ART. IV] CONSTITUTION. 47
physical or mental infirmity, it shall be in the power of the
General Assembly, two-thirds of the members of each House
concurring, with the approval of the Governor, to retire said
judge from office. |
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SEC. 4. Any judge shall be removed from office by the
Governor, on conviction in a court of law, of incompetency,
of wilful neglect of duty, misbehavior in office or any other
crime, or on impeachment, according to this Constitution, or
the laws of the State; or on the address of the General As-
sembly, two-thirds of each House concurring in such address,
and the accused having been notified of the charges against
him, and having had opportunity of making his defence. |
Removal of
Judges. |
SEC. 5. After the election for judges, as hereinbefore pro-
vided, there shall be held in this State, in every fifteenth year
thereafter, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in Novem-
ber of such year, an election for judges as herein provided; |
Election of
Judges. |
and in case of death, resignation, removal or disqualification
by reason of age or otherwise 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 members of
the General Assembly, when a successor shall be elected,
whose term of office shall be the same as hereinbefore pro-
vided, and upon the expiration of the term of fifteen years
for which any judge may be elected to fill a vacancy, an elec-
tion for his successor shall take place at the next general elec-
tion for members of the General Assembly to occur upon or
after the expiration of his said term; and the Governor shall
appoint a person duly qualified to hold said office from the ex-
piration of such term of fifteen years until the election and
qualification of his successor.*
SEC. 6. All judges shall, by virtue of their offices be con-
servators of the peace throughout the State; and no fees, or |
Appointment
by Gov-
ernor. |
perquisites, commission or reward of any kind, shall be al-
lowed to any judge in this State, besides his annual salary, for
the discharge of any judicial duty.
Ex parte O'Neill, 8 Md., 227. State vs. Glenn, 54 Md., 572. Sev-
insky vs. Wagus, 76 Md., 335.
SEC. 7. No judge shall sit in any case wherein he may be |
Duties. |
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.
Crawford vs. Crawford, 22 Md., 447. Curtis Estate va. Piersol, 117
Md.
•Thus amended by Act of 1860, Chapter 417, ratified by the people at
November election. 1881. |
Disqualifica-
tions. |
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