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638 MARYLAND MANUAL
diction, original and appellate, which the present Circuit
Courts of this State now have and exercise, or which may
hereafter be prescribed by law.
The several judges of the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County on and after the Tuesday next after the first Mon-
day in November, nineteen hundred and sixty-six, shall
each, alternately and in rotation AND ON SCHEDULES
TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE SAID JUDGES, sit as
an Orphans' Court for said County, and shall have and exer-
cise all the power, authority and jurisdiction which the
present Orphans' Courts now have and exercise, or which
may hereafter be prescribed by law.
40.
The qualified voters of the City of Baltimore, and of the
several Counties, except Montgomery County, shall on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, (nine-
teen hundred and fifty-eight) nineteen hundred and sixty-
six, and on the same day in every fourth year thereafter,
elect three men to be Judges of the Orphans' Courts of said
City and Counties, respectively, who shall be citizens of the
State, and residents for the twelve months preceding, in the
City, or County, for which they may be elected. They shall
have all the powers now vested in the Orphans' Courts of
the State, subject to such changes as the Legislature may
prescribe. Each of said Judges shall be paid such compen-
sation as may be regulated by Law, and to be paid by the
said City, or Counties, respectively. In case of a vacancy in
the office of Judge of the Orphans' Court, the Governor
shall appoint, subject to confirmation, or rejection by the
Senate, some suitable person to fill the same for the residue
of the term.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforegoing
sections hereby proposed as amendments to the Constitu-
tion of Maryland shall be, at the next general election, to
be held in this State in November, 1964, submitted to the
legal and qualified voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection in pursuance of directions contained in Article 14
of the Constitution of this State, and at the said general
election, the vote on the said proposed amendments to the
Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot there
shall be printed the words "For the Constitutional Amend-
ments" and "Against the Constitutional Amendments" as
now provided by law, and immediately after said election,
due returns shall be made to the Governor of the vote for
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