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

Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City moi
later than thirty days before the date of the ap
plicable election certificate signed and duly
acknowledged stating the basis of his eligi
bility and the term or remainder of term fol
which he is eligible for election. Thereupon
the name of such Judge, together with g
! statement of the term remainder of term
for which he is eligible shall be placed upor
the ballot to be used in said City in such cleo
| ton, with no party designation whatever anG
with no opposing candidate, with space pro
| vided to permit any voter to cast his vote for
or against the continuance in Office of such
| Judge if the votes cast for the continuance
in office of such Judge represent majority
| of all the votes cast for against his con.
tinuance in Office such Judge shall hold office
for the unexpired remainder of the term or for
| the full term of eight years, 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 appointment OF
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 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 Gen.
er;:l Assembly shall prescribe from time to
time by law. The Judges of said Court shall
| ministration, procedure and practice of said
Court; such rules shall have the force of law
until rescinded modified by said Judges or
the General Assembly Unless otherwise pro
vided by law, G) all powers granted by this
Section 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 duties
prescribed for Clerks Of Court by Section 10 of
this Article and such other duties shall be
prescribed by law or by rule of said Court
the manner hereinafter prescribed, by the
Judges of said Court and such Chief Con-
stable shall appoint, in the manner herein
after prescribed all original, subsequent and
additional constables and clerks employed pur-
suant TO this Section, and shall supervise and
direct the work of all such constabes ana
clerks. There shall be appointed originally
fourteen such constabes 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 constable or clerk however
arising, shall be filled by said Chief Consta-
BILE unless the Judges of said Court and said
Chief Constable shall expressly find that the
filling of such vacancy is necessary for the
efficient operation of said Court. The positions
of said Chief Constable and of all such con.
stables 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 ex-
pressly made applicable thereto, provided that
the Chief Constable at the time this amendment
becomes effective shall continue and remain
in said position and Immediately become a
member of said Classified City Service of Bal.
timore all such positions shall be classified by
the City Service Commission and all appoint
ments, promotions, transfers, reinstatements.
and removals with respect to such positions
shall be made only in accordance with the pro-
visions rules and regulations of said Classified
City Service in force from time to time Such
Chief Constable and all of such other consta-
bles and all such clerks shall receive from the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City such
compensation as said Mayor and City Coun-
Gil shall prescribe. Such constabes and clerks
shall perform such duties as may now or here.
after be prescribed by law rule of Court
After adoption of this Section constable
shall be appointed by the Mayor and City Coun-
Gil of Baltimore City pursuant to Section az or
Section AZ of this Article w, 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 ex-
piration of such terms.
Alb. The General Assembly shall have
power by law to establish a Peoples Court in
cny county, any part thereof, incorporated
city town in this State, except Baltimore
City, and to prescribe and from time to time to
alter ~ the number, qualifications, 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 re.
duced during his continuance in office; (2)
the jurisdiction 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 town. and the right of appeal
therefrom; (3) the number, qualifications,
tenure, method of selection, duties, and COM
pensation of all constables, clerks or other
employees for such Court and (4) all other
matters relating to such Court. After adoption
of this Section the Governor shall not be re-
CURED TO appoint any particular number of
Justices of the Peace in any county or in any
of the several election districts of the coun-
ties as now provided in Section AZ of the Con-
stitution
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the aforegoing sec
tons hereby proposed as an amendment 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 Ar
tcle XIV of the Constitution of the State of
Maryland and at the said General Election the
vote on the said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be by ballot and upon each
ballot there shall be printed the following
synopsis of said amendment captioned as
follows:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PRO-
VIDING FOR PEOPLES COURTS"
This amendment provides for establishing
Peoples Court in this State by adding two new
SeCJlOHS numbered ALA ana ALB TO Article
Nv of the Constitution, The first section (4l-A)
establishes a Peoples Court for Baltimore
City and regulates provides for regulating
all matters relating to the Court, the Judges
of the Court and the Constables and Clerks.
The second section abb authorizes the Cen
eral Assembly to establish Peoples Court in
any other county, Incorporated city or town
of this State and to provide for all matters
relating to said Court and the Judges, Con-
stables, Clerks and Employees of said Court
and below said synopsis shall be printed the
words For Peoples Courts Amendment" and
Against Peoples Courts Amendment" as now
provided by law, and Immediately after said
election due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against said pro-
posed amendment directed by Article NV
OF the Constitution and further proceedings
had in accordance with said Article XIV.
Approved April &c, 1889
CHAPTER 200
AN ACT to amend Section 81 of Article A.
| title Judiciary Department" subtitle Part
| III-Circuit Courts" of the Constitution of
this State, and to provide for the submission
of said amendment to the qualified voters
of this State for adoption or rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of Maryland, that three-fifths of ali
| the members elected to each of the two Houses
| concurrng that the following section be and
the same is hereby proposed as an amendment
to Section Il of Article A, title Judiciary De-
partment, subtitle Part III--Circuit Courts
of the Constitution of this State. and if adopt
ed by the legal and qualified voters thereof as
| herein provided, it shall supercede and stand
| in the place and stead of Section 81 of said
Article A.
81. For each of the said circuits, except.
ing 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 Sec
ond circuit, the third circuit, { and) the sixth
circuit, and the seventh 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