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in after provided for, and Justices of the Peace; all said
courts shall be courts of record, &c.
Sec. 2. The judges of all of the said courts shall be
citizens of the State, and qualified voters thereof, and
shall have resided therein not less than five years, and not
less than one year next preceding their election or ap-
pointment in the judicial circuit. They shall not be less
than thirty years of age.
Sec. 3. The judges shall be elected by the qualified
voters in their respective judicial circuits, at the general
election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday
in November next. Each of the said judges shall hold
his office during good behavior. In case of inability of any
of said judges to discharge their duty with efficiency by
reason of continued sickness or of physical or mental in-
firmity, it shall be in the power of the General Assembly,
two-thirds of the members of each house concurring, with
the approval of the Governor, to retire said judge from
office.
Sec. 4. Any judge shall be removed from office by the
Governor on conviction, in a court of law, of incompetency,
willful neglect of duty, misbehavior in office, or any other
crime, or on impeachment according to this constitution
or the laws of the State; or on the address of the General
Assembly, two-thirds of each House concurring in such
address.
Sec. 5. Provides for filling vacancies until the next
general election.
Secs. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 embrace nothing new.
Sec. 14. The Court of Appeals shall be composed of
the chief judges of the several judicial circuits of the
State, one of whom shall be designated by the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as the
chief judge. It shall hold its sessions in the city of An-
napolis on the first Monday in April and the first Monday
in October of each and every year, or at such other times
as the General Assembly may by law direct. Its sessions
shall continue not less than ten months in the year, if the
business before it shall so require, and it shall be com-
petent for the judges temporarily to transfer their sit-
tings elsewhere, upon sufficient cause.
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