The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-08-30

gressonal election, as the law creating
such Office shall prescribe. If any vacancy
occurs during any such original term, the
Governor shall appoint successor to serve
for the remainder of such term. After the
expiration OF said original terms the terms
of Office of said Court shall be for eight
years from the expiration OF the preceding
term, and shall be filed as follows
~ Any Incumbent Judge Of said Court
shall be eligible, at the Congressional cleo
tlon Immediately preceding the expiration
of his period Of appointment or term, for
election or. reelection TO succeed himself
as provided in ~ hereof; or (b) for the
unexpired remainder Of the current eight
year term, IL his appointment will expire
before the end of such term. No person
other than an incumbent Judge shall be
eligible for election to said Court.
90 Whenever a vacancy shall occur on
said Court from any cause the Governor
shall appoint to said Court Judge who
until the thirty first day of December i'm
mediately following the first Congressional
election occurring six months or more after
the date Of his appointment, No Judge Of
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.
(3) In order to qualify for election or
re election an incumbent Judge shall file
with the Supervisors Of Election Of Balti-
more City not later than thirty days be-
certificate signed and duly acknowledged,
stating the basis Of his eligibility and
the term or remainder of term for WHICH
name Of such Judge, together with state
ment of the term or remainder of term
for which he is eligible, shall be placed
such election. with no party designation
whatever and with no opposing candidate,
with space provided to permit any voter to
cast his vote for or against the continu
ance in Office Of such Judge; II the votes
cast for the continuance In office of such
Judge represent a majority of all the votes
cast for or against his continuance In office,
such Judge shall hold office for the unex-
pired remainder of the term or for the
full term of eight years, as the case may
be.
Unless his office shall have been abolished
pursuant to this Section, each Judge of
said Court shall continue to hold office after
the expiration of his period Of appoint
ment or term until a successor shall quail
ify. As used In this Section Congressional
election" means any Of the biennial cleo
tions at which members, Of the House Of
Representatives are regularly chosen.
Said Court shall have such jurisdiction
(which may be made exclusive as to any
class or classes of civil cases in Baltimore
City,, with such right of appeal, 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 regu-
late by rules the administration, procedure
and practice of said Court; such rules shall
have the force of law until rescinded or
modified by said Judges or the General
Assembly. Unless otherwise provided by
law, a. all powers granted by this Sec
tion or by law to said Court or the Judges
thereof as body may be exercised by a
majority of the Judges thereof, and (2)
said Court shall not be Court Of Record.
There shall be a Chief Constable Of said
Court, who shall perform therein the du-
ties prescribed for Clerks of Court by Sec
tion 10 Of this Article and such other du-
ties as shall be prescribed by law or by
rule of said Court. Such Chief Constable
shall be appointed, In the manner herein.
Court; and such Chief Constable shall APP
point, in the manner hereinafter prescribed,
all original, 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 four
teen such cOnstables and sixteen such
clerks; the number Of either may, on the
joint Recommendation of said Court and
said Chief Constable, be increased by the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City;
no vacancy, in the position of any CON
stable or clerk, however arising, shall be
filed by said Chief Constable unless the
Judges of said Court and said Chief Con-
stable shall expressly find that the filling
cient operation of said Court. The posi-
tions Of said Chief Constable and of all
such constables and clerks shall be posi-
tions in the Classified City Service of Balti..
more and the provisions of the Charter of
said City with respect to said City Sery-
ice are hereby expressly made applicable
thereto, provided that, the Chief Constable
at the time this amendment becomes effec--
tive shall continue and remain In said
position and Immediately become a menu
Der of said Classified City Service of Bal
At Oh. o.tA hall alan
fed by the City Service Commission and
all appointments, promotions, transfers,
reinstatements, 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
such compensation as said Mayor and City
Council shall prescribe. Such constables
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 AZ or Section 43 Of this
Article Nv, but constables 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 expiration
Of such terms.
Alb. The General Assembly shall have
power by law to establish Peoples Court
in any county, or any. part thereof, incor-
porated city or town in this State, except
Baltimore City, and to prescribe and from
time to time to alter ~ the number, quail
fications, tenure, and method of selection
of the Judges of any such Court, and their
powers, duties and compensation, except
that the term of Office or compensation
of any Judge shall not be reduced during
his continuance in office; ~ the jurisdic-
ton 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 therefrOm; (3) the number, qualifi-
cations, tenure, method of selection, duties,
and compensation of all constables, clerks
or other employees for such Court; and az
all other matters relating to such Court.
After adoption of this Section the Gov
ernor shall not be required to appoint any
particular number of Justices of the Peace
In any county or in any of the several
election districts of the counties as now
provided in Section AZ of the Constitu-
tion.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the aforegoing
sections hereby proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the State of
Maryland shall, at 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 XIV
Of the Constitution of the State of Mary
land and at the said General Election the
vote on the said proposed amendment