Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-20

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death, Sssi0waticN; vsnovoI from M
Stdtf o.. other disQN6li fcofiow while dc
choroina ne dstiss Of raid o6Ics of Gov
fvnoy,, then The dHtits Of add Office shall
~. Rks ssaNHsr end for the ssNss istsvva'
dsuolys sboR tks Attorney General oj
the State, AT THE TINE SUCH
VACANCY OCCURRED. And the
Legislature may pt~vide BY law, for the
impeachment. Of the Governor, and Ia
case Of his convictiou,' or his inability,
Imay: declare what person shall perform
the Executive dutiesi and for any Va
Ieaney In said ofiice not herein provided
ltor, provision may Be made BY law, and
II such vacancy .bhould occur without
Isuch provision being made, the LeEis.
lature shall' Be convened. BY the Secre-
tary Of State Tor tia purpose of' filing
Sfc:. z. Am6 u y fwsAsv smsessd.
That. the aforegcsag secticn hereby pro.
posed - nm amendment 10 the Consfitia.
ton Of this State shall Be. At the next
general election, 10 be held In this State
IN the year 1860, submitted to the legal
and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection In p,frsuance Of
directions contained in Article. IA Of the
Constitution of this State, and at the
said general election, the vote on the said
proposed amendment shad, be BY ballot.
and upon each ballot there ahail Be print.
led, the words "Fcr the Constitutional
Amendment.' and against the .Consti.
tutional Amendment, az now prescribed
BY law, and immediately after said cleo
ton, due returns shall Be made to the
Goyernor Of the vote for and against
SAID proposed amendment - directed by
sad Article n Of the Constitution, end
i further Procesdlngs had IN sccosdancs
IExPLANATioNi. itsIses SnS,oas s~w
matter added 10 ssisfin0 Ios.
IBraclsetsl indic..a mattsr. stFidiu.n
from existing law.
CAPITALS irdicata smsndmsnis b
CHAPTER NO. y0t
An. ACT 10 propose an ancnMnsns %
Section 81 Of ArtGie nv a. ~ on.
gtitdtion .cf Maryland, .aitis ''judiciary
Department" subtitle Part H.
Circuit Courts, to provide for an ad-
ditional Judge Of the Circuit COURT
IN Montgomery County, to: Be elected
By the qualified voters Of said County
e the .hrst' biennial general election. for
Representatives In Congress after the
adoption Of the .said amendment, TO
PROVIDE FOR AN ADDITIONAL,
JUDGE IN THE SECOND JUDI.
CAL CIRCUIT, RELATING TO
TEE ELIGIBILITY OF MEM
SEMBLY FOR THE OFFICE OF
JUDGE, AND SUBMITTING THIS
.AAlMlEENpllMaENT TO THE QUAIL.
ElkD VOTERS .OF THE STATE
FOR ADOPTION OR REJECTION.
;SEcrroN !. Be u essetsd By fAs Css-
s.ci Asssrtly Of MovyIowd, (thrcs6fths
Of all members elected to each Of the
the two Houses eoneurringl, That ths
following Section Be- and the same is
hereby proposed .: an amendment 70
partm.nt", subtitle aPsst iii-csreuis
Courts. the same, n adoptod b. the
legal and qualified voters Of the State
e herein provided, 20 become Section
81 Of Article Nv Of the Constellation Of
Maryland.
al. From and after January I, 1885,
there shall Be In the third, fourth, hfth,
sixth and seventh circuits at least. one
judge for each county, who shall Be- 8
resident Of the county h which be shail
hold Office. and whe shaH Be ,eiected b.
the voters thereof, 10. b. styled Judges
Of the circuit court to be elected or 'ap.
pointed a. herein provided. The number
of judges for any of the circuits or for
any of the counties, may b increased
or decreased. by the General Assembly
from time "a. time, and any vacancy %
created shall be filled ~ provided IN Sec
ticn 81 this Article except that IN the
third, fourth, nth, sixth and seventh
judicial circuits there shan nsvef Be less
of the Lcrcuits1 CIRCUITS there shall
never. be less than -FOUR Tor each Cir
cult. The senior Judge in length Of servics
shall Be the Chief Judge of the Circuit;
the. other judge o. judges shall Be e.
sociste Judges, In the hrst and second
judicial circuits no two Of eaid Judges
Of the circuit court shan Il The Tina Of
their election or appointment, or during
the term for which they may have been
elected or appointed, reside in any one
county. In the first and second judicial
circuits, m case any candidate or eandi.
dates for judge At any election shall
receive sufficient votes 10 cause such
candidate o. candidates 10 be declared
elected, but the election Of suuh eandi-
date o. 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 can
didates residing In said county, in the
order OF tho votes received, whose cleo
ton would pscvide the permitted nup-
Der Of judges from said county, and also
the candidate o. candidates residing q
some other county, and not similarly
disqualified, who shaii have the next
highest number of votes in said election.
If, by reason OF such q condition or BY
reason Of an equal vote for two or more
candidates q sufficient number Of Judges
duly qualified a. 70 residence shalt not
be elected At any election, then h shall
be the duty Of the Governor 10 order .
new election for such un6lled ofica o.
Offices. From and after December I,
1854, there shall be not less than Ithfee
judges resident in Montgomery County
and not less thanI two Judges resident
in Anne Arundel County, and in Prince
Georges County and not less than three
judges resident In Baltimore County.
This vacancies h Garrett, Montgomery,
and Prince Georges County created b
the adoption of this amendment shall BE-
filled a. provided IN Section Of this
Articie.I From esd sffr December I,
1880, tbsrf ShdH BE- rot less than fvl
| isdgss yeSident N Montgomery JCotnty
Notwithstanding. any other provision
of this Article the vacancies In Anne
/ A VassaAaV ua1fss..A~a al
CountiesI Vacancy ~ Montgomery Cons
~ created by the adoption Of hi.
amendment shalt not be filed By appoint
ment ~ provided in Section Of this
Article, but at the first. biennial general
election for Representatives In Congress
after the. adoption Of this amendment 4
judge shall be elected by the qualified
voters Of LAnne Arundel Baltimore and
St. Mays Counties. respectively
Montgomery cosnty 70 I'm such vacancy
in .IeaehI ssek county. Any other Va
eancy in the Office Of Jhdee Of the Cir
cult Court for LAnns Arundel, Bait
more, and st. Marys CountiesI Mont
Qomeyy County AND ANY VACANCY
I'm THE SECOND JUDICIAL CIR
lCUIT shall be filed a. provided i
Sections 8 and. 5 of this Article, Elk
ECEPT THAT THE PERSON I'M
TALLY; APPOINTED TO I'LL
| THE VACANCY IN. THE SECONI
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SHALL BE A
PRESIDENT OF KENT COUNTY.
i The said judges shall hold such term
Of the: Circuit Court in each of thu
Counties composing. their Tespective cir
cults, at such times as are now pre-
scribed or may hereafter be prescribet
lby rules or regulations by the Court %
yEAppeals or Otherwise by law. One judg
IN each Of the first seven circuits shal
constitute . quorum for tho. transactioi
kof any business; and the said judges, O
any. Of them, may hold special terms o
their courts, when. IN their discretion
d the business of the several counties xen
ders such terms necessary.
i An provisions of The Constituiion D
Maryland. and al Acts Of the Cene7a
4 Assembly relating 10 tho Court OF 40
peals or any other courts, and all rule
; heretofore adopted By the Court Of Az
0 peals, not inconsistent with the PROV
sions of the sections amended OF adde.
u By this amendment. shall remain In ful
Il force and effect unless and until amend