The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-10-31

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said Section as amended to read as
follows:
81. For each of the said circuits, ex-
cepting the eighth, the second, the
third (and) the sixth and the seventh,
there shall be a chief judge and two
associate judges, to 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, and the sew
enth 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 provid-
! ed. And no two of said associate
judges, for any Of the said circuits, eX-
cept the third and sixth and seventh
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 candidates for associate Judge
in the same county in any of the cir
cults, except the third and sixth and
seventh circuits, that one only in said
county shall be declared elected who
the circuit. In case any two candi-
dates for associate judge in any Of
the circuits, except the third and sixth
and seventh circuits, residing in the
same county shall have an equal num-
Der of votes greater than any other
candidates 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 person
residing in any other county of the
circuit and who has the highest num-
Der 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 composing
their respective circuits, at such times
as are now or may hereafter be pre-
scribed 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, until other
wise prescribed, and shall adopt rules
to the end that all business not re-
quiring 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)
sixth and seventh circuits, shall con-
stitute a quorum for the transaction
of any business; and the said judges
or any of them may hold special terms
erection the business of the several
sary. The additional associate judge
for the third circuit elected in ac-
cordance with the terms of the Con-
stitutional Amendment heretofore
submitted and adopted shall be subject
to the same constitutional provis-
ions, hold his office for the same term
of years, receive the same compensa-
ton and have the same powers as are
herein provided for the other associ-
ate judges in the third circuit.
The additional associate judge for
the second circuit herein provided for
shall be resident of Cecil County,
shall be appointed by the Governor
after the expiration of six (6) months
after the adoption of this amendment
and shall serve until the first general
election for members Of the General
Assembly that shall be held in said
circuit subsequent to the adoption of
this amendment, at which election his
successor shall be elected by the quail
flied voters of Caroline, Cecil, Kent,
Queen Anne's, and Talbot Counties,
constituting the second circuit The
judge so appointed shall be subject
to the same constitutional provisions,
receive the same compensation and
have the same powers as are herein
provided for the other associate judges
in the second circuit, and the judge so
elected shall be subject to the same
constitutional provision, hold his office
for the same term of years, receive the
same compensation and have the same
powers as are herein provided for the
other associate judges in the second
circuit.
The additional judge for the sixth
circuit herein provided for and
elected by the qualified voters of
Frederick and Montgomery Counties
at the 1888 election in accordance
with the terms of the Constitutional
Amendment heretofore submitted and
adopted, shall be subject to the same
constitutional provisions, receive the
same compensation and have the same
powers as are herein provided for the
other associate judges in the sixth
circuit and his successors shall be
appointed and/or elected in accord
ance with the constitutional provis-
ions relating to judges. The Chief
Judge may be elected from either
Frederick or Montgomery Counties,
but when the Chief Judge is elected
from Frederick County one of the
associate judges shall be resident Of
said county and the two remaining
associate judges shall be residents of
Montgomery County and when the
Chief Judge is elected from Montgom-
cry County one of the associate judges
shall be a resident of said Montgom-
cry County and the remaining two as
sociate judges residents of Frederick |
County. In case any candidate or can
didates for associate judge at any jul |
dicial election held in the sixth judi /.
cial circuit shall receive sufficient |
votes to cause such candidate or can
didates to be declared elected, but the .
election of such candidate or candi- |
dates would cause more associate
judges than herein permitted to reside .
in any county of said circuit, then and
in that event only that candidate or
those candidates, as the case may be,
residing in said county in the order of
the votes received shall be declared
elected whose election would provide
the permitted number of associate
judges from said county and the can