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MARYLAND MANUAL 339
EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Supreme Bench of Baltimore City) Superior Court of Baltimore City, Court of Common Pleas, The Baltimore City Court, The Circuit Court of Baltimore City, The Circuit Court of Baltimore City No. 2, The Criminal Court of Baltimore.
COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL DISABILITIES (Officers not yet selected) Kathryn J. Lawlor Shook, Associate Judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit, 1968; William H. Price, Attorney at Law, 1969; Edmund C. Mester, 1970; Dulany Foster, Chief Judge, Eighth Judicial Circuit, 1971; Hall Hammond, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Maryland, 1971. Administrative Office of the Courts Telephone: 539-6033 The Commission on Judicial Disabilities, originally created by Chapter 773, Acts of 1965, had its powers redefined by Chapter 506, Acts of 1967. The Act of 1965 was ratified on November 8, 1966, as an amendment to the Constitution (Const. 1867, Art. IV, sees. 4A and 4B). The Commission consists of five members appointed by the Gov- ernor for four-year terms. Members of the Commission must be citizens and residents of the State of Maryland. Three of the members must be Judges of the Court of Appeals, or Judges of the Circuit Courts for the Counties and of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City. One member must be a lawyer with a minimum of fifteen years of law practice, and one member must represent the public. The Commission is to meet for the purpose of investigation or proceedings under Section IV of the Constitution. It will hold a hearing, if charges have been presented, and if after good cause finds it necessary, it will recommend to the General Assembly that a Judge be either removed or retired. All Judges including Judges of the Court of Appeals, the Special Court of Appeals, the Circuit Courts, the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, and the Orphans' Court, and any others who may be elected or subject to election and those appointed for a full term if it is not less than four years are subject to the provisions of the Act. Powers of the Commission and the General Assembly in administering oaths and issuing and enforcing process are provided for in the implementing legislation (Code 1957, |
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