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636 MARYLAND MANUAL
Chapter 791—Acts of 1969
An Act to propose an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland
by amending or repealing Sections 3, 4B, 5, 14, 14B, 21, 31, 32, and 39,
title "Judiciary Department," subtitles "Part I—General Provisions,"
"Part II—Court of Appeals," "Part III—Circuit Courts," and "Part
IV—Courts of Baltimore City"; and for the enactment of a new
Section 5A in said Article IV, subtitle "Part I—General Provisions";
providing that the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate shall appoint the judges of the Court of Appeals, inter-
mediate courts of appeal. Circuit Courts, the Supreme Bench, of Balti-
more City; that all hearings on the confirmation, of candidates shall
be public and not conducted in secret or executive session; that con-
firmation shall be by a majority vote of all members elected to the
Senate; that a judge appointed may take office upon qualification and
before confirmation, but shall cease to hold office if not confirmed; that
each judge appointed and confirmed shall hold office for a term of
fifteen years or, until the age of seventy years, whichever may first
occur; that the powers of the Commission on. Judicial Disabilities shall
include the power to require persons to testify and produce evidence
by granting them immunity from prosecution or from penalty or
forfeiture; that said Commission may recommend to the Court of
Appeals the removal or retirement of a judge; that the Court of
Appeals shall prescribe rules concerning the Commission; that the
Court of Appeals, upon recommendation, of the Commission, after a
hearing and upon making certain findings, may remove a judge from
office, censure him or retire him from office; that a judge so removed
and his surviving spouse shall have rights and privileges accruing
from his judicial service only to the extent prescribed by the order of
removal; that a judge so retired shall have the rights and privileges
prescribed by law for other retired judges; that no judge shall sit
in any hearing involving his own removal or retirement; and further
providing for the removal of certain obsolete and outmoded provisions
of Article IV of the Constitution and for the amendment of provisions
of Article IV which are inconsistent with these amendments, for
certain interim provisions including the terms of office, appointment
and confirmation of judges in office on the effective date of these
amendments, and for the submission of these amendments to the
qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.

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