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728 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 4 SEC. II. The election for Judges, hereinbefore provided, and all elections for Clerks, Registers of Wills, and other officers, provided in this Constitution, except State's Attor- neys, shall be certified, and the returns made, by the Clerks of the Circuit Courts of the Counties, and the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore city, respectively, to the Gov- ernor, who shall issue commissions to the different persons for the offices to which they shall have been, respectively, elected; and in all such elections, the person having the greatest number of votes shall be declared to be elected. SEC. 12. If in any case of election for Judges, Clerks of the Courts of Law, and Registers of Wills, the opposing can- didates shall have an equal number of votes, it shall be the duty of the Governor to order a new election; and in case of any contested election, the Governor shall send the re- turns to the House of Delegates, which shall judge of the election and qualification of the candidates at such election; and if the judgment shall be against the one who has been returned elected, or the one who has been commissioned by the Governor, the House of Delegates shall order a new election within thirty days. SEC. 13. All Public Commissions and Grants shall run thus: "The State of Maryland, etc.," and shall be signed by the Governor, with the Seal of the State annexed; all writs and process shall run in the same style, and be tested, sealed and signed, as heretofore, or as may hereafter be, provided by Law; and all indictments shall conclude, "against the peace, government and dignity of the State." 1 SEC. ISA. The General Assembly shall provide by Gen- eral Law for the assignment by the Court of Appeals of any of the Chief Judges and any of the Associate Judges of the several Judicial Circuits of this State, including any Judge of the Court of Appeals from Baltimore City, and any of the Judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore, to sit in any other or different Judicial Circuits for designated and limit- ed periods, for the purpose of relieving accumulation of business or because of the indisposition or disqualification of any judge. And any judge so assigned by the Court of Ap- peals shall have all the power and authority pertaining to the judge of the court to which he is assigned. Part II—Courts of Appeal. "SEC. 14. The Court of Appeals shall be composed of seven judges, one from the First Appellate Judicial Circuit 1 Added by Chapter 796, Acts of 1943, ratified November 7, 1944. 2 Thus amended by Chapter II, Acts of 1960, ratified November 8, 1960. |
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