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622 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 4 1 SEC. 41. There shall be a Register of Wills in each coun- ty of the State, and the City of Baltimore, to be elected by the legal and qualified voters of said counties and city, re- spectively, who shall hold his office for four years from the time of his election and until his successor is elected and qualified; he shall be re-eligible, and subject at all times to removal for willful neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in office in the same manner that the Clerks of the Courts are removable. In the event of any vacancy in the office of the Register of Wills, said vacancy shall be filled by the Judges of the Orphans' Court, in which such vacancy occurs, until the next general election for Delegates to the General As- sembly when a Register shall be elected to serve for four years thereafter. Part V-A.People's Courts 'SEC, 41A. There is hereby created a People's Court of Baltimore City. Said Court shall consist originally of a Chief Judge and two Associate Judges; the number of such Judges may thereafter be increased or decreased by the General Assembly by law but no such decrease shall affect the term of any Judge then in office or his right to stand for election for further terms as hereinafter provided. The Judges of said Court shall have the qualifications pre- scribed by Section 2 of this Article and shall have practiced law in the City of Baltimore for a total period of at least five years; shall hold office subject to the provisions of Sections 3 and 4 of this Article with regard to retire- ment and removal from office; and shall receive from the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City such compensa- tion as shall be fixed by law by the General Assembly, which shall not be diminished during continuance in office. The Governor shall appoint to said Court, to take office on the first Monday of May, 1941, one Associate Judge for a term expiring December 31, 1942, one Associate Judge for a term expiring December 31, 1944, and a Chief Judge for a term expiring December 31, 1946; and, upon the creation of any additional office on said Court by increase in the number of Judges pursuant to this Section, shall appoint an Associate Judge for such term, not exceeding eight years and expiring on the thirty-first day of December immediately following a Congressional election, as the law creating such office shall prescribe. If any vacancy occurs during any such original term, the Governor shall appoint 1 Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1958. ' Thus amended by Chapter 576, Acts of 1959, ratified November 8, 1960, |
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