472 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 4, Sec. 21]
December 1, 1954, there shall be not less than three judges
resident in Montgomery County and not less than two judges
resident in Anne Arundel County, and not less than three
judges resident in Baltimore County. From and after De-
cember 1, 1960, there shall be not less than four judges
resident in Prince George's County.
The said judges shall hold such terms of the Circuit Court
in each of the counties composing their respective 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 the first 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 neces-
sary.
All provisions of the Constitution of Maryland and all
Acts of the General Assembly relating to the Court of Ap-
peals 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repealed by proper authority.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
continue to apply to all judges (including chief judges) of
the Circuit Court. No member of the General Assembly at
which either of these amendments was proposed, or at
which the number or salary of judges for any of the eight
circuits or for any of the counties may be or may have been
increased or decreased by the General Assembly from time
to time, if otherwise qualified, shall be ineligible for appoint-
ment or election as judge of the Court of Appeals or any
other court by reason of his membership in such General
Assembly.
In the event and to the extent of any inconsistency be-
tween the provisions of any section amended or added by
these amendments and any of the other provisions of this
Constitution or the provisions of any existing law, the pro-
visions of the sections amended or added shall prevail, and
such other provisions shall be repealed or abrogated to the
extent of such inconsistency, except Section 35A of Article
III of this Constitution; provided, however, that in the event
of any inconsistency between the provisions of the sections
thus amended or added and any of the other provisions of
the sections thus amended or added and any of the other
provisions of this Constitution as amended by any other
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