qualified as to residence shall not be elected at any election,
then it shall be the duty of the Governor to order a new elec-
tion, for such unfilled office or offices. The said judges shall
hold such terms of the Circuit Court in each of the counties
composing their respective circuits, at such times, as are
now prescribed or may hereafter be prescribed by rules or
regulations by the Court of Appeals or otherwise by law.
One judge in each of said seven circuits shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of any business; and the said
judges, or any of them, may hold special terms of their Courts,
when in their discretion, the business of the several counties
renders such terms necessary.

All provisions of the Constitution of Maryland and all acts
of the General Assembly relating to the Court of Appeals or
any other courts, and all rules heretofore adopted by the Court
of Appeals not inconsistent with the provisions of the sections
amended or added by this amendment, shall remain in full
force and effect unless and until amended or repealed by proper
authority. All salaries now prescribed by law for associate
judges of the Circuit Courts shall continue to apply to all judges
(including chief judges) of the Circuit Courts who are not
judges of the Court of Appeals. No member of the General
Assembly at which this amendment was proposed, if other-
wise qualified, shall be ineligible for appointment or election
as judge of the Court of Appeals or any other court by reason
of his membership in such General Assembly. All appeals and
other matters pending in the Court of Appeals on January I,
1945, shall be proceeded with and determined by the Court
as hereby constituted. In the event and to the extent of any
inconsistency between the provisions of any section amended
or added by this amendment and any of the other provisions
of this Constitution or the provisions of any existing law, the
provisions of the sections amended or added shall prevail,
and such other provisions shall be repealed or abrogated to
the extent of such inconsistency, except Section 35A of Article
III of this Constitution; provided, however, that in the event
of any inconsistency between the provisions of the sections
thus amended or added and any of the other provisions of this
Constitution as amended by any other amendments which
may be adopted at the same time as this amendment, i. e.,
at the election held in November, 1944, the changes made by
this amendment and all such other amendments to this Con-
stitution shall all be given effect.

This amendment was submitted by Chapter 772 of the Acts of 1943 and
will be voted upon by the people in November, 1944.