COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
		an irrevocable pledge of the full faith and
		credit and unlimited taxing power of the
		State. Any such appropriation that is in ad-
		dition to or exceeds the capital appropria-
		tions submitted to the General Assembly by
		the governor shall provide for a tax, direct
		or indirect, sufficient to pay the debt service
		required thereby, to be levied and collected
		as prescribed in the supplementary appropri-
		ation bill.
	ARTICLE IV.
	JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.
	Part I. General Provisions.
	Section 1. The Judicial power of this	See Section 5.02, Judicial Power, p. 3.
	State shall be vested in a Court of Appeals,
	and such intermediate courts of appeal, as
	shall be provided by law by the General
	Assembly, Circuit Courts, Orphans' Courts,
	such Courts for the City of Baltimore, as
	are hereinafter provided for, and Justices
	of the Peace; all said Courts shall be Courts
	of Record, and each shall have a seal to be
	used in the authentication of all process
	issuing therefrom. The process and official
	character of Justices of the Peace shall be
	authenticated as hath heretofore been prac-
	ticed in this State, or may hereafter be
	prescribed by Law.
	Sec. 2. The Judges of all of the said	Section 5.14. Eligibility for Nomination and
	Courts shall be citizens of the State of	Appointment.
	Maryland, and qualified voters under this	A judge shall have been a citizen of the
	Constitution, and shall have resided there-	State and shall have been authorized to prac-
	in not less than five years, and not less	tice law in the State for at least five years
	than six months next preceding their elec-	immediately preceding his nomination. A
	tion, or appointment, as the case may be,	nominee for judge of the Court of Appeals
	in the city, county, judicial circuit, inter-	or of the Intermediate Appellate Court shall
	mediate appellate judicial circuit or appel-	be a resident of the circuit where that court
	late judicial circuit for which they may be, respectively, elected, or appointed. They	vacancy exists. A nominee for judge of the Superior Court shall be a resident of the
	shall be not less than thirty years of age	county where the vacancy exists. A nominee
	at the time of their election, or appointment,	for judge of the District Court shall be a res-
	and shall be selected from those who have	ident of the district where the vacancy ex-
	been admitted to practice Law in this State,	ists.
	and who are most distinguished for integrity,
	wisdom and sound legal knowledge.
	Sec. 3. The Judges of the said several	See Section 522, Judicial Term of Office, p.
	Courts other than the Court of Appeals or	61.
	any intermediate courts of appeal shall, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this	Section 5.23. Judicial Retirement.
	Article of the Constitution, be elected in	Each judge shall retire at the age of seven-
	Baltimore City and in each county, by the	ty. If a majority of the members of the
	qualified voters of the city and of each	Court of Appeals approve, the chief judge
	county, respectively, except that in the First	may authorize a retired judge to perform
	and Second Judicial Circuits the said Judges	temporarily judicial duties in any court.

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