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 a
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.

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
case of a vacancy in the office of Constable, the County Com-
missioners of the county in which the vacancy occurs, or the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, as the case may be,
shall appoint a person to serve as Constable for the residue of
the term.

Part VII—Sheriffs.

SEC. 44. There shall be elected in each county in every sec-
ond year, one person, resident in said county above the age of
twenty-five years, and at least five years preceding his election,
a citizen of the State, to the office of Sheriff. He shall hold
office for two years, and until his successor is duly elected and
qualified; shall be ineligible for two years thereafter; shall
give such bond, exercise such powers and perform such duties
as now are or may hereafter be fixed by law. In case of a
vacancy by death, resignation, refusal to serve, or neglect to
qualify, or give bond, or by disqualification, or removal from
the county, the Governor shall appoint a person to be Sheriff
for the remainder of the official term.

In the city of Baltimore at the general election to be held
in the year 1915 and every four years thereafter, there shall be
elected in said city of Baltimore, one person who shall be a
resident of said city, above the age of twenty-five years, and
who shall have been at least five years preceding his election a
citizen of this State to the office of Sheriff.

He shall hold his office for four years, and until his succes-
sor is duly elected and qualified; shall be eligible for re-elec-
tion ; shall give such bond, exercise such powers and perform