[Art. 4, Sec. 41] MARYLAND MANUAL 481
prescribe. Each of said Judges shall be paid such compen-
sation as may be regulated by law, and to be paid by the
said City, or Counties respectively. In case of a vacancy
in the office of Judge of the Orphans' Court, the Governor
shall appoint, subject to confirmation, or rejection by the
Senate, some suitable person to fill the same for the residue
of the term.
(1) SEC. 41. There shall be a Register of Wills in each coun-
ty of the State, and the City of Baltimore, to be elected by
the legal and qualified voters of said counties and city, re-
spectively, who shall hold his office for four years from the
time of his election and until his successor is elected and
qualified; he shall be re-eligible, and subject at all times
to removal for willful neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in
office in the same manner that the Clerks of the Courts are
removable. In the event of any vacancy in the office of the
Register of Wills, said vacancy shall be filled by the Judges
of the Orphans' Court, in which such vacancy occurs, until
the next general election for Delegates to the General As-
sembly when a Register shall be elected to serve for four
years thereafter.
Part V-A—People's Court.
SEC. 41-A. There is hereby created a People's Court of
Baltimore City. Said Court shall consist originally of a Chief
Judge and two Associate Judges; the number of such
Judges may thereafter be increased or decreased by the
General Assembly by law but no such decrease shall affect
the term of any Judge then in office or his right to stand for
election for further terms as hereinafter provided. The
Judges of said Court shall have the qualifications prescribed
by Section 2 of this Article and shall have practiced law in
the City of Baltimore for a total period of at least five
years; shall hold office subject to the provisions of Sections
3 and 4 of this Article with regard to retirement and re-
moval from office; and shall receive from the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore City such compensation as shall
be fixed by law by the General Assembly, which shall not
be diminished during continuance in office.
The Governor shall appoint to said Court, to take office
on the first Monday of May, 1941, one Associate Judge for
a term expiring December 31, 1942, one Associate Judge
for a term expiring December 31, 1944, and a Chief Judge
for a term expiring December 31, 1946; and, upon the
i Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956.
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