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actually in session, to be regulated 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 coun-
ty of the State, and the city of Baltimore, to be elected by
the legal and qualified voters of said counties and city, re-
spectively, who shall hold his office for six years from the
time of his election, and until his successor is elected and
qualified;1 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 As-
sembly, when a Register shall be elected to serve for six
years thereafter.1

Part V-A—People's Court.

SEC. 41-A. There is hereby created a People's Court of
Baltimore 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 retirement
and removal from office; and shall receive from
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City such compen-
sation as shall be fixed by law by the General Assembly,
which shall not be diminished during continuance in office.

The Governor shall appoint to said Court, to take office
on the first Monday of May, 1941, one Associate Judge for
a term expiring December 31, 1942, one Associate Judge
for a term expiring December 31, 1944, and a Chief Judge
for a term expiring December 31, 1946; and, upon the
creation of any additional office on said Court by increase

1 Modified by Article XVII, Section 1.