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610 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 4, Sec. 21] this amendment shall not be filled by appointment as pro- vided in Section 5 of this Article, but at the first biennial general election for Representatives in Congress, after the adoption of this amendment a judge shall be elected by the qualified voters of Montgomery County to fill such vacancy in such county. Any other vacancy in the office of Judge of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County and any vacancy in the second judicial circuit shall be filled as provided in Sections 3 and 5 of this Article, except that the person initially appointed to fill the vacancy in the second judicial circuit shall be a resident of Kent County. The said judges shall hold such terms of the Circuit Court in each of the counties composing their respective circuits, at such times as are now prescribed or may hereafter be prescribed by rules or regulations by the Court of Appeals or otherwise by law. One judge in each of the first seven circuits shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business; and the said judges, or any of them, may hold special terms of their Courts, when in their discretion, the business of the several counties renders such terms neces- sary. All provisions of the Constitution of Maryland and all Acts of the General Assembly relating to the Court of Ap- peals or any other courts, and all rules heretofore adopted by the Court of Appeals, not inconsistent with the provisions of the sections amended or added by this amendment, shall remain in full force and effect unless and until amended or repealed by proper authority. All salaries now prescribed by law for associate judges of the Circuit Courts shall continue to apply to all judges (including chief judges) of the Circuit Court. No member of the General Assembly at 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 |
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