Wills in each county of the State, and the
city of Baltimore, to be elected by the
legal and qualified voters of said coun-
ties and city, respectively, who shall hold
his office for six years from the time of
his election, and until his successor is
elected and qualified; he shall be re-
removal for wilful neglect of duty, or
misdemeanor in office in the same man-
ner that the Clerks of the Courts are
eligible, and subject at all times to
removable. In the event of any vacancy
in the office of 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 Register shall be
elected to serve for six years thereafter.
PART VI-JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
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 Commission-
ers of the several counties and the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
respectively, shall appoint such number
of Constables, for the several 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 Con-
stables, 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 con-
viction 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 jurisdiction, duties and compensa-
tion, subject to such right of appeal, in
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all cases, from the judgment of Justices
of the Peace, as hath been heretofore
exercised, or shall be hereafter prescribed
by Law.
Sec. 43. In the event of a vacancy in
the office of a Justice 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
Commissioners 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, and in the City of Balti-
more, in every second year, one person,
resident in said county or city, above the
age of twenty-five years, and at least five
years preceding his election, a citizen of
this State, to the office of Sheriff. He
shall hold his 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, or city, the Governor shall ap-
point a person to be Sheriff for the
remainder of the official term.
Sec. 45. Coroners, Elisors, and No-
taries Public may be appointed for each
county, and the city of Baltimore, in the
manner, for the purpose, and with the
powers now fixed, or which may here-
after be prescribed by Law.
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