CHAPTER NO. 607

AN ACT to propose an amendment to SECTION 3 AND
Section 21 of Article 4 of the Constitution of Maryland,
title "Judiciary Department", sub-title "Circuit Courts",
repealing and re-enacting this section, with amen-
ments, to provide that there shall be one jude for every
county to be elected from and by the voters of each such
county, and to clarify said section and remove absolete
provisions therefrom. TO PROVIDE THAT THERE
SHALL BE AT LEAST ONE JUDGE FOR EVERY
COUNTY IN THIS STATE EXCEPT IN THE FIRST
AND SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUITS CREATING
AN ADDITIONAL JUDGESHIP IN ANNE ARUN-
DEL, BALTIMORE, MONTGOMERY AND PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTIES PROVIDING FOR THE
MANNER OF SELECTING THE JUDGES OF ALL
CIRCUIT COURTS IN THIS STATE, CLARIFYING
THE PROVISIONS OF SAID SECTION, REMOVING
OBSOLETE PROVISIONS THEREFROM AND TO
SUBMIT THIS AMENDMENT TO THE QUALIFIED
VOTERS OF THE STATE FOR ADOPTION OR
REJECTION.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That SECTION 3 AND Section 21 of Article 4
of the Constitution of Maryland, title "Judiciary Depart-
ment", sub-title "Circuit Courts", be and it is THEY ARE
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

3. THE JUDGES OF THE SAID SEVERAL COURTS
SHALL BE ELECTED IN BALTIMORE CITY AND IN
EACH COUNTY, BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF
THE CITY AND OF EACH COUNTY, RESPECTIVELY,
EXCEPT THAT IN THE FIRST AND SECOND JUDI-
CIAL CIRCUITS THE SAID JUDGES OF THE SEV-
ERAL COURTS SHALL BE ELECTED BY THE
QUALIFIED VOTERS IN EACH RESPECTIVE JUDI-
CIAL CIRCUIT AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, ALL
OF THE SAID JUDGES TO BE ELECTED AT THE
GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE TUES-
DAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER,
AS NOW PROVIDED FOR IN THE CONSTITUTION.
EACH OF THE SAID JUDGES SHALL HOLD HIS
OFFICE FOR THE TERM OF FIFTEEN YEARS FROM
THE TIME OF HIS ELECTION, AND UNTIL HIS
SUCCESSOR IS ELECTED AND QUALIFIED, OR