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mode of determining contested elections for said officers shall be
prescribed by law, and in ease of the death, resignation or dis
qualification of any Clerk or Register, a new election shall be
held as aforesaid, at the next general election for Delegates to the
General Assembly; and in the mean time the Judge or Judges of
the District in which said vacancy may occur, shall immediately
appoint a person having the qualications aforesaid to fill said
vacancy; and the person so appointed, shall be Register of Wills,
or Clerk as the ease may he, for the county or city for which he
may be appointed; and shall hold said office, discharge the duties,
and be entitled to the fees and emoluments thereof, according to
law, until the election and qualificat ion of his successor; and the
Clerk for the district court for Baltimore city shall in addition to
his other duties in like manner perform the duties and be entitled
to the fees of the clerk of Baltimore city court; and the General
Assembly shall have full power to enlarge, alter or change the
powers and duties of the said clerks and Registers, prescribe the
mude of qualifying and fix, determine or alter their fees or com
pensazion.

Sec. 14. Justices of the Peace of this State for the several
counties and the city of Baltimore, shall be elected by the quali
fied voters of the county or city for which the election may be
held, and shall hold their offices for the term of two years, and
until their successors shall have been elected, and shall have
qualified; and the General Assembly shall, by law, prescribe the
number of Justices of the Peace for each county and city; their
duties and emoluments; the time, place and manner of holding
elections, the mode of making returns thereof, rules for determin
ing contested elections; for certifying the election and qualifica-
tions of the persons elected; and for filling all vacancies which
may occur; but no person shall be a Justice of the Peace for any
county or city, who shall not be entitled to vote therein at the time
of his election.

Sec. 15. Constables, Coroners and Elizors shall be appointed
as now prescribed by law, or in such manner as the General As
sembly may direct.

Sec. 16. Sheriffs shall be elected in each county, and in the
city of Baltimore every fourth year, that is to say, two persons for
the office of Sheriff for each courtly, and two for the said city, the
one of whom having the highest number of votes of the qualified
voters of said county or city, or if both have an equal number,
either of them, at the discretion of the Governor, to be commis
sioned by the Governor for the said office, and having served for
four years, such person shall be ineligible for the five years next
succeeding; bond with security, to be taken every year as usual,
and no sheriff shall be qualified to act before the same be given.
In case of death, refusal, disqualification or removal out of the
county before the expiration of the four years; the other person
chosen as aforesaid shall be commissioned by the Governor to