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MARYLAND MANUAL 701 with respect to warrants of arrest, or bail or collateral or other terms of pre-trial release pending hearing, or incar- ceration pending hearing, and then only as prescribed by law or by rule. 41H. The salary of a judge of the District Court shall not be reduced during his continuance in office. 41-1. For the purpose of implementing the amendments to Articles IV, XV and XVII of this Constitution, establishing the District Court, the following provisions shall govern. (a) If for any reason these amendments are not sub- mitted for adoption or rejection by the legal and qualified voters of the State in November, 1969, but are submitted to such voters in 1970, then whenever a day of a month in the year 1970 is used in these amendments it shall mean the same day and month in the year 1971. (b) Unless specifically otherwise provided, each of said amendments shall take effect on the first Monday in July, 1970, except those pertaining to the offices of chief judge and chief clerk of the District Court, which said offices shall be created and which said provisions shall take effect on May 1, 1970. On or within ten days after that date, the Governor shall appoint some person qualified under Section 2 of this Article as the first Chief Judge of the District Court, but all subsequent Chief Judges shall be designated as provided in Section 41D of this Article IV. (c) The General Assembly by law may postpone the effective date of these amendments in any District or Dis- tricts which include a county not having a full time People's Court, but only if the County Commissioners or Council of any such County comprising a District, or part thereof, by resolution adopted by them and concurred in by the County Executive, if any, and addressed to the General Assembly no later than January I next following adoption of these amendments by the voters, shall first request such postpone- ment. These amendments shall become effective in all Dis- tricts, notwithstanding any such postponements, no later than January 1, 1975. Until January 1, 1975, or such earlier effective date or dates of these amendments, in the counties of any District for which the effective date of these amend- ments shall have been postponed, (1) the provisions of |
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