Orphans' Court, the Governor shall appoint, subject to con-
firmation or rejection by the Senate, some suitable person to
fill the same for the residue of the term.

Ijams vs. Duvall, 85 Md., 252. Wells vs. Monroe, 86 Md., 448.
Savings Bank v. Wicks, 110 Md.

SEC. 41. There shall be a Register of Wills in each county
of the State and the city of Baltimore, to be elected by the
legal and qualified voters of said counties and city, respect-
ively, who shall hold his office for six years from the time of
bis election, and until his successor is elected and qualified; he
shall be re-eligible, and subject at all times to removal for
willful neglect of duty or misdemeanor in office in the same
manner that the clerks of the courts are removable. In the
event of any vacancy in the office of the Register of Wills,
said vacancy shall be filled by the Judges of the Orphans'
Court, in which such vacancy occurs, until the next general
election for Delegates to the General Assembly, when a Reg-
ister shall be elected to serve for six years thereafter.
Sappington vs. Scott, 14 Md., 40.

Part VI—Justices of the Peace.

SEC. 42. The Governor, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, shall appoint such number of Justices of
the Peace and the County Commissioners of the several coun-
ties, and the Mayor and. City Council of Baltimore, respect-
ively, shall appoint such number of Constables, for the sev-
eral election districts of the counties and wards of the city of
Baltimore, 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, willful
neglect of duty or misdemeanor in office, on conviction in &
court of law. The Justices of the Peace and Constables so ap-
pointed and commissioned shall be conservators of the peace;
shall hold their office for two years, and shall have such juris-
diction, duties and compensation, subject to such right of ap-
peal in all cases from the judgment of Justices of the Peace,
as hath been heretofore exercised, or shall be hereafter pre-
scribed by law.

State vs. Mace, 5 Md., 337. ' Cantwell vs. Owens, 14 Md., 215. Smith
vs. Thursby, 28 Md., 244. Herbert vs. Balto. Co., 97 Md., 639. Levin vs.
Hewes, 118 Md. Little vs. Hewes, 118 Md. Claude vs. Wayson, 118 Md.
Mohler vs. State, 120 Md. Gould vs. Balto., 120 Md.

SEC. 43. In the event of a vacancy in the Office of a Jus-
tice of the Peace, the Governor shall appoint a person to serve
as Justice of the Peace for the residue of the term; and in