The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-29

cause more associate judges than herein per-
mtted to reside in any county of said circuits,
then and in that event only that candidate
or those candidates, as the may be, re-
siding in said county in the order of the
votes received shall be declared elected whose
election would provide the permitted num-
Der of associate Judges from said county and
the candidate candidates the may
be, residing in the other county, and not SIM
ilarly disqualified who shall have the next
highest number of votes in said election shall
be declared elected. If by reason of such a
condition or by reason of an equal vote for
two more candidates a sufficient number of
associate judges duly qualified to residence
above set out should not be elected at any
election in said third and sixth judicial cir
cults, then it shall be the duty of the Gov
error to order a election for such I'M
filled office or offices.
The additional associate judge for the sew
enth circuit herein provided for shall be APP
pointed by the Governor Immediately 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 sue
cessor shall be elected by the qualified voters
of Prince Georges, Charles, Calvert and st.
Mary's Counties. No member of the General
Assembly of 1889, otherwise qualified shall
be ineligible for appointment or election as
such associate judge by reason of his mem
bership in the General Assembly. The judge
so appointed shall be subject to the same con-
sttutonal provisions, receive the same COM
pensation and have the same powers as are
herein provided for the other associate judges
in the seventh circuit, and the judge elected
and his successors shall subject to the same
constitutional provisions, hold office for the
same term of years, receive the same compen-
saton, and have the same powers as are
herein provided for the other associate judges
in the seventh circuit No two of the assoc-
ate judges for the seventh circuit shall at the
time of their election appointment dur
ing the term for which they may have been
elected or appointed reside in the same coun-
ty, except in Prince Georges County. in which
county two of said associate judges for the
said circuit shall reside at the time of their
appointment or election and during the term
for which they may have been appointed or
elected unless the chief judge of said circuit
shall already reside in said county, in which
event only of said associate judges shall
reside in Prince Georges County and Prince
Georges County shall at all time have two
resident Judges and no more such Judges to
be either the Chief Judge of the Seventh
Circuit and one associate Judge or two asso-
ciate Judges OF said Circuit In case any can
didate candidates for associate judge at any
judicial election held in the seventh judicial
circuit shall receive sufficient votes to cause
such candidate or candidates to be elected
but the election of such candidate or candi-
dates would cause 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 candidate candidates, as the case
may be. residing in some other county, and
not similarly disqualified who shall have the
next highest number of votes in said election
shall be declared elected. IT, by reason of such
condition by reasoon of an equal vote
for two or more candidates a sufficient num-
Der of associate judges duly qualified as to
residence as above set out should not be
elected at any election in said seventh judicial
circuit, then it shall be the duty of the Gov
ernor to order a election for such I'M
filled office offices.
Sec. 2. And he it 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 1912, submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection in pursuance of
directions contained in Article II of the Con-
stitution of this State and at the said general
election, the vote on the said proposed amend
ment shall be by ballot and upon each bal
lot there shall be printed the words For the
Constitutional Amendment" and Against the
Constitutional Amendment" prescribed
by law, and Immediately after said election,
due returns shall be made to the Governor
of the vote for and against said proposed
amendment as directed by said Article IA of
the Constitution
CHAPTER 500
AN ACT to propose amendment to Sec
ton As of Article III of the Constitution
of the State of Maryland title Legislative
Department, relating to the salary of
Clerks of Courts and Registrars of Wills and
providing for the submission of said amend
ment to the qualified voters of the State of
Maryland for adoption rejection
Section /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (three-ffths of all the
ring), That the following amendment be and
it is hereby proposed to Section As of Article
Ill of the Constitution of the State of Mary
land, title Legislative Department" the same.
if adopted by the legal and qualified voters of
the State, as herein provided, to become Sec
ton as of Article III of the Constitution of
the State of Maryland:
As. The General Assembly shall provide a
simple and uniform system of charges in
the offices of Clerks of Courts and Registrars
of Wills, in the Counties of this State and
the City of Baltimore, and for the collection
thereof provided. the amount of compensa-
ton to any of the said officers in the various
Counties and in the City of Baltimore shall
be such may be prescribed by law.
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That the
aforegoing Section, hereby proposed an
amendment to the Constitution of this State,
shall, at the election to be held in Novem-
Der, 1912 be submitted to the legal and quail
flied voters of the State for their adoption or
rejection, in pursuance of the directions con-
tanned IN Article IA of the Constitution of
the State of Maryland, and at the said general
election the vote on the said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be by ballot,
upon each ballot there shall be printed the
words: For Constitutional Amendment and
Against Constitutional Amendment as now
provided by law, and Immediately after said
election due returns shall be made to the Gov
ernor of the vote for and against proposed
amendment. directed by said Fourteenth
Article of the Constitution, and further pro-
ceedings had in accordance with said Article IA
CHAPTER 6O7
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Arti-
Gle III of the Constitution of the State of
Maryland title Legislative Department by
adding a new section to be known Sec
ton 40B, providing for the taking of prop
erty by the State Roads Commission under
certain circumstances and to provide for
the submission of said amendment to the
qualified voters of the State of Maryland
for adoption rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (three-ffths of all the
members elected to each of the two Houses
concurring), That the following Section
be and the same is hereby proposed as an
amendment to Article III. title Legislative
Department of the Constitution of the State
of Maryland, the same to be inserted after
Section 4OA and to be numbered 40B and if
adopted by the legal and qualified voters of
the State. as herein provided, said section
shall become a part of Article Ill of the Con-
stitution of Maryland.
40B. The General Assembly shall enact no
law authorizing private property to be taken
for public use without just compensation, to
be agreed upon between the parties or awarded
by jury, being first paid rendered to the
party entitled to such compensation, except
that where such property in the judgment of
the State Roads Commission is needed by the
State for highway purposes, the General As
sembly may provide that such property may
be taken Immediately upon payment therefor
to the owner o. owners thereof by said State
Roads Commission, into Court, such amount
said State Roads Commission shall esti-
mate to be of the fair value of said property,
provided such legislation also requires the
payment of any further sum that may sub.
sequently be awarded by jury
Sec. ,. And be it further enacted, That
the foregoing section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of the State
of Maryland shall. at the election to be held
in November, 1912, be submitted to legal and