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Art. 4] MARYLAND MANUAL 669
be the chief judge of the circuit; the other judge or judges shall be associate judges. In the first and second judicial circuits no two of said judges of the Circuit Court shall at the time of their election or appointment, or during the term for which they may have been elected or appointed, reside in any one county, except in Cecil County wherein two said judges may reside at one time provided that each of the other counties within the second judicial circuit shall have at least one judge resident therein. In the first and second judicial circuits, in case any candidate or candidates for judge at any election shall receive sufficient votes to cause such candidate or candidates to be declared elected, but the election of such candidate or candidates would cause more judges than herein permitted to reside in any county of the circuit, then and in that event there shall be declared elected only that candidate or those candidates residing in said county, in the order of the votes received, whose election would provide the permitted number of judges from said county, and also the candidate or candidates residing in some other county, and not similarly disqualified, who shall have the next highest number of votes in said election. If, by reason of such a condition or by reason of an equal vote for two or more candidates a sufficient number of judges duly qualified as to residence shall not be elected at any elec- tion, then it shall be the duty of the Governor to order a new election for such unfilled office or offices. From and after December 1, 1954, there shall be not less than two judges resident in Anne Arundel County, and not less than three judges resident in Baltimore County. From and after De- cember 1, 1960, there shall be not less than four judges resident in Prince George's County. From and after Decem- ber 1, 1960, there shall be not less than five judges resident in Montgomery County. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article the vacancy in Montgomery County created by the adoption of this amendment shall not be filled by appointment as pro- vided in Section 5 of this Article, but at the first biennial general election for Representatives in Congress, after the adoption of this amendment a judge shall be elected by the qualified voters of Montgomery County to fill such vacancy in such county. Any other vacancy in the office of Judge of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County and any vacancy in the second judicial circuit shall be filled as provided in Sections 3 and 5 of this Article, except that the person initially appointed to fill the vacancy in the second judicial circuit shall be a resident of Kent County. The said judges shall hold such terms of the Circuit Court |
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Maryland Manual, 1971-72
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