ties created by the adoption of this amendment shall not be
filled by appointment as provided in 'Section 5 of this Article;
but at the first biennial general election for Representatives
in Congress, after the adoption of this amendment a judge
shall be elected by the qualified voters of Anne Arundel,
Baltimore, and St. Mary's Counties, respectively, to fill such
vacancy in each county. Any other vacancy in the office of
Judge of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel, Baltimore,
and St. Mary's Counties shall be filled as provided in Sec-
tions 3 and 5 of this article.]

The said judges shall hold such terms of the Circuit Court
in each of the counties composing their respective circuits,
at such times as are now prescribed or may hereafter be
prescribed by rules or regulations by the Court of Appeals
or otherwise by law. One judge in each of the first seven
circuits shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any
business; and the said judges, or any of them, may hold
special terms of their Courts, when in their discretion, the
business of the several counties renders such terms neces-
sary.

All provisions of the Constitution of Maryland and all
Acts of the General Assembly relating to the Court of Ap-
peals or any other courts, and all rules heretofore adopted
by the Court of Appeals, not inconsistent with the provi-
sions of the sections amended or added by this amendment,
shall remain in full force and effect unless and until
amended or repealed by proper authority. All salaries now
prescribed by law for associate judges of the Circuit Courts
shall continue to apply to all judges (including chief judges)
of the Circuit Court. No member of the General Assembly
at which either of these amendments was proposed, or at
which the number OR SALARY of judges for any of the
EIGHT circuits or for any of the counties may be OR MAY
HAVE BEEN increased or decreased by the General Assem-
bly from time to time, if otherwise qualified, shall be in-
eligible for appointment or election as judge of the Court of
Appeals or any other court by reason of his membership in
such General Assembly.

In the event and to the extent of any inconsistency be-
tween the provisions of any section amended or added by
these amendments and any of the other provisions of this
Constitution or the provisions of any existing law, the pro-
visions of the sections amended or added shall prevail, and
such , OTHER
PROVISIONS SHALL BE REPEALED OR ABROGATED
to the extent of such inconsistency, except Section 35A of