SEC. 21. From and after January 1, 1955, there shall
be in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh circuits at
least one judge for each county, who shall be a resident of
the county in which he shall hold office, and who shall be
elected by the voters thereof, to be styled judges of the
Circuit Court, to be elected or appointed as herein provided.
The number of judges for any of the circuits or for any of
the counties may be increased or decreased by the General
Assembly from time to time, and any vacancy so created
shall be filled as provided in Section 5 of this Article except
that in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh judicial
circuits there shall never be less than one judge for each
county and (1) all of the circuits there shall never be less than
three for each circuit. The senior judge in length of service
shall be the chief judge of the circuit; the other judge or
judges shall be associate judges. In the first and second
judicial circuits 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. In the first and second judicial
circuits, in case any candidate or candidates for judge at
any election shall receive sufficient votes to cause such can-
didate or candidates to be declared elected, but the election
of such candidate or candidates 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 number 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 sufficient number of judges duly quali-
fied 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. From and after December
1, 1954, there shall be not less than three judges resident
in Montgomery County and not less than two judges resi-
dent in Anne Arundel County, and in Prince George's
County, and not less than three judges resident in Balti-
more County, the vacancies in Garrett, Montgomery, and
Prince George's County created by the adoption of this
amendment shall be filled as provided in Section 5 of this
article.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article the
vacancies in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, and St. Mary's Coun-

(1) The word "in" probably omitted.