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State, and who are most
istinguished for integrity,
wisdom and sound legal
cnowledge.
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most distinguished for in-
egrity, wisdom and sound
egal knowledge.
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legal knowledge.
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age of thirty years at the
time of his election, and a
resident of the judicial dis-
trict, shall be elected from
each of said districts by the
legal and qualified voters
therein, as a judge of the
said Court of Appeals, who
shall hold his office for the
term of ten years from the
time of his election, or until
he shall have attained the
age of seventy years, which
ever may first happen, and
be re-eligible thereto until
he shall have attained the
age of seventy years, and
not after, subject to re-
moval for incompetency,
wilful neglect of duty, or
misbehaviour in office, on
conviction in a court of
law, or by the Governor
upon the address of the
General Assembly two-
thirds of the members of
each House concurring in
such address; and the sal-
ary of each of the Judges
of the Court of Appeals
shall be two thousand five
hundred dollars annually,
and shall not be increased
or diminished during their
continuance in office; and
no fees or perquisites of any
kind, shall be allowed by
law to any of the said
judges.
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Selection of
Judges; term;
removal.
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Sec. 3. The Judges o
the said several Courts othe
than the Court of Appeal
or any intermediate court
of appeal shall, subject to
the provisions of Section I
of this Article of the Con
stitution, be elected in Ba!
timore City and in eac
county, by the qualifiec
voters of the city and o
each county, respectively
except that in the Firs
and Second Judicial Cir
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Sec. 3. The Judges o:
the said several Courts shal
be elected in the Countie
by the qualified voters in
their respective Judicia
Circuits, as hereinafter pro
vided, at the general elec
tion to be held on th
Tuesday after the first Mon
day in November next, anc
in the city of Baltimore, o
the fourth Wednesday oi
October next. Each of th
said Judges shall hold hi
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Sec. 3. The Judges of
the Court of Appeals shall
be elected by the qualified
voters of the State; and the
Governor, by and with the j
advice and consent of the
Senate, shall designate the
Chief Justice; and the
Judges of the Judicial Cir-
cuits shall be elected by the
qualified voters of their re-
spective Circuits; each
Judge of the Court of Ap-
peals and of each Judicial
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Sec. 8. The State shall
be divided into eight Ju-
dicial Circuits, in manner
and form following, to wit:
St. Mary's, Charles and
Prince George's counties
shall be the first; Anne
Arundel, Howard, Calvert
and Montgomery counties
shall be the second; Fred-
erick and Carroll counties
shall be the third; Washing-
ton and Allegany counties
shall be the fourth; Balti-
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48. That the governor
for the time being, with the
advice and consent of the
council, may appoint the
chancellor, and all judges
and justices, the attorney
general, naval officers, of-
ficers in the regular land
and sea service, officers of
the militia, registers of the
land office, surveyors, and
all other civil officers of
government (assessors, con-
stables and overseers of the
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