The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-08-15
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

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tbo Constit,,tionai An,arJnoant >, az ~ -
yided NV Low and ;nnnoediateI,y .fter snid no
| tion dne retnrns shall he mad to the Gnvernor
Of The vote for md against tho saiI ,,ro,oeeJ
Amendment as directed by said Fourteenth
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Approved. AnrH 96 1929
CHAPTER 971
AN ACT IN amend Section u of Article
title Judiciary Department" subtitle Part
UI-Circuit Courts . of the Constitution of
this State providing for the residential
qualification and method of selection of As
sociate Judges in the Third Judicial Circuit
and to provide for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters of this
State for adoption or rejection
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland That (three-ifths of alt
members elected to each of the two Houses
concurring) the following section be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment to
Section q of Article A. of the Constitution of
Maryland, title Judiciary Department" sub
title Part llI-Circuit Courts, the same. if
adopted by the legal and qualified voters there
of herein provided, to become Section 81
of Article of the Constitution of the State
of Maryland
81. For each of the said circuits, excepting
the eighth, the second, the third and the sixth,
Judges 10 be styled judges of the Circuit Court,
to be selected or appointed as herein provided,
and for the second circuit. the third circuit
and the sixth circuit, there shall be a chief
judge and three associate judges to be styled
judges of the Circuit Court. to be elected or
appointed as herein provided And no two of
said associate judges. for any of the said cir
cults. except the third and sixth circuits shall,
at the time of their election or appointment
or during the term for which they may have
been elected or appointed, reside in the same
county. If two or more persons shall be candl-
dates for associate judge in the same county
in any of the circuits. except the third and
sixth circuits, that only in said county
shall be declared elected who has the highest
number of votes in the circuit In case any
two candidates for associate judge in any one
of the circuits, except the third and sixth cir
cults residing in the same county shall have
other candidates for associate judge in the cir
cult, it shall be the duty of the Governor to
order new election for one associate Judge .
but the person residing in any other county of
the circuit and who has the highest number
of votes shall be declared elected. The said
judges shall hold not less than two terms of
the Circuit Court in each of the counties COM
posing their respective circuits at such times
now or may hereafter be prescribed to
which jurors shall be summoned; and in those
counties where only two such terms are held
two other and intermediate terms, to which
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