upon the creation of any additional office in said Court by
increase in the number of Judges pursuant to this section,
the Governor shall appoint an Associate Judge for a term
expiring on the thirty-first day of December in the year of
the first biennial general election for Representatives in
Congress after one year from the effective date of the legis-
lation creating the additional office. If any vacancy occurs
during any such original term, the Governor shall appoint
a successor to serve for the remainder of such term. After
the expiration of said original terms, the terms of office
of said Court shall be for ten years from the expiration of
the preceding term, and shall be filled as follows:

(1) Any qualified person, including an incumbent Judge
holding office by any such initial or subsequent appointment
or election, shall be eligible for election for a term of ten
years, at the biennial election for Representatives in Con-
gress immediately preceding the expiration of a term of
office.

(2) Whenever a vacancy shall occur in said Court (other
than in an original term or other than upon expiration of a
term), for any cause, the Governor shall appoint to said
Court a Judge who shall hold office under such appointment
until the thirty-first day of December immediately following
the first Congressional election occurring at least one year
after the date of his appointment.

(3) In order to qualify for election or re-election a candi-
date shall file a certificate of candidacy with the Supervisors
of Elections of Baltimore City not later than midnight of
the day which is ten weeks or seventy days prior to the day
on which the primary election should be held.

(i) The names of all candidates for judge of the Munici-
pal Court created herein shall be placed in the voting ma-
chines without any party label or other distinguishing mark
or location which might directly or indirectly indicate the
party affiliation of any such candidate.

(5) When a vacancy shall exist in the Chief Judgeship
of said Court, the Governor may designate an Associate
Judge of said Court as Chief Judge, and such appointee as
Chief Judge shall continue as such for the residue of the
term for which he was originally appointed or subsequently
elected an Associate Judge of said Court; or the Governor
may designate as Chief Judge the person appointed to fill
the vacancy on said Court under sub-section (b) (2) herein.

(c) The jurisdiction of said Court shall consist originally
of the jurisdiction vested on the day immediately preceding