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676 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 4
Court, the Governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation,
or rejection by the Senate, some suitable person to fill the
same for the residue of the term.
1 SEC. 41. There shall be a Register of Wills in each coun-
ty of the State, and the City of Baltimore, to be elected by
the legal and qualified voters of said counties and city, re-
spectively, who shall hold his office for four years from the
time of his election and until his successor is elected and
qualified; he shall be re-eligible, and subject at all times
to removal for willful neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in
office in the same manner that the Clerks of the Courts are
removable. In the event of any vacancy in the office of the
Register of Wills, said vacancy shall be filled by the Judges
of the Orphans' Court, in which such vacancy occurs, until
the next general election for Delegates to the General As-
sembly when a Register shall be elected to serve for four
years thereafter.
Part VI—District Court
2 SEC. 41A. The District Court shall have the original
jurisdiction prescribed by law. Jurisdiction of the District
Court shall be uniform throughout the State; except that in
Montgomery County said court may have such jurisdiction
of juvenile causes as may be provided by law.
2 SEC. 41B. The District Court shall consist of the num-
ber of judges prescribed by law. The State shall be divided
by law into districts. Each district shall consist of one
county or two or more entire and adjoining counties. The
number of judges shall be allocated among the districts by
law, and there shall be at least one District Court judge
resident in each district. In any district containing more
than one county, there shall be at least one District Court
judge resident in each county in the district. Functional
divisions of the District Court may be established in any
district.
2 SEC. 41C. Each District Court judge shall devote full
time to his judicial duties, shall have the qualifications pre-
scribed by Section 2 of this Article, and shall be a resident
of the district in which he holds office. The number of
judges for any district may be increased or decreased by
the General Assembly from time to time, subject to the
requirements of Section 41B of this Article, and any vacancy
1 Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956.
2 Added by Chapter 789, Acts of 1969, ratified November 3, 1970.

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