Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-28

Article Except as to such additional
Judge. the Judges of said Court, in the
first instance, snail be appointed by the
Governor from their respective appellate
judicial Circuits but such appoint
ments shall he made from among the
elected Judges composing the Court Of
ADupalS a. Of December 81 1D44. If. on
December 81. 1914. there are no elected
n,amhers of the Court of Appeals from
any Appellate Judicial Circuit, the Gov
ernor shall designate the member of the
Court of Appeals from thst Appellate
judicial Circuit from among the ap-
pointed members of the Court Of APP
peals from that Appellate Judicial Cir
cult. If any Judge so appointed shall
Of December 81, 1914, by virtue Of hav-
ing been elected to that office, his APP
pointment shall be for the balance of
the term for which he had heretofore
been elected. The Judges SO appointed
from the First; Second and Third APP
be Chief Judges of their respective Cir
cults. Any elected Judges from Cir
cults, except the Eighth Circuit, In
Office on December 81. 1914, other than
the three designated by = Governor
as Judges of the Court Of lis, shall
be additional Judges Of court of
Appeals and shall continu be Chief
Judges of their respective .ircuits and
shall hold office for the residue of the
terms for which they were elected. No
shall be appointed or elected as Judge
Of the Court Of Appeals or Except as
provided In Section p Of this Article)
as Judge Of his Circuit, but any such
additional Judge shall be eligible to
appointment as the member Of the
Appellate Judicial Circuit. Any va
cancy in any Appellate Judicial Circuit
shall be filed by designation by the
Governor of one of the additional
Judges from such Appellate Judicial
residue Of the term for which he was
originally elected. Upon his appoint
ment or designation as a member of
the Court Of Appeals from his Appellate
Judicial Circuit, such additional Judge
Circuit. The Judges Of the Court of
Appeals shall be elected by the quail
fed voters of their respective Appellate
Judicial Circuits, their terms to begin
on the date of their qualification. One
of the judges of the Court of Appeals
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 Annapolis on the
second Monday In January In the year
1915, and thereafter at such time or
times as 1t shall from time to time by
rule prescribe. Its session or sessions
shall continue not less than ten months
in each year, IL the business before 1t
shall so require, and It shall be compe-
tent for the judges temporarily to
transfer their sittings elsewhere upon
sufficient cause. The salary of each
judge of the Court Of Appeals shall be
that now or hereafter prescribed by the
ahoI ha n.
minished during his continuance 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 q
quorum shall be sufficient for the de-
eision Of any cause.
Sec. 1SA. The Chief Judge Of the
Court of Appeals shall be the admin
istrative head 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 Supreme Bench of Baltimore
CITY, reports as to the judicial work and
business of each of the judges and their
respective courts. He may, In case Of q
vacancy or Of illness, disqualification or
other absence Of one or more judges Of
the Court Of Appeals, 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 q judge Of the
Court Of Appeals in lieu of judge Of
that court, and may designate, to sit as
judge Of the Circuit Court for any
county or of any Court or Courts of
Baltimore 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 aforegoing provisions of this Sec
ton shall be subject to such rules and
regulations, IL any, as the Court Of APP
peals may make. The Court of Appeals
| from time to time shall make rules and
regulations to regulate and revise the
practice 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 Appeals or otherwise by law.
The power Of the courts other than the
| Court of Appeals to make rules Of prac-
tice and procedure shall be subject to
the rules and regulations prescribed by
the Court Of Appeals or otherwise by
law.
PART III-CIRCUIT COURTS
Sec. n. From and after January !,
| 1915, there shall be at least three judges
sixth, and seventh circuits, to be styled
| judges of the Circuit Court, to be
elected or appointed as herein provided.
In any of said circuits In which there
GLIDING the additional Judge of the
Court Of Appeals), no successor 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
4,,A NIL. A.uAa
Of the Court of Appealsl. a successor
to the additional Judge of the Court of
| Appeals shall be appointed and elected
as Judge Of said circuit. The afore-
said number Of judges for any OF the
circuits shall be subject to increase or
8 of this Article. The senior Judge in
length Of service shall be the chief
judge of the circuit (unless there 10 an
additional Judge Of the Court Of APP
pealsl 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 ALLIE
| gany County, and not more than two
| In any county except (if there is an adj
| ditional judge Of the Court Of Appeals)
Baltimore County. In case any candi-
date or candidates for Judge at any
election shall receive sufficient votes to
cause such candidate or candidates to
be declared elected, but the election Of
such candidate or candidates would
cause more judges than herein permit
| ted to reside in any county Of the cir
| cult, 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 re-
ceived, whose election would provide the
| permitted number of judges from said
county, and also the candidate or can