SEC. 14. Until January 1, 1945, the Court of Appeals shall
be composed of the Judges in office on November 7, 1944. From
and after January 1, 1945, the Court of Appeals shall be com-
posed of five Judges, two from the City of Baltimore; one from
the First Appellate Judicial Circuit, consisting of Cecil, Kent,
Queen Anne's, Caroline, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Wor-
cester and Somerset Counties; one from the Second Appellate
Judicial Circuit, consisting of Harford, Baltimore, Anne Arun-
del, Prince George's, Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's Counties;
and one from the Third Appellate Judicial Circuit, consisting
of Carroll, Howard, Montgomery, Frederick, Washington,
Allegany and Garrett Counties; and during the continuance
in office of Judges who were in office before January 1, 1945,
not exceeding three additional Judges. The City of Baltimore
shall, for the purposes of this section, be designated as the
Fourth Appellate Judicial Circuit. The additional Judge from
the Fourth Appelate Judicial Circuit shall be appointed by the
Governor to serve until the election and qualification of his
successor, as provided by Section 5 of this Article. Except as
to such additional Judge, the Judges of said Court, in the first
instance, shall be appointed by the Governor from their respec-
tive Appellate Judicial Circuits, but such appointments shall
be made from among the elected Judges composing the Court
of Appeals as of December 31, 1944. If, on December 31, 1944,
there are no elected members of the Court of Appeals from
any Appellate Judicial Circuit, the Governor shall designate
the member of the Court of Appeals from that Appellate
Judicial Circuit from among the appointed members of the
Court of Appeals from that Appellate Judicial Circuit. If
any Judge so appointed shall be a member of the Court of Ap-
peals as of December 31, 1944, by virtue of having been elected
to that office, his appointment shall be for the balance of the
term for which he had theretofore been elected. The judges so
appointed from the First, Second, and Third Appellate Judicial
Circuits shall cease to be Chief Judges of their respective Cir-
cuits. Any elected Judges from Circuits, except the Eighth
Circuit, in office on December 31, 1944, other than the three
designated by the Governor as Judges of the Court of Appeals,
shall be additional Judges of the Court of Appeals and shall
continue to be Chief Judge of their respective Circuits and
shall hold office for the residue of the terms for which they
were elected. No successor to any such additional Judge shall
be appointed or elected as Judge of the Court of Appeals or
(except as provided in Section 21 of this Article) as Judge of
his Circuit, but any such additional Judge shall be eligible to
appointment as the member of the Court of Appeals from his
respective Appellate Judicial Circuit. Any vacancy in any
Appellate Judicial Circuit shall be filled by designation by the