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
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 can-
didate shall file a certificate of candidacy with the Super-
visors of Elections of Baltimore City not later than mid-