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MARYLAND MANUAL 695
of certain other officers and agencies with respect to the
District Courts, abolishing certain other courts and judi-
cial officers being superseded by the District Courts and
its judges, relating generally to a system of District
Courts in this State authorizing procedures for the post-
ponement of the creation of certain District Courts, and
submitting these amendments to the qualified voters of
the State for adoption or rejection.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, (Three-fifths of all the members elected to each
of the two houses concurring), that the following amend-
ments be and they are hereby proposed to Sections 1, 2,
4A, and ISA of Article IV, title "Judiciary Department,"
subtitles respectively, "Part I.General Provisions," "Part
II.Courts of Appeal"; and Section 6 of Article XV, title
"Miscellaneous"; that Article IV of the Constitution is fur-
ther amended by repealing Sections 41A through 41C there-
of, including subtitles "Part V-A.People's Courts," "Part
V-B.Municipal Court" and enacting new Sections 41A
through 41-1, inclusive, subtitle "Part VI.District Court"
to stand in the place of the sections so repealed, the same
if adopted by the legal and qualified voters of the State as
herein provided to become a part of the Constitution of
Maryland; and that said Article IV be further amended by
repealing Sections 42 and 43 thereof, subtitle "Part VI.
Justices of the Peace."
Article IV
1.
The Judicial power of this State shall be vested in a Court
of Appeals, and such intermediate courts of appeal, as shall
be provided by law by the General Assembly, Circuit Courts,
Orphans' Courts, such Courts for the City of Baltimore, as
are hereinafter provided for, and a District Court; all said
Courts shall be Courts of Record, and each shall have a seal
to be used in the authentication of all process issuing there-
from.
2.
The Judges of all of the said Courts shall be citizens of
the State of Maryland, and qualified voters under this Con-
stitution, and shall have resided therein not less than five
years, and not less than six months next preceding their
election, or appointment, as the case may be, in the city,
county, district, judicial circuit, intermediate appellate judi-

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