appointment by the County Commissioners shall be for
terms of four years, unless otherwise duly changed by law..

SEC. 5. The terms of all State and county officers here-
tofore elected by qualified voters, and whose successors
would not be elected until the Tuesday next after the first
Monday of November, nineteen hundred and twenty-five,
shall be increased by one year, and their successors shall be
elected for the regular term at the election to be held on
the Tuesday next after the first Monday of November, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-six. The terms of all State and
county officers heretofore elected by qualified voters, and
whose successors would not be elected until the Tuesday
next after the first Monday of November, nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven, shall remain unchanged; their successors
shall be elected for a term of three years at the elections
to be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of
November, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, but shall not
take office until the expiration of the full term for which
their predecessors have been elected; and their successors
shall be elected for the regular term at the election to be
held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of No-
vember, nineteen hundred and thirty. Nothing herein
shall affect the terms of any judge of the Circuit Court of
the several circuits, the member of the Court of Appeals
from Baltimore City, or any member of the Supreme Bench
of Baltimore City; if the term of any such judge shall ex-
pire in a year in which no election for members of the
General Assembly is held, the Governor shall appoint a
person duly qualified to fill said office, who shall hold the
same until the next general election for members of the
General Assembly, when a successor shall be elected for
the term elsewhere provided. The terms of all State and
county officers heretofore appointed for terms which will
not expire until during the years nineteen hundred and
twenty-five, nineteen hundred and twenty six, nineteen
hundred and twenty-seven or nineteen hundred and twen-
ty-eight shall be reduced by one year, and their successors
shall be appointed for the terms now provided by law in
the years nineteen hundred and twenty-four, nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-five, nineteen hundred and twenty-six or
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, respectively. In the
event that the term of any officer appointed by the Gover-
nor with the advice and consent of the Senate shall expire
in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five or twenty-
six, the Governor shall have power to appoint a successor,
who shall serve for the full term subject to confirmation.