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-
fice, such Judge shall hold office for the unexpired re-
mainder of the term or for the full term of eight years,
as the case may be.

Unless his office shall have been abolished pursuant to
this Section, each Judge of said Court shall continue to hold
office after the expiration of his period of appointment or
term until a successor shall qualify. As used in this Sec-
tion, "Congressional election" means any of the biennial
elections at which members of the House of Representa-
tives are regularly chosen.

Said Court shall have such jurisdiction (which may be
made exclusive as to any class or classes of civil cases in
Baltimore City), with such right of appeal, therefrom, and
the Chief Judge and Associate Judges thereof shall have
such powers and duties, as the General Assembly shall
prescribe from time to time by law. The Judges of said
Court shall have full power to regulate by rules the admin-
istration, procedure and practice of said Court; such rules
shall have the force of law until rescinded or modified by
said Judges or the General Assembly. Unless otherwise
provided by law, (1) all powers granted by this Section
or by law to said Court or the Judges thereof as a body
may be exercised by a majority of the Judges thereof, and
(2) said Court shall not be a Court of Record.

There shall be a Chief Constable of said Court, who shall
perform therein the duties prescribed for Clerks of Court
by Section 10 of this Article and such other duties as shall