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Art. 4] MARYLAND MANUAL 607
ileged. No other publication of such papers or proceedings
shall be privileged in any action for defamation except that
(a) the record filed by the Commission in the General
Assembly continues to be privileged and upon such filing
loses its confidential character and (b)a writing which was
privileged prior to its filing with the Commission does not
lose such privilege by such filing. The Commission and the
General Assembly shall have the power to issue and enforce
process to compel the attendance of witnesses and the pro-
duction of evidence. The General Assembly shall by statute
provide for procedure under this section before the Com-
mission on Judicial Disabilities and by rule shall provide
for procedure under this section in the General Assembly.
A judge who is a member of the Commission shall not par-
ticipate in any proceedings involving his own removal or
retirement, and the Governor shall appoint a substitute
member of the Commission for the purpose of said particu-
lar proceedings.
(d) This section is alternative to, and cumulative with,
the methods of retirement and removal provided in Sections
3 and 4 of this Article, and in Section 26 of Article III of
this Constitution.
1 SEC. 5. Upon every occurrence or recurrence of a va-
cancy through death, resignation, removal, disqualification
by reason of age or otherwise, or expiration of the term
of fifteen years of any judge, or creation of the office of any
judge, or in any other way, the Governor shall appoint a
person duly qualified to fill said office, who shall hold the
same until the election and qualification of his successor;
except that when a vacancy shall exist in the office of Chief
Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, the Gover-
nor may designate an Associate Judge of said Supreme
Bench as Chief Judge of said Supreme Bench, ana such
appointee as Chief Judge shall hold such office for the
residue of the term for which he was last elected an Asso-
ciate Judge of said Supreme Bench. His successor shall be
elected at the first biennial general election for Representa-
tives in Congress after the expiration of the term of fifteen
years (if the vacancy occurred in that way) or the first
such general election after one year after the occurrence of
the vacancy in any other way than through expiration of
such term. Except in case of reappointment of a judge
upon expiration of his term of fifteen years, no person shall
be appointed who will become disqualified by reason of age
and thereby unable to continue to hold office until the pre-
scribed time when his successor would have been elected.
"Thug amended by Chapter 70S, Acts of 1945, ratified November 5, 1946.

 
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