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626 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 4 in office. Authority is hereby given to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to pay to each of the Judges of the Court herein created such annual sum as an addition to their respective salaries as the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall from time to time deem right and proper, provided that any such sum, being once granted, shall not be diminished during the continuance of said Judges in office. (b). The Governor shall appoint to said Court, to take office on the first Monday of May, 1961, four Associate Judges for a term expiring December 31, 1962; four Asso- ciate Judges for a term expiring December 31, 1964; and three Associate Judges, one of whom shall be designated Chief Judge, for a term expiring December 31, 1966; and upon the creation of any additional office in said Court by increase in the number of Judges pursuant to this section, the Governor shall appoint an Associate Judge for a term expiring on the thirty-first day of December in the year of the first biennial general election for Representatives in Congress after one year from the effective date of the legis- lation creating the additional office. If any vacancy occurs during any such original term, the Governor shall appoint a successor to serve for the remainder of such term. After the expiration of said original terms, the terms of office of said Court shall be for ten years from the expiration of the preceding term, and shall be filled as follows: (1) Any qualified person, including an incumbent Judge holding office by any such initial or subsequent appointment or election, shall be eligible for election for a term of ten years, at the biennial election for Representatives in Con- gress immediately preceding the expiration of a term of office. (2) Whenever a vacancy shall occur in said Court (other than in an original term or other than upon expiration of a term), for any cause, the Governor shall appoint to said Court a Judge who shall hold office under such appointment until the thirty-first day of December immediately following the first Congressional election occurring at least one year after the date of his appointment. (3) In order to qualify for election or re-election a can- didate shall file a certificate of candidacy with the Super- visors of Elections of Baltimore City not later than mid- night of the day which is ten weeks or seventy days prior to the day on which the primary election should be held. (4) The names of all candidates for judge of the Muni- cipal Court created herein shall be placed in the voting ma- |
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