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office of Judge of the Orphans' Court, the Governor shall appoint,
subject to confirmation or rejection by the Senate, some suitable person
to fill the same for the residue of the term.

Sec. 41. There shall be a Register of Wills in each county of the
State, and the City of Baltimore, to be elected by the legal and qualified
voters of said counties, respectively, who shall hold his office for six
years from the time of his election, and until his successor is elected
and qualified; he shall be re-eligible, and subject at all times to removal
for wilful neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in office in the same manner
that the Clerks of the Courts are removable. In the event of any
vacancy in the office of the Register of Wills, said vacancy shall be filled
by the Judges of the Orphans' Court, in which such vacancy occurs,
until the next general election for Delegates to the General Assembly,
when a Register shall be elected to serve for six years thereafter.

Part VI.—Justices of the Peace.

Sec. 42. The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, shall appoint such number of Justices of the Peace, and the
County Commissioners of the several counties, and the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, respectively, shall appoint such number of Con-
stables, for the several Election Districts of the counties and wards of
the City of Baltimore, as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by
Law; and Justices of the Peace and Constables so appointed shall be
subject to removal by the Judge or Judges having criminal jurisdic-
tion in the county or city, for incompetency, wilful neglect of duty, or
misdemeanor in office, on conviction in a Court of Law. The Justices
of the Peace and Constables so appointed and commissioned shall be
Conservators of the Peace; shall hold their office for two years, and
shall have such jurisdiction, duties and compensation, subject to such
right of appeal in all cases from the judgment of Justices of the Peace,
as hath been heretofore exercised, or shall be hereafter prescribed by
Law.

Sec. 43. In the event of a vacancy in the office of a Justice of the
Peace, the Governor shall appoint a person to serve as Justice of the
Peace for the residue of the term; and in case of a vacancy in the office
of Constable, the County Commissioners of the county in which the
vacancy occurs, or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, as the
case may be, shall appoint a person to serve as Constable for the residue
of the term.

Part VII.—Sheriffs.

Sec. 44. There shall be elected in each County, and in the City of
Baltimore, in every second year, one person, resident in said County or
City, above the age of twenty-five years, and at least five years preceding
his election, a citizen of this State, to the office of Sheriff. He shall
hold his office for two years, and until his successor is duly elected and
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