952 ARTICLE 26.

remaining portion of such Section; it being the intention of the General
Assembly to enact each Section of this sub-title, and each proviso and
exception thereto separately.

Judicial Council.

1924, ch. 549, sec. 74.

74. There shall be a " Judicial Council," consisting of nine members,
for the continuous study of the organization, operation, rules, and methods
of procedure and practice of the Judicial System of the State of Mary-
land ; the work accomplished and the results produced by that system and
its various parts. The terms of office of the members of the Council first
appointed shall be three years, and until their successors shall be ap-
pointed and qualified, and thereafter the terms of office shall be two years
and until the appointment and qualification of their successors. All the
members shall be appointed by the Governor, but he shall appoint as the
President of the Council, the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of
Maryland, and he shall also appoint as a member of said Council, the
Chief Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City. There shall also
be appointed as a member of said Council, an Associate Judge of the'
Court of Appeals, recommended by the Judges thereof, and an Associate
Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, recommended by the
Judges thereof. There shall also be appointed as a member of said Coun-
cil, an Associate Circuit Judge from the Eastern Shore of Maryland,
selected by the Governor from among those recommended by the Judges
of each of said Circuits, and an Associate Judge from the Western Shore
of Maryland, outside of Baltimore City, selected from among those rec-
ommended by the Judges of each of said Circuits, and three lawyers en-
gaged in the active practice of Law; one of whom shall reside in, and
have a law office in the City of Baltimore; one of whom shall reside in,
and have a low 1 office in some one of the Counties of the Western Shore of
Maryland, outside of the City of Baltimore; and one of whom shall reside
in, and have, a law office in some one of the Counties of the Eastern Shore
of Maryland.

1924, ch. 549, sec. 75.

75. Any vacancy in the Council, from any cause, shall be filled by the
Governor, regard being had, however, for the method of selection herein-
before provided.

1924, ch. 549, sec. 76.

76. The Council shall make a report to each Session of the General
Assembly of Maryland, of the work of the various branches of the Judicial
System, with its recommendations for modification of existing conditions.
It may also from time to time submit such suggestions as it may deem
advisable, for the consideration of the Judges of the various Courts, with
relation to rules, and practice and procedure.

1 Evidently a typographical error.