Sec. 2. All and every part of the
Constitution and form of government,
relating to the Judges, time, place and
manner of holding elections in the City
of Baltimore, and all and every part of
the second, third, fifth, fourteenth and
forty second Sections of the Constitution
and form of Government of this state,
which relate to the Judges, place, time,
and manner of holding the several Elec-
tions for Delegates electors of the Senate,
and sheriffs of the several Counties be
and the same are hereby abrogated, re-
pealed and annulled and the same shall
hereafter be regulated by Law.
1802
Proposed by Act of 1801, chapter 90.
Ratified 1802.
Every free white male Citizen of this
State, and no other, above twenty one
years of age, having resided twelve
months in the County next preceding
the election at which he offers to vote;
and every free white male Citizen of this
State above twenty one years of age,
and having obtained a residence of
twelve months next preceding the elec-
tion in the City of Baltimore or the City
of Annapolis and at which he offers to
vote, shall have a right of suffrage and
shall vote by Ballot in the election of
such County or City or either of them
for Delegates to the general Assembly,
Electors of the Senate and Sheriffs.
1803
Proposed by Act of 1802, chapter 82.
Ratified 1803.
All that part of the Constitution and
Form of Government made such by the
Acts of seventeen hundred and ninety
eight and seventeen hundred and ninety
nine, which directs, that Frederick
County shall be divided and laid off into
seven separate Districts be and the
same is hereby repealed.
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Frederick County shall be divided and
laid off into nine separate Districts.
Proposed by Act of 1804, chapter 55.
Ratified 1805.
Sec. 1. This State shall be divided into
six Judicial Districts, in manner and
form following, to wit, Saint Mary's
Charles and Prince George's Counties,
shall be the first District; Cecil, Kent,
Queen Anne's and Talbot Counties shall
be the second District; Calvert, Anne
Arundel and Montgomery Counties,
shall be the third District; Caroline,
Dorchester, Somerset, and Worcester
Counties, shall be the fourth district;
Frederick, Washington and Allegany
Counties, shall be the fifth District; Bal-
timore and Harford Counties shall be
the sixth District; and there shall be ap-
pointed for each of the said Judicial Dis-
tricts three persons of Integrity and
sound legal knowledge, residents of the
State of Maryland, who shall previous
to and during their acting as Judges,
reside in the District for which they shall
respectively be appointed, one of whom
shall be styled in the Commission Chief
Judge, and the other two Associate
Judges of the District for which they
shall be appointed; and the chief Judge,
together with the two Associate Judges,
shall compose the County Courts in each
respective District; and each Judge shall
hold his Commission during good be-
havior, removable for misbehavior on
conviction in a Court of Law, or shall be
removed by the Governor, upon the ad-
dress of the General Assembly, provided
that two thirds of all the Members of
each House concur in such address; and
the County Courts, so as aforesaid estab-
lished, shall have, hold and exercise, in
the several Counties of this State, all
and every the powers, authorities and
Jurisdictions, which the County Courts
of this State now have, use and exercise,
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