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Art. 4] MARYLAND MANUAL 681
or compensation of any person then holding public office, position, or employment in this State, except as provided in the amendments. (i) All statutory references to justices of the peace desig- nated as trial magistrates, to People's Courts, to the Muni- cipal Court of Baltimore City or to the Housing Court of Baltimore County, shall be deemed to refer to the District Court in the appropriate district, county or Baltimore City, to the extent not inconsistent with this Constitution. (j) No member of the General Assembly at which these amendments were proposed, or at which the number of or salary of any such judges may have been increased or de- creased by the General Assembly from time to time, if otherwise qualified, is ineligible for appointment or election as a judge of the District Court by reason of his member- ship in the General Assembly. Part VII—Sheriffs. 1 SEC. 44. There shall be elected in each county and in Baltimore City in the year 1946 and in every fourth year thereafter, one person, resident in said county, or city, above the age of twenty-five years and at least five years preceding his election, a citizen of the State, to the office of Sheriff. He shall hold office for four years, and until his successor is duly elected and qualified; shall give such bond, exercise such powers and perform such duties as now are or may hereafter be fixed by law. In case of vacancy by death, resignation, refusal to serve, or neglect to qualify, or give bond, or by disqualification or removal from the County or City, the Governor shall ap- point a person to be Sheriff for the remainder of the official term. The Sheriff in each county and in Baltimore City shall receive such salary or compensation and such expenses nec- essary to the conduct of his office as may be fixed by law. All fees collected by the Sheriff shall be accounted for and > paid to the Treasury of the several counties and of Balti- more City, respectively. SEC. 45. Coroners, Elisors, and Notaries Public may be appointed for each county, and the city of Baltimore, in the manner, for the purpose, and with the powers now fixed, or which may hereafter be prescribed by Law. 'Thus amended by Chapter 55, Acts of 1953, ratified November 2, 1954. |
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