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-
cuit Court in each of the counties composing their respec-
tive circuits, at such times, as are now prescribed or may
hereafter be prescribed by rules or regulations by the Court
of Appeals or otherwise by law. One judge in each of said
seven circuits shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of any business; and the said judges, or any of them, may
hold special terms of their Courts, when in their discretion,
the business of the several counties renders such terms
necessary.

All provisions of the Constitution of Maryland and all acts
of the Genera] Assembly relating to the Court of Appeals or
any other courts, and all rules heretofore adopted by the
Court of Appeals, not inconsistent with the provisions of
the sections amended or added by this amendment, shall
remain in full force and effect unless and until amended or
repealed by proper authority. All salaries now prescribed
by law for associate judges of the Circuit Courts shall con-
tinue to apply to all judges (including chief judges) of the
Circuit Courts who are not judges of the Court of Appeals.
No member of the General Assembly at which this amend-
ment was proposed, if otherwise qualified, shall be ineligible
for appointment or election as judge of the Court of Ap-