[Art. 4, Sec. 41C] MARYLAND MANUAL 523
Part V-B—Municipal Court
SEC. 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 there-
after 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 subject to the provisions of Sections 3 and 4 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 Assem-
bly, 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
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
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