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| number of votes IN said election shall be
| declared elected. IT, by reason OF such a
condition or by reason Of an equal vote for
| two or more candidates sufficient number
OF associate judges duly qualified as to
| residence as above set out should not be
elected at any election In said seventh ju:
diciaI circuit, then 1t shall be the duty OF
the Governor to order new election for
such unified Office or Offices.
Sec. Q. And be II further enacted, That
| the afOregOing section hereby proposed as
an amendment to the Constitution 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
at the said general election, the vote on
| the said proposed amendment shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be
Amendment" and "Againt the Constitution.
al Amendment" as now prescribed by law,
and Immediately after said election, due
| the vote for and against said proposed
| amendment as directed by said Article IA
| Of the Constitution.
Approved May II, 1880.
CHAPTER PAT
| AN ACT to propose an amendment to Sec
ton Is OF Article Of the Constitution
OF the State Of Maryland, title "LegIsla.
tive Department" regulating the period
| that the General Assembly may continue
Its session and the compensation of the
|
submission OF said amendment to the
qualified voters Of the State Of Maryland
for adoption or rejection.
Section ]. BE It enacted by the General
| Assembly Of Maryland (three- ffths Of all
the members of each Of the two Houses
concurrng), That the following be and
IN ses hePe9y sn bs na
sttution of the State Of Maryland, title
Legislative Department" the same, If
adopted by the legally qualified voters Of
a q nrnyi1n6 n hnOnfnn
Section IL of Article 8 of the Constitution
| of the State of Maryland.
-. The General Assembly may continue
| its session so long as in It's judgment the
| public interest may require, for period
| not longer than ninety days; and each
| member thereof shall receive compensa
ton ton Of seven hundred and fifty dollars
| n deduction Of ten dollars per diem for
each day Of unexcuscd absence from any
session; and he shall also receive such
| ccedlng twenty cents per mile and the
presiding officer of each House shall re-
hundred and fifty .($25O) dollars per annum.
| When the General Assembly shall be con-
vencd by Proclamation OF the Governor.
the session shall not continue longer than
| tion other than mileage and other allow
ances provided by law shall be paid mem.
bers. of the General Assembly for Specia4
| Sessions.
Sec. 9. And be 1t further enacted, That
| said aforegOing section hereby proposed
| as an amendment to the Constitution of 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 II of the Constitution Of the State
| Of Maryland, and at the said general cleo
| ton the vote on the said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be by ballot,
| and upon each ballot there shall be printed
| the words For the Constitutional Amend
ment' and against the Constitutional
| Immediately after said election due returns
| shall be made to the Governor Of the vote
for and against the said proposed amend
| ment, as directed by said Fourteenth Arti
| Gle of the Constitution, and further pro-
ceedings had in accordance with said Arti-
| Gle Fourteen
Approved: April 20, 1880.
CHAPTER 371
AN ACT to amend Section q Of Article - :,
title Judiciary Department. 81. subtitle title
stitution Of this State, providing for the
residential qualification and method of
selection Of Associate 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
Assembly of Maryland, That (three- fifths
| of all members elected to each of the two
Houses concurring) the. following section
a9 n a S to Section fe Il Of Article T. Of
the Constitution OF Maryland, title mJu-
GciaTy 1bs Rat bv
the legal and qualified voters thereof as
| herein provided, to become Section 81 Of
Article Z Of the Constitution of the State
| of Maryland
81. For each Of the said circuits, ex;
| cepting the eighth, the second, the third
| and the sixth, there shall be chief judge
dre two s ea qS oSn to be- be
the aS Second circuit, the third circuit and
judge and three associate judges to be
| styled judges Of the Circuit Court, to be
elected or appointed as herein provided.
amy Of ~ tSe SAID ereuts except
| and sixth circuits shall, at the time Of
their election or appointment or during the
or appointed, reside in the same county.
If two or more persons shall be candidates
for associate Judge In the same county
sixth circuits, that one only In said county
shall be declared elected who has the high
est number Of votes in the circuit. In case
any one of the circuits. except the third
and sixth circuits, residing In the same
county shall have an equal number Of
for associate Judge in the circuit, it shall
be the duty Of the Governor to order a new
election for one associate judge; but 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 coun-
ties composing their respective circuits, at
such times as are now or may hereafter be
prescribed to which jurors shall be sum-
moned; and in those counties where only
two such terms are held, two other and
intermediate terms, to which jurors shall
not be Summoned; they may alter or fix
the times for holding any or all terms, un-
til otherwise prescribed, and shall adopt
rules to the end that all business not re-
curing the interpositiOn Of the Jury shall
be- as far as practicable, disposed Of at
said intermediate terms. One judge in each
Of the above circuits, including the second,
the third and the sixth circuits shall con:
stitute a quorum for the transaction of
any business; and the said judges or any
Of them may hold special terms of their
courts, whenever in their discretion the
business of the several counties renders
such terms necessary.
In the Third Circuit, two Of said AssO-
ciate Judges shall at all times be bona
ide residents of Baltimore County, and one
of said Associate Judges or the Chief Judge
be a bona fide resident of Hartford County,
and said Judges shall have been such resi-
dents six months prior to their appoint
ment or election.
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