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whichever may first happen, and be re-eligible thereto
until he shall have attained the age of seventy years, and
not after; but in the case of any judge who shall attain
the age of seventy years while in office, such judge may
be continued in office by the General Assembly for such
further term as they may think fit, not to exceed the term
for which he was elected, by a resolution to be passed at
the session next preceding such judge's attaining such
age. "
The report of the committee was adopted, and the Con-
vention then adjourned.
FIFTIETH DAY.
ANNAPOLIS, THURSDAY, JULY 18.
Convention met at 10 o'clock. Prayer by Rev. Father
Burke.
The unfinished business, being the report of the com-
mittee upon the judiciary department, was taken up.
Section 3 was read as amended by the committee of the
whole.
Mr. Rider moved to strike out fifteen years, and insert
ten, which was disagreed to by a vote of 59 to 38. Other
amendments were offered and rejected, and the section
passed over for the present.
Section 4 was read and passed over without amend-
ment.
Section 5 was read and amended. Several other sec-
tions were considered and disposed of, some of them with
slight amendments.
Mr. Dobbin offered, as a substitute, "whose tenure of
office shall be the same as hereinbefore provided, " which
was adopted.
Section 19 was then read.
Mr. Archer submitted as a substitute for the entire
part third as reported by him from the minority of the
committee on the judiciary.
The Chair said the substitute as proposed could not be
received, unless the committee reconsidered its action
passing over the 18th and 19th sections.
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