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Art. 4] MARYLAND MANUAL 665
of Baltimore and Harford counties; one from the Third
Appellate Judicial Circuit, consisting of Allegany, Fred-
erick, Garrett, Montgomery and Washington counties; one
from the Fourth Appellate Judicial Circuit, consisting of
Prince George's, Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's counties;
one from the Fifth Appellate Judicial Circuit, consisting of
Anne Arundel, Carroll and Howard counties; and two from
the Sixth Appellate Judicial Circuit, consisting of Balti-
more City. The Judges of the Court of Appeals shall be
residents of and be elected by the qualified voters of their
respective Appellate Judicial Circuits. The term of each
Judge of the Court of Appeals shall begin on the date of his
qualification except that each of the Judges of the Court of
Appeals in office at the time this amendment to the Consti-
tution takes effect shall continue to hold office for the bal-
ance of the term for which he was elected or appointed or
until he shall have attained the age of seventy years, which-
ever may first happen. One of the Judges of the Court of
Appeals shall be designated by the Governor as the Chief
Judge. The jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals shall be
co-extensive with the limits of the State and such as now
is or may hereafter be prescribed by law. It shall hold its
sessions in the City of Annapolis at such time or times as
it shall from time to time by rule prescribe. Its session or
sessions shall continue not less than ten months in each
year, if the business before it shall so require, and it shall
be competent for the judges temporarily to transfer their
sittings elsewhere upon sufficient cause. The salary of each
Judge of the Court of Appeals shall be that now or here-
after prescribed by the General Assembly and shall not be
diminished during his continuance in office. Five of the
judges shall constitute a quorum, and five judges shall sit
in each case unless the Court shall direct that an additional
judge or judges sit for any case. The concurrence of a
majority of those sitting shall be sufficient for the decision
of any cause, and an equal division of those sitting in a
case has the effect of affirming the decision appealed from
if there is no application for re-argument as hereinafter
provided. In any case where there is an equal division or a
three to two division of the Court a re-argument before
the full Court of seven judges shall be granted to the losing
party upon application as a matter of right.
1 SEC. 14A. The General Assembly may by law create
such intermediate courts of appeal as may be necessary.
The General Assembly may prescribe the intermediate
'Added by Chapter 10, Acts of 1966, ratified November 8. 1966.

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