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Art. 4] MARYLAND MANUAL 733
i SEC. 21. From and after January 1, 1955, there shall be
in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh circuits at least
one judge for each county, who shall be a resident of the
county in which he shall hold office, and who shall be elected
by the voters thereof, to be styled judges of the Circuit
Court, to be elected or appointed as herein provided. The
number of judges for any of the circuits or for any of the
counties, may be increased or decreased by the General As-
sembly from time to time, and any vacancy so created shall
be filled as provided in Section 5 of this Article except that
in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh judicial circuits
there shall never be less than one judge for each county
and in all of the circuits there shall never be less than four
for each circuit. The senior judge in length of service shall
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-
1 Thus amended by Chapter 372, Acts of 1966, ratified November 8, 1966.

 
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