1870

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 523

BY proposing a repeal of the Constitution of Maryland

Article IV - Judiciary Department

Section 27 through 35, and 37 through 39, inclusive

BY proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland

Article IV - Judiciary Department

Section 1, 4A, 4B(a), 5, 9, 18, 20, 23, 25, and 26

BY proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland
Article XVIII - Provisions of Limited Duration

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, (Three-fifths of all the members elected to each
of the two Houses concurring), That it be proposed that
Section(s) 27 through 35, and 37 through 39, inclusive, of
Article IV - Judiciary Department, of the Constitution of
Maryland be repealed.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, (Three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two Houses
concurring), That it be proposed that section(s) of the
Constitution of Maryland be repealed, amended, or added to
read as follows:

Article IV - Judiciary Department

The Judicial power of this State [shall be] IS vested
in a Court of Appeals, [and] such intermediate courts of
appeal as [shall be provided by law by] the General Assembly
MAY CREATE BY LAW, Circuit Courts, Orphans' Courts, [such
Courts for the City of Baltimore as are hereinafter provided
for,] and a District Court[; all said]. THESE Courts shall
be Courts of Record, and each shall have a seal to be used
in the authentication of all process issuing [therefrom]
FROM IT.

4A.

[(a)] There is created a Commission on Judicial
Disabilities composed of seven persons appointed by the
Governor of Maryland. The members of the Commission shall
be citizens and residents of this State. Four members of
the Commission shall be appointed from among the judges of
the appellate courts, the Circuit Courts [for the Counties,
the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City], and the District
Court; two members shall be appointed from among those
persons who are admitted to practice law in the State, who