The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-10

he designated ny the Governor as the
| Chief Judge. The Jurisdiction of the Court
. Of Appeals shall be co extensive with the
/ limits Of the State and such as now Is or
! may hereafter be prescribed by law. 1t
| shall hold its sessions in the City of An
| napolis on the second Monday in January
| in the year 1915, and thereafter at such
| time or times as it shall from time to time
! by rule prescribe. Its session or sessions
shall continue not less than ten months
| in each wear. If the business before it shall
| so require. and it shall be competent tor
| the judges temporarily to transfer their
| SttngS elsewhere upon sufficient cause.
| The salary of each iddgc of the Court of
! Appeals shall he that now or hereafter
! prescribed by the General Assembly and
! shall not he diminished during his con-
/ tiuuancc in office. When the number of
| judges shall have become reduced to five.
three of the judges shall constitute a
quorum. and the concurrence of a majority
| of IA quorum shall be sufficient for the de-
| ciSion of any cause.
| pf Appeals shall he the administrative
| lead of the judicial system of the State.
! He shall from time to time require, from
| each of the judges of the Circuit Courts
| for the several counties and of the Su-
| premc Bench of Baltimore City, reports rs
| to the judicial work and business of each
| of the judges and their respective courts.
! He may. in case of a vacancy or of ill
ness. disqualification or other absence Of
| the or more judges of the Court of APP
! FralS, designate any judge of any of the
| Circuit Courts for the counties or of the
| Supreme Bench of Baltimore City to sit in
| any case or for a specified period as a
| judge of the Court of Appeals in lieu of a
| Judge of that court. and may designate. to
! sit MS a judge of the Circuit Court for any
county of any Court or Courts Of Bal
| timore City, either alone or with one or
| more other judges, in any case or for a
| specified period any judge of the Court of
| Appeals or of any other Circuit Court or Of
| the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City. In
| the absence of the Chief Judge Of the
| Court of Appeals the provisions of this
| Section shall be applicable to the senior
Judge present. The powers of the Chief
| Judge under the afor"going provisions of
| this section shall be subject to such rules
| and regulations, il any, as the Court of
| Appeals may maxi" The Court of Appeals
| from time to time shall make rules and
: regulations to regulate and revise the prac-
| tice and procedure in that Court and in
the other courts of this State, which shall
| have the force of law until reScinded,
| changed or modified by the Court of APP
pcalS or otherwise by law. The power OF
the courts other than the Court of Appeals
| t" make rules Of practice and procedure
| shall tic subject to the rules and reGula-
-, tions prescribed by the Court of Appeals
! or otherwise by law.
! PART III-CIRCUIT COURTS
| Sec. II From and after January l. 1915.
| there shall be at least three judges for the
! first. second, third, fourth, fifth. sixth, and
seventh circuits, to be styled judges Of
| the Circuit Court, to be elected or ap-
| painted as herein provided. In any OF
said circuits in which there shall be more
than three judges Gnrmding the additional
! judge OF the Court of AppcalSD no success
| sor to the additional Judge of the Court
| of Appeals shall be appointed or elected
| as judge OF said circuit. In any Of said
| circuits in which there shall be only three
! Judges Gncluding an additional judge of
the Court of Appeals, a successor to the
! additional judge of the Court of Appeals
| shall be appointed and elected as Judge
| pf S.i1 cir "a mh,r pf
! Judges for any of the circuits shall be
! subject to increase decrease by law as
| provided in Section ! Of this Article. The
! senior iudEo IN length of service shall be
| the chief judge of the circuit tunlcSS there
| is an additional judge Of the Court of APP
! p"alSl: the other judge or Judges shall be
| ASSOCIATE" judges. No two of said Judges
| of the Circuit Court shall at the time of
! their election or appointment or during
| the term for which they may have been
/ elected or appointed. reside in any one
county other than Baltimore, Montgomery,
| Prince Georges or .Allcgany County, and
; not more than two in any county except
| Gf there is an additional judge of the
! Court of AppcalSl baltimore County. In
| case any candidate or candidates for judge
! at any election shall receive sufficient votes
| 70 cause such candidate candidates to
! be declared elected, but the election of such
| candidate or candidates would cause more
! Judges than herein permitted to reside in
any county of the circuit, then and in that
| event there shall be declared elected only
| that candidate or those candidates residing
| in said county. in the order of the votes
| received. whose election would provide thu"
! permitted number of Judges from said
county. and also the candidate or candi-
| dates residing in som" other county, and
not similarly disqualified, who shall have
! the next highest number of votes in said
! election If by reason of such a condition
| or by reason of an equal vote for two or
| more candidates sufficient number of
! Judges duly qualified as to residence shall
not he elected at election. then it.
; shall he the duty of the Governor to order
| a new election for such untitled Office or
| offices. Th" said judges shall hold such
| terms of the Circuit Court in each of the
| counties composing their respective cir
cults. at such times as are now prescribed
| or may hereafter be prescribed by rules
! or regulations by the Court of Appeals or
| otherwise by law. ono judge in each of
! said seven circuits shall constitute a
! quorum for the transaction of any bust
! moss; and the said judges, or any OF them,
| may hold special terms of their Courts.
/ when in their discretion, the business Of
the several counties renders such terms
| necessary.
All provisions Of tic Constitution Of
| Maryland aud all acts Of tn" General AS
| sombly relating to the Court Of Appeals
or any other COURTS and all rules hereto
| fore adopted 10y the Court Of Appeals, not
. Inconsistent with the provisions of the see
! tons amended or added 10y this amend
| mont, shall remain in full force and effect
! unless and until amended or repealed by
| proper authority All salaries now pre-
| Scribcd by law for associate Judges of the
| Circnt Courts shall continue to apply to
| all judges GnCluduE chief Judges of the
| circuit Courts who arc not judges of the
| Court of Appeals. No member Of the Gen
| Cral Assembly at which this amendment
was proposed, if otherwise qualified. shall
| he ineligible for appointment or election
! as judge of the Court of Appeals or any
| other court by reason Of his membership
! in such General Assembly. All appeals
and other matters upuUIn.y tI, Court pf
/ Appeals on January |. 1855, shall be pro
| c"odcd with and determined by the Court
! as hereby constituted. In the event and
! tn the extent of any moons iStCnCy bet wecu
! the provisions of any section amended or
/ added Ivy this amendment aud any Of the
other provisions of this Constitution or the
| provisions of any existing law, the pro-
| visions of the section amended or added
! shall prcV?il. and such other provisions
! shall be repealed or abrogatcd to the cX-
| tent of such Inconsistency. except section
| 3JA of Article III of this Constitution {:
/ provided, however, that in the event of
| any Inconsistency between the provisions
of the sections thus amended or added aud
/ any of the other provisions of this Consti-
! tuition as amended by any other amend
| ments which may be adopted at the same
! time as this amendment, l. g.. at the cleo
| ton held in November 1884, the changes
! made by this amendment and all such
! other amendments 10 this Constitution shall
| all he given effect.
Sec .. And be it further enacted, That
| the foregoing sections hereby proposed as
| an amendment to the Constitution Of Mary.
| land shall. at tho election +" lr held IN
| November. 1914, bc submitted TO the l,-al
! and qualified Voters OF the State for their
| Adoption or rejection in pursuaur" of the
| directions contained in Article XIV of the
| Constitution of Maryland. aud at tn" said
| general election tn" vote on tho said pro-
| posed amendment to the Constitution shall
| be by ballot and upou each ballot there
| shall be printed the words, For tn0stitu.
: tiUnal Amendment" and against ConStitu-