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election, and a resident of the Judicial District, or if
Chief Justice a resident of the State as herein provid-
ed, shall be elected from each of said districts and the
State, by the legal and qualified voters therein as a Judge
of said Court of Appeals, who shall hold his office for the
term of fifteen years from the time of his election or until he
shall have attained the age of seventy years, whichever may
first happen, and be re-eligable thereto until he shall have
attained the age of seventy years, and not after, subject to
removal for incompetency, willful neglect of duty or misbe-
havior in office, on conviction in a Court of law, or by the
Governor upon the address of the General Assembly two-
thirds of the members of each house concurring in such ad-
dress, and the salary of each of the Judges of the Court of
Appeals, shall be four thousand dollars, ($4, 000, ) annually,
and shall not be in increased or diminished during their con-
tinuance in office, and no fees or perquisites of any kind shall
be allowed by law to any of the said Judges; "

The question being on the adoption of the amendment of
Mr. Thruston to the amendment of Mr. Dent;

Mr. Stirling demanded the yeas and nays;

The demand being sustained,

The yeas and nays were called, and appeared as follows:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Hopper, Robinette,

Annan, Jones, of Cecil, Russell,

Audoun, Keefer, Sands,

Barron, Kennard, Schley,

Brooks, Markey, Schlosser,

Cunningham, Mayhugh, Smith, of Carroll,

Cushing, McComas, Smith, of Wor.,

Daniel, Mullikin, Stirling,

Davis, of Wash., Murray, Stockbridge,

Ecker, Negley, Sykes,

Galloway, Parker, Thruston,

Hatch, Pugh, Wickard,

Hebb, Purnell, Wooden—39.
Hopkins,

NEGATIVE.

Messrs. Duvall, Mitchell,

Abbott, Earle, Miller,

Berry, of P. Geo., Edelen, Morgan,

Billingsley, Gale, Parran,

Blackiston, Horsey, Peter,