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of five of their number as aforesaid, and such rotation that
each of said Judges shall sit in the said Court at least every
second year, and the said Chief Judges, not sitting in the
Court of Appeals, shall discharge their duties in the Circuits;
and the Court of Appeals when in session, or any Judge
thereof when said Court is not in session, may, in case of
the disqualification of any or all of the Judges of any Cir-
cuit, to sit in any case, or of inability from sickness of any
or all the Judges of any Circuit, or on other occasion aris-
ing, in its discretion, assign any of said Chief Judges, not
sitting in the Court of Appeals, to sit in any Circuit other
than that in and for which they may have been elected and
may also, on any one or more of said Judges sitting in the
Court of Appeals at any session thereof becoming disabled
by sickness or other cause select any of the said Judges not
sitting in said Court to attend the session thereof; and it
shall be the duty of the said Chief Judges, immediately on
being notified, to attend the session of the said Court of
Appeals, and to continue to sit therein until the removal of
the disability aforesaid.
The rules which may be adopted by the said Chief Judges
to secure the aforesaid results, shall be subject to modification
and change by the General Assembly.
Pending the consideration of which,
Mr. Archer submitted the following amendment as a sub-
stitute for the whole Section :
PART II—COURT OF APPEALS.
SECTION 14. The Court of Appeals shall consist of a Chief
Judge and four Associate Judges, and for their selection the
State shall be divided into five Judicial Districts, as follows:
Worcester, Somerset, Dorchester, Talbot, Caroline, Queen
Anne's and Kent Counties shall compose the First District;
Cecil, Harford, Baltimore and Carroll Counties shall com-
pose the Second District; Baltimore City shall compose the
Third District: Allegany, Washington, Frederick and
Montgomery Counties shall compose the Fourth District .
and St. Mary's, Charles. Anne Arundel, Calvert, Prince
George's and Howard Counties, shall compose the Filth Dis-
trict; one of the Judges of the Court of Appeals shall be
elected from each of said Districts by the qualified voters
thereof; and the salary of each Judge shall be four thousand
dollars ($4,000.)
Pending the consideration of which,
Mr. Maulsby moved that the Committee rise and report
progress, and ask leave to sit again ;
Decided in the affirmative.
The Committee then rose.
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