The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-10-13

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OR AGAINST THE CONTINUANCE
IN OFFICE OF SAID JUDGE.
(2) Whenever a vacancy shall occur
on said Court from any cause the Gov
ernor shall appoint 10 said Court a Judge
who shall hold office under such appoint
ment until the thirty-frst day of De-
ccmber Immediately following the first
Congressional election occurring six
months or more after the date of his
appointment. No Judge of said Court,
who has stood for election to succeed
himself and not been elected, shall there
after 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.
90 In order to qualify for election
or reelection Ian incumbent Judged GH
candidates shall file with the Supervisors
of Elections of Baltimore City not later
than thirty days before the date of the
and duly acknowledged, stating the basis
of his eligibility and the term or re-
mainder of term for which he is eligible
for election. Thereupon, the name Of
such Judge, together with a statement
of the term or remainder Of term for
which he is eligible, shall be placed upon
the ballot 90 be used in said City in such
election, with no party designation what
ever and with no opposing candidate,
with space provided 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
a majority of all the votes cast for
or against his continuance in Office, such
judge shall hold Office for the unexpired
remainder of the term or for the full
term Of eight years, as the case may bel
of candidacy in a form to be supplied
BY the Supervisors
IL l.. ii
ished pursuant TO this section, each
Judge Of said Court shall continue 20
hold office after the expiration of his
period of appointment or 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 Representa-
tives are regularly chosen.
Said Court shall have such jurisdic-
ton (Which may be made exclusive as
TO any class or classes of civil cases in
Baltimore City,, with such right Of APP
peal, therefrom, and the Chief Judge
and Associate Judges thereof shall have
Assembly shall prescribe from time 10
time by law. The Judges of said Court
shall have full power to regulate by
rules the administration, procedure and
practice of said Court; such rules shall
have the force Of law until rcscinded or
lIlbllllctl by odlO Judges OF tle General
Assembly. Unless otherwise provided
by law, G( ell powers granted by this
section or by law TO said Court or the
Judges thereof as body may be ex-
erclscd by a majority of the Judges
thereof, and (2) said Court shall not be
a 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 as shall he prescribed by
law or by rule of said Court. Such
Chief Constable shall be appointed, in
the manner hereinafter prescribed, by
The Judges Of said Court; and such
Chief Constable shall appoint, in the
manner hereinafter prescribed all origi-
nal, subsequent and additional Constahles
and clerks employed pursuant TO this
section, and shall supervise and direct
the work of all such constables and
clerks. There shall be appointed origi-
nally fourteen such Constahes and six
teen 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 Couu-
Gil Of Baltimore City; no vacancy in
the position of any constable or clerk.
however arising, shall be filed by said
Chief Constable unless the Judges Of
said Court and said Chief Constable
shall expressly find that the filing of
such vacancy is necessary for the efficient
operation of said Court. The positions
Of said Chief Constable and Of all such
constables and clerks shall be positions
in the Classified City Service Of Balti-
more and the provisions of the Charter
Of said City with respect TO said City
Service are hereby expressly made ap-
plicahle thereto, provided that, the Chief
Constable at the time this amendment
becomes effective shall continue and re-
become member of said Classified City
Service of Baltimore; all such positions
shall be classified by the City Service
Commission and all appointments, pro-
motions, transfers, re-instatements, and
removals with respect 10 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 Con-
stable and all OF such other constables
and all such clerks shall receive from
the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more City such compensation as said
Mayor and City Council shall prescribe,
Such constablcs and clerks shall per.
form such duties as may now or here
after 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 4j of
this Article ", 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.
SEC. 2. Ind be it further enacted.
That the aforegoing section hereby pro-
posed as an amendment TO the Constitu-
ton of this State shall be, at the next
general election, TO be held in this State
in the year 1860, submitted to the legal
and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection in pursuance of
directions contained in Article II Of the
Constitution of this State, and at the
said general election, the vote on the
said proposed amendment shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall
be printed the words For the Constitu-
tional Amendment and Against the
Constitutional Amendment, as now pre-
scribed 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 II of the Con-
stitution.
EXPLANATION: Italics ixdieate nesv
matter added to eristin0 lar.
[BracketSI indicate matter stricken
from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to
bill.
CHAPTER NO. 604
AN ACT to propose an amendment TO
Section 40A of Article ; Of the Con-
situation of Maryland, title "Legisla-
tive Department" TO provide an OPP
tonal procedure for land acquisition
for County road or street right-of-way
in Montgomery County, Maryland,
and to submit this amendment to the
qualified voters of the State for adop-
ton or rejection.
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the Cen
eydl Assembly of Maryland, (Three-
fifths of all members elected to each of
the two Houses concurring), That the
following section be and the same is
hereby proposed as an amendment to
Section 40A of Article 3 of the Con-
stitution of Maryland, title Legislative
Department, subtitle Eminent Do
main, the same, if adopted by the legal
and qualified voters of the State as here
in provided, to become Section 4OA of
Article ) of the Constitution of Mary
land.
40A. Same-Baltimore City IL and
Montgomery County.
The General Assembly shall enact no
law authorizing private property 10 be
taken for public use without Just Com
pensation, TO be agreed upon between
the parties, or awarded by a Jury, being
first paid or icidered to the party en-
titled to such compensation, but where
such property is situated in Baltimore
City and is desired by this State or by
he MAJOR and Ctty f'pitt1Cil of Rgiti-