amendments which may be adopted at the same time or
times as these amendments, i.e., at the election held in
November, 1944, or at the election held in November, 1954,
or at the election held in November, 1960, the changes made
by these amendments and all such other amendments to this
Constitution shall all be given effect.](1)

[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 in all of the circuits there shall never be less
than four 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 candidate 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 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.
From and after December 1, 1954, there shall be not less
than two judges resident in Anne Arundel County, and in

^ This amendment was submitted by Chapter 642, Acts of 1959 to be acted upon
by the voters in November, 1960.