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 Ap-
peals shall be composed of five Judges, two from the City
of Baltimore; one from the First Appellate Judicial Cir-
cuit, consisting of Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Caroline, Tal-
bot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset Coun-
ties; one from the Second Appellate Judicial Circuit, con-
sisting of Harford, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, 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 I,
1945, not exceeding three additional Judges. The City of
Baltimore shall, for the purposes of this section, be desig-
nated as the Fourth Appellate Judicial Circuit. The addi-
tional Judge from the Fourth Appellate Judicial Circuit
shall be appointed by the Governor to serve until the elec-
tion and qualification of his successor, as provided by Sec-
tion 5 of this Article. Except as to such additional Judge,
the Judges of said Court, in the first instance, shall be ap-
pointed by the Governor from their respective 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 Ju-
dicial 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
Appeals as of December 31, 1944, by virtue of having been
elected to that office, his appointment shall be for the bal-
ance 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 Circuits. Any elected Judges from Cir-
cuits, 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.