Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-10-31

any vacancy occurs curing any Hucn
original term, the Governor shall APP
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-
cedinR term. and shall be filled as fol-
lows:
~ Any. incumbent Judge of said
Court shall be eligible, at the Con-
gressional election Immediately preced
ing the expiration Of his period of ap-
p0intment or term, for election or re-
election to succeed himself (a) for a
full term Of eight years. except as pro-
vided In % hereof; or (b) for the un-
expired remainder of the current eight
year term, If 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
on said Court from any cause the Gov
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 Occurrin &
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.
(S) 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
the term or remainder of term for
which he is eligible, shall be placed
upon the ballot to be used in said City
In such election, with no party desg-
nation whatever and with no opposing
candidate, with space provided to per-
NIT any voter to cast his vote for or
against the continuance in Office of such
Judge; If the votes east for the con-
tinuance in office of such Judge repre-
sent a 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
successor shall qualify. As used in this
Section, Congressional 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
have such powers and duties, as the
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,
procedure and practice Of said Court !;
such rules chall have the force of law
until rescinded or modified by said
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 a Court Of
Record.
There shall be 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
the manner hereinafter prescribed, by
the Judges of said Court; and such
Chief Constable shall appoint, in the
manner hereinafter prescribed, all origi-
nal, subsequent and additional con-
stables and. clerks. employed pursuant
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
ton Of said Court and said Chief Con-
stable, be increased by the Mayor and
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
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-
ell shall prescribe. Such constables
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-
suant to Section A or Section 4S Of this
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-
pirstion Of such terms.
Alb. The General Assembly shall
have power By law to establish PEG.
pies Court In any county, or any part
thereof, incorporated city or town In
this State, except Baltimore City, and
TO prescribe and from time to time to
alter ~ the number. qualifications, ten
gre, and method Of selection of the
powers, duties and compensation, ex.
cept that the term of ONCE 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 t.
any class or classes Of civil cases in
such county, or any part thereof, city
or town. and the right Of appeal there.
from; (S) the number, qualifications
tenure, method Of selection, duties. and
compensation Of all constables, clerks
or other employees for such Court; ant
~ all other matters relating to sucf
Court. After adoption Of this Section
the Governor shall not be required e
appoint any particular number of JUS
tices Of the Peace in any county or II
envy of the several election districts
Of the counties as now provided In Sec
ton AZ Of the Constitution.
Sec. 2. And be It further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the afore
going sections hereby proposed as al
amendment to the Constitution OF tn,
state Of Maryland shall, at the elec