686/Maryland Manual
SEC. 34.130 Vacant.
SEC.35.131 Vacant.
SEC. 36.132 Vacant.
SEC. 37.'" Vacant.
SEC.38.134 Vacant.
SEC. 39.135 Vacant.
Part V—Orphans' Court.
SEC. 40.136 The qualified voters of the City of
Baltimore, and of the several Counties, except Mont-
gomery County and Harford County, shall elect three
Judges of the Orphans' Courts of City and Counties, re-
spectively, who shall be citizens of the State and resi-
dents for the twelve months preceding, in the City or
County for which they may be elected. They shall have
all the powers now vested in the Orphans' Courts of the
State, subject to such changes as the Legislature may
prescribe. Each of the Judges shall be paid such com-
pensation as may be regulated by Law, to be paid by
the City or Counties, respectively. In case of a vacancy
in the office of Judge of the Orphans' Court, the Gover-
nor shall appoint, subject to confirmation or rejection
by the Senate, some suitable person to fill the vacancy
for the residue of the term.
SEC. 41.137 There shall be a Register of Wills in
each county of the State, and the City of Baltimore, to
be elected by the legal and qualified voters of said
counties and city, respectively, 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 Assembly
when a Register shall be elected to serve for four years
thereafter.
130 Thus amended by Chapter 889, Acts of 1974, ratified No-
vember 5, 1974, and repealed by Chapter 523, Acts of 1980,
ratified November 4, 1980.
131 Thus amended by Chapter 889, Acts of 1974, ratified No-
vember 5, 1974, and repealed by Chapter 523, Acts of 1980,
ratified November 4, 1980.
132 Repealed by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified November
7, 1978.
133 Thus amended by Chapter 889, Acts of 1976, ratified No-
vember 5, 1974, and repealed by Chapter 523, Acts of 1980,
ratified November 4, 1980.
134 Thus amended by Chapter 889, Acts of 1976, ratified No-
vember 5, 1974, and repealed by Chapter 523, Acts of 1980,
ratified November 4, 1980.
135 Thus amended by Chapter 889, Acts of 1976, ratified No-
vember 5, 1974, and repealed by Chapter 523, Acts of 1980,
ratified November 4, 1980.
136 Thus amended by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified No-
vember 7, 1978.
137 Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified Novem-
ber 6, 1956.
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Article IV
Part VI—District Court.
SEC. 41A.138 The District Court shall have the origi-
nal jurisdiction prescribed by law. Jurisdiction of the
District Court shall be uniform throughout the State;
except that in Montgomery County and other counties
and the City of Baltimore, the Court may have such ju-
risdiction over juvenile causes as is provided by law.
SEC. 41B.139 The District Court shall consist of the
number 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.
SEC. 41C. Each District Court judge shall devote
full time to his judicial duties, shall have the qualifica-
tions prescribed 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 so created shall be filled as
provided in Section 41D of this Article.
SEC. 41D. The Governor, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, shall appoint each judge of
the District Court whenever for any reason a vacancy
shall exist in the office. All hearings, deliberations and
debate on the confirmation of appointees of the Gover-
nor shall be public, and no hearings, deliberations or
debate thereon shall be conducted by the Senate or any
committee or subcommittee thereof in secret or execu-
tive session. Confirmation by the Senate shall be made
upon a majority vote of all members of the Senate. A
judge appointed by the Governor may take office upon
qualification and before confirmation by the Senate, but
shall cease to hold office at the close of the regular an-
nual session of the General Assembly next following his
appointment or during which he shall have been
appointed by the Governor, if the Senate shall not have
confirmed his appointment before then. Each judge
appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Sen-
ate shall hold the office for a term of ten years or until
he shall have attained the age of seventy years whichev-
er may first occur. If the ten year term of a judge shall
expire before that judge shall have attained the age of
seventy years, that judge shall be reappointed by the
Governor, with the Senate's consent, for another ten
year term or until he shall have attained the age of sev-
enty years, whichever may first occur. To the extent in-
consistent herewith, the provisions of Section 3 and 5 of
this Article shall not apply to judges of the District
Court.
138 Thus amended by Chapter 544, Acts of 1976, ratified No-
vember 2, 1976.
139 Sections 41B through 411 added by Chapter 789, Acts of
1969, ratified November 3, 1970.
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