J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                          1179

in Section 5 of this Article.] From and after December 1, 1960, there
shall be not less than five judges resident in Montgomery County.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article the [vacancies
in Anne Arundel, Baltimore and St. Mary's Counties] vacancy in
Montgomery County created by the adoption of this amendment shall
not be filled by appointment as provided in Section 5 of this Article,
but at the first biennial general election for Representatives in Con-
gress, after the adoption of this amendment a judge shall be elected
by the qualified voters of [Anne Arundel, Baltimore and St. Mary's
Counties, respectively,] Montgomery County to fill such vacancy in
[each] such county. Any other vacancy in the office of Judge of
the Circuit Court for [Anne Arundel, Baltimore, and St. Mary's
Counties] Montgomery County AND ANY VACANCY IN THE
SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT shall be filled as provided in Sec-
tions 3 and 5 of this Article, EXCEPT THAT THE PERSON
INITIALLY APPOINTED TO FILL THE VACANCY IN THE
SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF
KENT COUNTY.

The said judges shall hold such terms of the Circuit Court in each
of the Counties composing their respective circuits, at such times as
are now prescribed or may hereafter be prescribed by rules or regu-
lations by the Court of Appeals or otherwise by law. One judge in
each of the first seven circuits shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
action of any business; and the said judges, or any of them, may
hold special terms of their courts, when in their discretion, the busi-
ness of the several counties renders such terms necessary.

All provisions of the Constitution of Maryland and all Acts of the
General Assembly relating to the Court of Appeals or any other
courts, and all rules heretofore adopted by the Court of Appeals,
not inconsistent with the provisions of the sections amended or added
by this amendment, shall remain in full force and effect_: unless and
until amended or repealed by proper authority. All salaries now pre-
scribed by law for associate judges of the Circuit Courts shall con-
tinue to apply to all judges (including chief judges) of the Circuit
Court. No member of the General Assembly at which either of these
amendments was proposed, OR AT WHICH THE NUMBER OR
SALARY OF JUDGES FOR ANY OF THE EIGHT CIRCUITS
OR FOR ANY OF THE COUNTIES MAY BE INCREASED OR
DECREASED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM TIME TO
TIME, if otherwise qualified, shall be 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.

In the event and to the extent of any inconsistency between the
provisions of any section amended or added by these amendments
and any of the other provisions of this Constitution or the provisions
of any existing law, the provisions of the sections amended or added
shall prevail, and such other provisions shall be repealed or abrogated
to the extent of such inconsistency, except Section 35A 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 and any of the other provisions of the sections thus amended
or added and any of the other provisions of this Constitution as
amended by any other amendments which may be adopted at the
same time or times as these amendments, i.e. at the election held