CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	Judge and two Associate Judges; the number	State shall be divided by law into districts.
	of such Judges may thereafter be increased	Each district shall consist of one county or
	or decreased by the General Assembly by	two or more entire and adjoining counties.
	Law but no such decrease shall affect the	The number of judges shall be allocated
	term of any Judge then in office or his right	among the districts by law. At least one dis-
	to stand for election for further terms as	trict court judge shall reside in each county.
	hereinafter provided. The Judges of said	Functional divisions of the District Court
	Court shall have the qualifications pre-	may be established in any district.
	scribed by Section 2 of this Article and shall have practiced Law in the City of Baltimore	See Section 5.14, Eligibility for Nomination
	for a total period of at least five years; shall	and Appointment, p. 47.
	hold office subject to the provisions of Sections 3 and 4 of this Article with regard	See Section 5.24, Judicial Compensation', p. 51.
	to retirement and removal from office; and
	shall receive from the Mayor and City
	Council of Baltimore City such compensa-
	tion as shall be fixed by Law by the General
	Assembly, which shall not be diminished
	during continuance in office.
	The Governor shall appoint to said Court,	See Section 5.15, Nomination and Appoint-
	to take office on the first Monday of May,	ment, p. 16.
	1941, one Associate Judge for a term
	expiring December 31, 1942, one Associate
	Judge for a term expiring December 31,
	1944, and a Chief Judge for a term expiring
	December 31, 1946; and, upon the creation
	of any additional office on said Court by
	increase in the number of Judges pursuant
	to this Section, shall appoint an Associate
	Judge for such term, not exceeding eight
	years and expiring on the thirty-first day
	of December immediately following a Con-
	gressional election, as the Law creating such
	office shall prescribe. If any vacancy occurs
	during any such original term, the Governor
	shall appoint a successor to serve for the
	remainder of such term. After the expira-
	tion of said original terms, the terms of office
	of said Court shall be for eight years from
	the expiration of the preceding term, and
	shall be filled as follows:
	(1) Any incumbent Judge of said .Court	See Section 5.22, Judicial Term of Office, p.
	shall be eligible, at the Congressional elec-	51.
	tion immediately preceding the expiration of
	his period of appointment or term, for
	election or re-election to succeed himself
	(a) for a full term of eight years, except as
	provided in (b) hereof; or (b) for the un-
	expired remainder of the current eight year
	term, if his appointment will expire before
	the end of such term. Any qualified person
	including an incumbent Judge shall be
	eligible for election to said Court. Pro-
	vided, however, that any Judge who is in
	office when this act takes effect shall be
	entitled to have his name placed upon the
	ballot with no party designation and with
	no opposing candidate; and the voters shall

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