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partisan elec-
tion; jurisdic-
tion; regulation
of administra-
tion; chief
clerk; with-
drawal of jur-
isdiction; magis-
trates and
Justices of the
Peace; eligibility
of members of
the General
Assembly.
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Said Court shall consist orig-
inally of eleven Judges; the
number of such Judges may
thereafter be increased or de-
creased by the General As-
sembly by Law, but no such
decrease shall affect the
term of any Judge then in
office or his right to stand
for election for further terms
as hereinafter provided. The
Judges of said Court shall
have the qualifications pre-
scribed by Section 2 of this
Article, shall each have prac-
ticed law in the City of Bal-
timore for a total period of
at least five years and shall
devote their full time to the
duties of said Court; they
shall hold office subject to
the provisions of Sections 3
and 4 of this Article with
regard to retirement and re-
moval from office; and they
shall receive such compensa-
tion from such sources as
shall be provided by Law by
the General Assembly, which
shall not be diminished dur-
ing their continuance in of-
fice. Authority is hereby
given to the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore to pay
to each of the Judges of the
Court herein created such
annual sum as an addition to
their respective salaries as
the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore shall from time
to time deem right and
proper, provided that any
such sum, being once grant-
ed, shall not be diminished
during the continuance of
said Judges in office.
(b) The Governor shall
appoint to said Court, to take
office on the first Monday of
May, 1961, four Associate
Judges for a term expiring
December 31, 1962; four As-
sociate Judges for a term ex-
piring December 31, 1964;
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