Charter of said City with respect to said City Service are
hereby expressly made applicable thereto, provided that.
the Chief Constable at the time this amendment becomes
effective shall continue and remain in said position and
immediately become a member of said Classified City Serv-
ice of Baltimore; all such positions shall be classified by
the City Service Commission and all appointments, pro-
motions, transfers, re-instatements, and removals with re-
spect to such positions shall be made only in accordance
with the provisions, rules and regulations of said Classi-
fied City Service in force from time to time. Such Chief
Constable and all of such other constables and all such
clerks shall receive from the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore City such compensation as said Mayor and City
Council shall prescribe. Such constables and clerks shall
perform such duties as may now or hereafter be prescribed
by law or rule of Court.

After adoption of this Section no constable shall be ap-
pointed by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City
pursuant to Section 42 or Section 43 of this Article IV, but
constables in office upon the adoption of this Section shall
hold office for the remainder of their terms, and the con-
stables first appointed under this Section shall take office
at the expiration of such terms'

[SEC. 41A. 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 pre-
scribed 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 retire-
ment and removal from office; and shall receive from the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City such compensa-
tion 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

'Added by Chapter 163, Acts of 1939, ratified November 5, 1940