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the State; or on the address of the General Assembly, two-thirds
of each House concurring in such address, and the accused having
been notified of the charges against him, and having had op-
portunity of making his defence.

GOVENOR TO APPOINT IN CASE OF VACANCY.

SEC. 5. After the election for Judges, to be held as above men-
tioned, upon the expiration of the term, or in case of the death,
resignation, removal, or other disqualification of any Judge, the
Governor shall appoint a person duly qualified to fill said office,
who shall hold the same until the next general election for mem-
bers of the General Assembly, when a successor shall be elected,
whose tenure of office shall be the same, as hereinbefore provided.
Amended by Act of 1880, chapter 417, and ratified by the
people in November, 1881.

JUDGES TO BE CONSERVATORS OF THE PEACE—NO FEES TO JUDGES.

SEC. 6. All Judges shall, by virtue of their offices, be Conserva-
tors of the Peace throughout the State; and no fees, or per-
quisites, commissions, or reward of any kind, shall be allowed to
any Judge in this State, besides his annual salary, for the dis-
charge of any judicial duty.

JUDGES DISQUALIFIED.

SEC. 7. No judges shall sit in any case wherein he may be
interested, or where either of the parties may be connected with
him, by affinity or consanguinity, within such degrees as now
are, or may hereafter be prescribed by law, or where he shall
have been of counsel in the case.

TRIAL WITHOUT JURY—REMOVAL OF CASES.

SEC. 8. The parties to any cause may submit the same to the
court for determination, without the aid of a jury.

OFFICERS OF COURTS—COMPENSATION—JUDGES TO INVESTIGATE

EXPENSES.

SEC. 9. The judge, or judges of any court, may appoint such
officers for their respective courts as may be found necessary;
and such officers of the courts in the City of Baltimore shall be
appointed by the Judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to prescribe,
by law, a fixed compensation for all such officers; and said judge,