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610 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 4 the Governor, the House of Delegates shall order a new election within thirty days. SEC. 13. All Public Commissions and Grants shall run thus; "The State of Maryland, etc.," and shall be signed by the Governor, with the Seal of the State annexed; all writs and process shall run in the same style, and be tested, sealed and signed, as heretofore, or as may hereafter be, provided by Law; and all indictments shall conclude, "against the peace, government and dignity of the State." 1 SEC. ISA. The General Assembly shall provide by Gen- eral Law for the assignment by the Court of Appeals of any of the Chief Judges and any of the Associate Judges of the several Judicial Circuits of this State, including any Judge of the Court of Appeals from Baltimore City, and any of the Judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore, to sit in any other or different Judicial Circuits for designated and limit- ed periods, for the purpose of relieving accumulation of business or because of the indisposition or disqualification of any judge. And any judge so assigned by the Court of Ap- peals shall have all the power and authority pertaining to the judge of the court to which he is assigned. Part II.Courts of Appeal. 2 SEC. 14. The Court of Appeals shall be composed of seven judges, one from the First Appellate Judicial Circuit consisting of Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Caroline, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset counties; one from the Second Appellate Judicial Circuit consisting of Baltimore and Harford counties; one from the Third Appellate Judicial Circuit, consisting of Allegany, Fred- erick, Garrett, Montgomery and Washington counties; one from the Fourth Appellate Judicial Circuit, consisting of Prince George's, Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's counties; one from the Fifth Appellate Judicial Circuit, consisting of Anne Arundel, Carroll and Howard counties; and two from the Sixth Appellate Judicial Circuit, consisting of Balti- more City. The Judges of the Court of Appeals shall be residents of and be elected by the qualified voters of their respective Appellate Judicial Circuits. The term of each Judge of the Court of Appeals shall begin on the date of his qualification except that each of the Judges of the Court of Appeals in office at the time this amendment to the Consti- tution takes effect shall continue to hold office for the bal- ance of the term for which he was elected or appointed or until he shall have attained the age of seventy years, which- 1 Added by Chapter 796, Acts of 1943, ratified November 7, 1944,. 2 Thus amended by Chapter 11, Acts of 1960, ratified November 8, 1960, |
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