against the continuance In Office Of such
| Judge: II the votes cast for the con-
tinuance In office of such Judge repre-
sent majority Of all the votes cast for
or against his continuance in Office,
such Judge shall hold Office for the un-
expired remainder Of the term or for
the full term Of eight years. as the
/ case may be-
Unless his Office shall have been abol-
ished pursuant to this Section, each
| Judge of said Court shall continue to
hold office after the expiration of his
period Of appointment or term until a
/ buCCcBbOE EuAI QudlAlys as ubcu III tuAb
Section, ICON gressional election" means
| any OF the biennial elections at which
| members of the House Of Representa-
tives are regularly chosen.
Said Court shall have such jurisdic-
ton (which may be made exclusive as
to any class or classes Of civil cases In
Baltimore City,, with such right Of ap-
peal therefrom. and the Chief Judge
and Associate Judges thereof shall
General Assembly shall prescribe from
/ time to time by law. The Judges of
said Court shall have full power to
regulate by rules the administration,
such rules shall have the force Of law
| until rescinded or modified by said
Judges or the General Assembly. I'm
less otherwise provided by law, ~ all
/ powers granted by this Section or by
law to said Court or the Judges thereof
as a body may be exercised by a ma
| jority Of the Judges thereof, and (2)
said Court shall not be Court Of
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
Chief Constable shall be appointed. in
the manner hereinafter prescribed, by
the Judges Of said Court; and such
Chief Constable shall appoint, in the
nal, 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 fourteen such constables and
sixteen such clerks; the number of
either may, ON the joint recommended
tion Of said Court and said Chief Con-
City Council of Baltimore City; no va
cancy In the position of any constable
or clerk, however arising, shall be filed
by said Chief Constable unless the
Judges Of said Court and said Chief
| Constable shall expressly find that the
filling of such vacancy Is necessary for
the efficient operation of said Court.
The positions OF said Chief Constable
and OF all such constables 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 express
ly made applicable thereto, provided
that, the Chief Constable at the time this
amendment becomes effective shall con-
tinue and remain in said position and
Immediately become a member Of said
Classified City Service Of Baltimore; all
City Service Commission and all APP
pointments. promotions, transfers, re-
instatements, and removals with respect
to such positions shall be made only
In 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 constables and all such clerks
shall receive from the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore City such COM
pensation as said Mayor and City Coun-
Gil shall prescribe. Such cOnstables
and clerks shall perform such duties
as may now or hereafter be prescribed
After adoption of this Section no con-
stable shall be appointed by the Mayor
and City Council Of Baltimore City pur-
Article Nv, but constabIes 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-
piration of such terms.
Alb. The General Assembly shall
have power by law to establish a Peo-
pies Court In any county, or any part
thereof, Incorporated city or town in
to prescribe and from time to time to
alter ID the number, qualifications, ten
ure, and method Of selection of the
Judges Of any such Court, and their
cept that the term Of Office or compen-
sation of any Judge shall not be re-
duced during his continuance in Office;
~ 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 there
from; (3) the number, qualifications,
tenure, method Of selection, duties, and
compensation Of all constables, clerks
or other employees for such Court; and
~ all other matters relating to such
Court. After adoption Of this Section
the Governor shall not be required to
appoint any particular number of JUS
tices Of the Peace In any county or In
any Of the several election districts
of the counties as now provided In Sec
tion ~ OF the Constitution.
Sec. 2. And be u further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the afore-