[Art. 4] JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT 103

or appointed as herein provided, and for the second circuit, the third cir-
cuit, (and) the sixth circuit, and the seventh circuit, there shall be a
chief judge and three associate judges to be styled judges of the Circuit
Court, to be elected or appointed as herein provided. And no two of said
associate judges, for any of the said circuits, except the third and sixth
and seventh circuits shall, at the time of their election or appointment or
during the term for which they may have been elected or appointed, reside
in the same county. If two or more persons shall be candidates for asso-
ciate judge in the same county in any of the circuits, except the third and
sixth and seventh circuits, that one only in said county shall be declared
elected who has the highest number of votes in the circuit. In case any
two candidates for associate judge in any of the circuits, except the third
and sixth and seventh circuits, residing in the same county shall have an
equal number of votes greater than any other candidates for associate
judge in the circuit, it shall be the duty of the Governor to order a new
election for one associate judge; but the person residing in any other
county of the circuit and who has the highest number of votes shall be
declared elected. The said judges shall hold not less than two terms of
the Circuit Court in each of the counties composing their respective cir-
cuits, at such times as are now or may hereafter be prescribed to which
jurors shall be summoned; and in those counties where only two such
terms are held, two other and intermediate terms, to which jurors shall
not be summoned; they may alter or fix the times for holding any or all
terms, until otherwise prescribed, and shall adopt rules to the end that
all business not requiring the interposition of the jury shall be, as far as
practicable, disposed of at said intermediate terms. One judge in each
of the above circuits, including the second, the third (and) sixth and sev-
enth circuits, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business;
and the said judges or any of them may hold special terms of their courts,
whenever in their discretion the business of the several counties renders
such terms necessary. The additional associate judge for the third cir-
cuit elected in accordance with the terms of the Constitutional Amend-
ment heretofore submitted and adopted shall be subject to the same con-
stitutional provisions, hold his office for the same term of years, receive
the same compensation and have the same powers as are herein provided
for the other associate judges in the third circuit.

The additional associate judge for the second circuit herein provided
for shall be a resident of Cecil County, shall be appointed by the Governor
after the expiration of six (6) months after the adoption of this amend-
ment and shall serve until the first general election for members of the
General Assembly that shall be held in said circuit subsequent to the
adoption of this amendment, at which election his successor shall be elected
by the qualified voters of Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, and Tal-
bot Counties, constituting the second circuit. The judge so appointed
shall be subject to the same constitutional provisions, receive the same
compensation and have the same powers as are herein provided for the
other associate judges in the second circuit, and the judge so elected shall
be subject to the same constitutional provision, hold his office for the same
term of years, receive the same compensation and have the same powers
as are herein provided for the other associate judges in the second circuit.

The additional judge for the sixth circuit herein provided for and
elected by the qualified voters of Frederick and Montgomery Counties at
the 1938 election in accordance with the terms of the Constitutional