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General Assembly no later than January 1 next following
adoption of these amendments by the voters, shall first
request such postponement. These amendments shall
become effective in all Districts, notwithstanding any
such postponements, no later than January 1, 1975.
Until January 1, 1975, or such earlier effective date or
dates of these amendments, in the counties of any
District for which the effective date of these amendments
shall have been postponed, (1) the provisions of Sections
41B and 42 of this Article shall have the effect of laws
of the General Assembly; (2) all laws relating to the
subject matter of said Sections 41B and 42 heretofore or
hereafter enacted and applicable to any one or more such
counties shall remain in full force and effect; (3)
nothing herein shall affect the tenure or jurisdiction of
any courts, justices of the peace, magistrates or judges;
and (4) wherever in this Section 41-1 the phrase "the
first Monday in July, 1970," is used, the same shall mean
the later effective date of these amendments, established
pursuant to this subsection. ]
[ (d) From and after the first Monday in July, 1970,
no further jurisdiction or judicial power shall be vested
in or exercised by any justice of the peace, People's
Court, the Municipal Court of Baltimore City, or the
Housing Court of Baltimore County. ]
[ (e) Any matter pending on the day before the first
Monday in July, 1970, before a justice of the peace or
any People's Court, the Municipal Court of Baltimore City
or the Housing Court of Baltimore County shall be decided
or otherwise disposed of in the District Court in the
county (or in Baltimore City) in which the matter was
pending on the day before the first Monday in July 1970,
unless thereafter lawfully removed. Any matter pending
on the day before the first Monday in July, 1970, in the
Circuit Court for any County, or in any court of the
Supreme Beach of Baltimore City, which matter would be
within the jurisdiction of the District Court, as
established by the General Assembly, shall be decided or
Otherwise disposed of in the court in which pending on
said date, despite any statutory provisions to the
Contrary. ]
[(f) All papers, dockets, files, books, records,
Monies, and other property belonging to or pertaining to
or in any justice of the peace, (in his official
capacity) People's Courts, the Municipal Court of
Baltimore City or the Housing Court of Baltimore County
on the day before the first Monday in July, 1970, on the
first Monday in July, 1970, shall be transferred to the
District Court in the appropriate county or Baltimore
City. ]
[(g) ] The provisions of Section 41D of this Article
shall govern initial vacancies in the office of judge of
the District Court. Each full-time judge of the
People's Court of Baltimore City, the Municipal Court of
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