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on the third Wednesday of May in each year, that such offi-
cers may be required to be elected, and no other officers ex-
cept a Judicial one shall be elected at the same time; "

Decided in the negative.

Mr. Thomas submitted the following amendment:

Insert as an additional section the following:

"Sec. 24. In case of the death, resignation, removal or
other disqualification of a Judge by the Courts of this State,
the Governor by, and with the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate, shall thereupon appoint a person duly qualified, to fill
said office until the next general election for members to the
General Assembly thereafter, at which time an election shall
be held as herein prescribed, for a Judge, who shall hold said
office for the term of fifteen years, and until the election and
qualification of his successor; "

Decided in the affirmative

Mr. Thomas submitted the following amendment:

Strike out the 24th section, and insert the following:

"Section 24. The qualified voters of the city of Baltimore,
and of the several counties of the State, shall on Tuesday next
after the first Monday in the month of November, 1867, and
on the same day in the same month in every fourth year there-
after, elect three men to be Judges of the Orphans' Court of
said city and counties 'respectively, who shall be citizens of
the State of Maryland and citizens of the city or county for
which they may be severally elected, at the time of their
election; the Judges of the Orphans' Court for the city of Bal-
timore, shall receive an annual salary of——————— hundred
dollars, to be paid by said city. The Judges in the several
counties shall receive a per diem, and be paid by the said
counties; "

Mr. Hebb submitted the following amendment:

Sec. 24, line two, strike out all after the word "Baltimore, "
and insert the following:

"The qualified voters of the city of Baltimore and of the
several counties of the State shall, on Tuesday next after the
first Monday in the month of November^ eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven, elect three men to be Judges of the Orphans'
Court- of said city and counties respectively; one of the said
Judges first elected, shall hold his office for two years, one
for four years and the other for six years; and at the first
meeting after their election and qualification, or as soon