for Baltimore City and relating to the number, selection,
qualification and duties of said Court, its jurisdiction and
its personnel relating generally to the Courts of Baltimore
City and submitting this amendment to the qualified
voters of the State for their adoption or rejection.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland (three-fifths of all the members elected to each of
the two Houses concurring), That the following section be,
and the same is hereby proposed as an amendment to Article
4 of the Constitution of Maryland, title "Judiciary Depart-
ment", by adding new Section 41C thereto, to follow im-
mediately after Section 41B thereof, to be under the new
sub-title "Part V-B—Municipal Court", the same, if adopted
by the legal and qualified voters of the State, as herein pro-
vided, to become a part of the Constitution of Maryland:

Part V-B—Municipal Court

Section 41C. (a). There is hereby created a Municipal
Court of Baltimore City. Said Court shall consist originally
of eleven 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,
shall each have practiced law in the City of Baltimore for a
total period of at least five years and shall devote their full
time to the duties of said Court; they shall hold office sub-
ject to the provisions of Sections 3 and i of this Article with
regard to retirement and removal from office; and they shall
receive such compensation from such sources as shall be
provided by law by the General Assembly, which shall not
be diminished during their continuance in office. Authority
is hereby given to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
to pay to each of the Judges of the Court herein created such
annual sum as an addition to their respective salaries as the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall from time to time
deem right and proper, provided that any such sum, being
once granted, shall not be diminished during the continuance
of said Judges in office.

(b.) The Governor shall appoint to said Court, to take
office on the first Monday of May, 1961, four Associate
Judges for a term expiring December 31, 1962; four Asso-
ciate Judges for a term expiring December 31, 1964; and
three Associate Judges, one of whom shall be designated
Chief Judge, for a term expiring December 31, 1966; and