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cuits the said Judges of the
several Courts shall be
elected by the qualified vot-
ers in each respective Ju-
dicial Circuit as herein-
after provided, all of the
said Judges to be elected
at the general election to
be held on the Tuesday after
the first Monday in No-
vember, as now provided
for in the Constitution. Each
of the said Judges shall
hold his office for the term
of fifteen years from the
time of his election, and
until his successor is elected
and qualified, 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. In case of the
inability of any of said
Judges to discharge his
duties with efficiency, by
reason of continued sick-
ness, or of physical or men-
tal infirmity, it shall be in
the power of the General
Assembly, two-thirds of the
members of each House con-
curring, with the approval
of the Governor to retire
said Judge from office.
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office for the term of fif-
teen years from the time of
his election, and until his
successor is elected and
qualified, or until he shall
have attained the age of
seventy years, whichever
may first happen, and be
re-eligible thereto until he
shall have attained the age
of seventy years, and not
after; but in case of any
Judge, who shall attain the
age of seventy years whilst
in office, such Judge may be
continued in office by the
General Assembly for such
further time as they may
think fit, not to exceed the
term for which he was
elected, by a Resolution to
be passed at the session
next preceding his attain-
ing said age. In case of
the inability of any of said
Judges to discharge his du-
ties with efficiency, by
reason of continued sick-
ness, or of physical or men-
tal infirmity, it shall be in
the power of the General
Assembly, two-thirds of the
members of each House con-
curring, with the approval
of the Governor, to retire
said Judge from office.
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Circuit shall hold his office
for the term of fifteen years,
from the time of his elec-
tion, or until he shall have
attained the age of seventy
years whichever may first
happen, and be re-eligible
thereto until he shall have
attained the age of seventy
years, and not after.
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more city shall be the fifth,
Baltimore, Harford and
Cecil counties shall be the
sixth; Kent, Queen Anne's,
Talbot and Caroline coun-
ties shall be the seventh; and
Dorchester, Somerset and
Worcester counties shall be
the eighth; and there shall
be elected as hereinafter
directed for each of the said
Judicial Circuits, except the
fifth, one person from among
those learned in the law,
having been admitted to
practice in this State, and
who shall have been a citi-
zen of this State at least
five years, and above the
age of thirty years at the
time of his election, and a
resident of the Judicial Cir-
cuit to be Judge thereof;
the said Judges shall be
styled Circuit Judges, and
shall respectively hold a
term of their courts at least
twice in each year, or
ofterier if required by law,
in each county composing
their respective circuits; and
the said courts shall be
called Circuit Courts for
the county in which they
may be held, and shall have
and exercise in the several
counties of this State, all
he power, authority and
jurisdiction which the
county courts of this State
now have and exercise, or
which may hereafter be pre-
scribed by law, and the said
Judges in their respective
circuits, shall have and ex-
ercise all the power, au-
thority and jurisdiction of
the present Court of Chan-
cery of Maryland; Provided,
nevertheless, that Baltimore
county court may hold its
sittings within the limits of
the city of Baltimore, until
provision shall be made by
law for the location of a
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roads only excepted), and
may also suspend or remove
any civil officer who has not
a commission during good
behaviour, and may sus-
pend any militia officer
for one month, and may also
suspend or remove any reg-
ular officer in the land or
sea service; and the gover-
nor may remove or suspenc
any militia officer in pur-
suance of the judgment of
a court martial.
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