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Court, the judges of said court shall have power to fill such
vacancy until the general election for delegates to the General
Assembly, to be held next thereafter, when a successor shall be
elected for the term of six years.

DEPUTY CLERKS.

SEC. 26. The said clerks shall appoint, subject to the confirma-
tion of the judges of their respective courts, as many deputies
under them as the said judges shall deem necessary to perform,
together with themselves, the duties of the said office, who shall
be removable by the said judges for incompetency or neglect of
duty, and whose compensation shall be according to existing or
future provisions of the General Assembly.

THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES.

(Article IV— Part IV, Section 48. )

GOVERNOR TO APPOINT JUSTICES—APPOINTMENT OF CONSTABLES—
REMOVAL—TERM—JURISDICTION.

CONST. ART. 4, SEC. 42. The Governor, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, shall appoint such number of justices
of the peace, and the county commissioners of the several
counties, and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, respect-
ively, shall appoint such number of constables for the several
election districts of the counties and wards of the city of Balti-
more as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by law; and
justices of the peace and constables so appointed shall be subject
to removal by the judge or judges, having criminal jurisdiction
in the county or city, for incompetency, wilful neglect of duty
or misdemeanor in office, on conviction in a court of law. The
justices of the peace and constables, so appointed and commis-
sioned, shall be conservators of the peace, shall hold their office
for two years, and shall have such jurisdiction, duties and compen-
sation, subject to such right of appeal, in all eases, from the judg-
ment of justices of the peace as hath been heretofore exercised
or shall be hereafter prescribed by law.

DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

Adjutant General. —The Adjutant General is appointed by
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.