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MARYLAND MANUAL 637
contained in Article 14 of the Constitution of the State of
Maryland, and at the same general election the vote on the
said proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be printed the
words: "For Constitutional Amendment" and "Against
Constitutional Amendment," as now provided by law, and
immediately after said election due returns shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and against the proposed
amendment, as directed by said Fourteenth Article of the
Constitution, and further proceedings had in accordance
with said Article 14.
Approved March 29,1963.
CHAPTER 744
(House Bill 924)
AN ACT to propose amendments to certain sections of the
Constitution of Maryland, being Sections 20 and 40 of
Article 4, title "Judiciary Department," amending the
Constitution to provide that in Montgomery County, on
and after the Tuesday next after the first Monday in
November, 1966, the several judges of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County shall sit alternately in rotation
as an Orphans' Court for said County, exercising all the
power, authority, and jurisdiction which Orphans' Courts
now or hereafter have or exercise; to eliminate the elec-
tion of Orphans' Court judges in Montgomery County;
and to provide for the submission of these amendments
to the legally qualified voters of the State for their adop-
tion or rejection at the next general election.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, (Three-fifths of all the members of each of the
two Houses concurring), That the following sections be
and the same are hereby proposed as amendments to Sec-
tions 20 and 40 of Article 4 of the Constitution of Mary-
land, title "Judiciary Department," the same, if adopted by
the legal and qualified voters of the State, as herewith pro-
vided, to become a part of the Constitution of Maryland
and to read as follows:
20.
A Court shall be held in each County of the State to be
styled the Circuit Court for the County, in which it may
be held. The said Circuit Courts shall have and exercise, in
the respective counties, all the power, authority and juris-
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