[Art. 4, Sec. 22] MARYLAND MANUAL BIS
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 Assembly from time
to time, if otherwise qualified, shall be ineligible for appoint-
ment 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such other provisions shall be repealed or abrogated to the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 Article
III of this Constitution; provided, however, that in the event
of any inconsistency between the provisions of the sections
thus amended or added and any of the other provisions of
the sections thus amended or added and any of the other
provisions of this Constitution as amended by any other
amendments which may be adopted at the same time or
times as these amendments, i.e. at the election held in
November, 1944, or at the election held in November, 1954,
or at the election held in November, 1960, the changes made
by these amendments and all such other amendments to this
Constitution shall all be given effect (1)
SEC. 22. Where any Term is held, or trial conducted by
less than the whole number of said Circuit Judges, upon. the
decision or determination of any point, or question, by the
Court, it shall be competent to the party, against whom the
ruling or decision is made, upon motion, to have the point,
or question reserved for the consideration of the three
Judges of the Circuit, who shall constitute a court in bane
for such purpose; and the motion for such reservation shall
be entered of record, during the sitting, at which such deci-
sion may be made; and the several Circuit Courts shall
regulate, by rules, the mode and manner of presenting such
points, or questions to the court in bane, and the decision of
the said Court in bane shall be the effective decision in the
premises, and conclusive, as against the party, at whose
motion said points, or questions were reserved; but such de-
cision in bane shall not preclude the right of appeal, or writ
of error to the adverse party, in those cases, civil or crimi-
nal, in which appeal, or writ of error to the Court of Ap-
peals may be allowed by Law. The right of having questions
i Thus amended, by Chapters 642 and 761. Acts of 1959, ratified November 8, 1960.
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