Part V—Orphans' Court.

SEC. 40. The qualified voters of the city of Baltimore and
of the several counties shall on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in November next, and on the same day in every
fourth year thereafter, 1 elect three men to be Judges of the
Orphans' Court of said city and counties, respectively, who
shall be citizens of the State, and residents for the twelve
months preceding, in the city or county, for which they may
be elected. They shall have all the powers now vested in the
Orphans' Courts of the State, subject to such changes as the
Legislature may prescribe. Each of said judges shall be paid
a per diem for the time they are actually in session, to be reg-
ulated by law, and to be paid by the said city or counties,
respectively. In case of a vacancy in the office of Judge of
the Orphans' Court, the Governor shall appoint, subject to
confirmation or rejection by the Senate, some suitable person
to fill the same for the residue of the term.

SEC. 41. There shall be a Register of Wills in each county
of the State, and the city of Baltimore, to be elected by the
legal and qualified2 voters of said counties and city, respec-
tively, who shall hold his office for six years from the time of
his election, and until his successor is elected and qualified2
he shall be re-eligible, and subject at all times to removal for
willful neglect of duty or misdemeanor in office in the same
manner that the clerks of the courts are removable. In the
event of any vacancy in the office of the Register of Wills, said
vacancy shall be filled by the Judges of the Orphans' Court,
in which such vacancy occurs, until the next general election
for Delegates to the General Assembly, when a Register shall
be elected to serve for six years thereafter.1

Part V-4—People's Courts.

41-A. There is hereby created a People's Court of Balti-
more City. Said Court shall consist originally of a Chief Judge
and two Associate Judges; the number of such Judges may
thereafter be increased or decreased by the General Assembly
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 prescribed by Section 2 of this Article and
shall have practiced law in the City of Baltimore for a total
period of at least five years; shall hold office subject to the
provisions of Sections 3 and 4 of this Article with regard to

1 Amended by Article XVII, Section 3.
2 Amended by Article XVII, Section 1.
3 Amended by Article XVII, Section 7.