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Art. 4] MARYLAND MANUAL 659
appellate judicial circuit or appellate judicial circuit for
which they may be, respectively, elected, or appointed. They
shall be not less than thirty years of age at the time of their
election, or appointment, and shall be selected from those
who have been admitted to practice Law in this State, and
who are most distinguished for integrity, wisdom and sound
legal knowledge.
1 SEC. 3. The Judges of the said several Courts other
than the Court of Appeals or any intermediate courts of
appeal shall, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this
Article of the Constitution, be elected in Baltimore City and
in each county, by the qualified voters of the city and of
each county, respectively, except that in the First and
Second Judicial Circuits the said Judges of the several
Courts shall be elected by the qualified voters in each
respective Judicial Circuit as hereinafter provided, all of
the said Judges to be elected at the general election to be
held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, as
now provided for in the Constitution. Each of the said Judges
shall hold his office for the term of fifteen years from the
time of his election, and until his successor is elected and
qualified, or until he shall have attained the age of seventy
years, whichever may first happen, and be re-eligible thereto
until he shall have attained the age of seventy years, and
not after. In case of the inability of any of said Judges to
discharge his duties with efficiency, by reason of continued
sickness, or of physical or mental infirmity, it shall be in
the power of the General Assembly, two-thirds of the mem-
bers of each House concurring, with the approval of the
Governor, to retire said Judge from office.
SEC. 4. Any Judge shall be removed from office by the
Governor, on conviction in a Court of Law, of incompetency,
of wilful neglect of duty, misbehavior in office, or any other
crime, or on impeachment, according to this Constitution,
or the Laws of the State; or on the address of the General
Assembly, two-thirds of each House concurring in such
address, and the accused having been notified of the charges
against him, and having had opportunity of making his
defence.
2 SEC. 4A. There is created a Commission on Judicial
Disabilities, composed of seven persons appointed by the
Governor of Maryland. The members of the Commission
shall be citizens and residents of this State. Four members
of the Commission shall be appointed from among the
1 Thus amended by Chapter 10, Acts of 1966, ratified. November 8, 1966,
' Amended by Chapter 789, Acts of 1969, ratified November 3, 1970,

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