ent Circuit Courts of this State now have and exercise, or
which may hereafter be prescribed by law..

2 SEC. 21. From and after January 1, 1945, there shall
be at least three judges for the first, second, third, fourth,
fifth, sixth and seventh circuits, to be styled judges of the
Circuit Court, to be elected or appointed as herein provided.
In any of said circuits in which there shall be more than
three judges (including the additional judge of the Court
of Appeals), no successor to the additional judge of the
Court of Appeals shall be appointed or elected as judge of
said circuit. In any of said circuits in Which there shall be
only three judges (including an additional judge of the
Court of Appeals), a successor to the additional judge of the
Court of Appeals shall be appointed and elected as judge of
said circuit. The aforesaid number of judges for any of the
circuits shall be subject to increase or decrease by law as
provided in Section 5 of this Article. The senior judge in
length of service shall be the chief judge of the circuit
(unless there is an additional judge of the Court of Ap-
peals) ; 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 appointed, 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 suffi-
cient votes to cause such candidate or candidates to be de-
clared 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 num-
ber 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 suffi-
cient 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 election for such unfilled office
or offices. The said judges shall hold such terms of the Cir-.

2 Thus amended by Ch, 772 of the Acts of 1943, and ratified at November
election, 1944..