judge of the Court of Appeals); the other judge or judges shall
be associate judges. No two of said judges of the Circuit
Court shall at the time of their election or appointment; or
during the term for which they may have been elected or ap-
pointed, reside in any one county other than Baltimore,
Montgomery, Prince George's or Allegany County, and not
more than two in any county except (if there is an additional
judge of the Court of Appeals) Baltimore County, in case any
candidate or candidates for judge at any election shall receive
sufficient votes to cause such candidate or candidates to be
declared elected, but the election of such candidate or candi-
dates would cause more judges than herein permitted to reside
in any county of the circuit, then and in that event there shall
be declared elected only that candidate or those candidates
residing in said county, in the order of the votes received,
whose election would provide the permitted number of judges
from said county, and also the candidate or candidates residing
in some other county, and not similarly disqualified, who shall
have the next highest number of votes in said election. If, by
reason of such a condition or by reason of an equal vote for
two or more candidates a sufficient number of judges duly
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force and effect unless and until amended or repealed by proper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,