partment", sub-title "People's Courts", providing for can-
didates other than an incumbent judge to run for election
to the People's Court of Baltimore City, and submitting
this amendment to the qualified voters of this State for
adoption or rejection.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, (three-fifths of all members elected to each of
the two Houses concurring), that the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed as an amendment to Sec-
tion 41A of Article IV of the Constitution of Maryland,
title "Judiciary Department", sub-title "People's Courts",
the same if adopted by the legal and qualified voters of the
State as herein provided, to become Section 41A of Article
IV of the Constitution of Maryland:

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 As-
sembly 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 removal 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 creation
of any additional office on said Court by increase in the
number of Judges pursuant to this Section, shall appoint an
Associate Judge for such term, not exceeding eight years
and expiring on the thirty-first day of December immedi-
ately following a Congressional election, as the law creating
such office shall prescribe. If any vacancy occurs during
any such original term, the Governor shall appoint a suc-
cessor to serve for the remainder of such term. After the
expiration of said original terms, the terms of office of