in the number of Judges pursuant to this Section, shall
appoint an Associate Judge for such term, not exceeding
eight years and expiring on the thirty-first day of Decem-
ber immediately following a Congressional election, as the
law creating such office shall prescribe. If any vacancy
occurs during any such original term, the Governor shall
appoint a successor to serve for the remainder of such
term. After the expiration of said original terms, the
terms of office of said Court shall be for eight years from
the expiration of the preceding term, and shall be filled
as follows:.

(1) Any incumbent Judge of said Court shall be eligible,
at the Congressional election immediately preceding the
expiration of his period of appointment or term, for elec-
tion or re-election to succeed himself (a) for a full term
of eight years, except as provided in (b) hereof; or (b)
for the unexpired remainder of the current eight year term,
if his appointment will expire before the end of such term.
No person other than an incumbent Judge shall be eligible
for election to said Court..

(2) Whenever a vacancy shall occur on said Court from
any cause the Governor shall appoint to said Court a Judge
who shall hold office under such appointment until the
thirty-first day of December immediately following the first
Congressional election occurring six months or more after
the date of his appointment. No judge of said Court, who
has stood for election to succeed himself and not been
elected, shall thereafter be appointed to said Court, and no
Judge of said Court, who has failed to stand for election
when eligible, shall be appointed to succeed himself..

(3) In order to qualify for election or re-election an in-
cumbent Judge shall file with the Supervisors of Election
of Baltimore City not later than thirty days before the date
of the applicable election a certificate signed and duly ac-
knowledged, stating the basis of his eligibility and the term
or remainder of term for which he is eligible for election.
Thereupon, the name of such Judge, together with a state-
ment of the term or remainder of term for which he is
eligible, shall be placed upon the ballot to be used in said
City in such election, with no party designation whatever
and with no opposing candidate, with space provided to
permit any voter to cast his vote for or against the con-
tinuance in office of such Judge; if the votes cast for the
continuance in office of such Judge represent a majority
of all the votes cast for or against his continuance in of-.