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SEC. 46. There shall be a Register of Wills in each

Registers of Wills
elected by the

county of the State and in the city of Baltimore, to be

people
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elected by the legal and qualified voters of said counties

and city respectively, who shall hold his office for six years

Term six years,
re-eligible.

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 misde-

meanor in office in the same manner that the Clerks of

Courts are removable. In the event of any vacancy in the

Vacancy.

office of 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 county officers,

when a Register shall be elected to serve for six years

thereafter.

PART VI. — JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

SEC. 47. The Governor, by and with the advice and

Justices of the
Peace appointed

consent of the Senate, shall appoint such number of Jus-

by the Governor.

tices of the Peace, and the County Commissioners of the

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1853. ch 102
1854, ch. 302.

several counties, and the Mayor and City Council of Balti-

more, shall appoint such number of Constables for the

Constables
appointed by the

County Commis-

several Election Districts of the Counties and Wards of

sioners

the city of Baltimore, as are now or may hereafter be pre-

scribed by law; and Justices of the Peace and Constables

so appointed, shall be subject to removal by the Judge

having criminal jurisdiction in the county or city for in-

competency, willful neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in

office, on conviction in a court of law. The Justices of

the Peace and Constables so appointed and commissioned

shall be conservators of the peace, shall hold their office for

Term two years.

two years, and shall have such jurisdiction, duties and com-

Jurisdiction
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pensation, subject to such right of appeal in all cases, from

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1854. ch 225, 236

the judgment of Justices of the Peace, as hath been here-

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tofore exercised, or shall be hereafter prescribed by law.

SEC. 48 In the event of a vacancy in the office of a

Vacancies.

Justice of the Peace, the Governor shall appoint a person

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to serve as Justice of the Peace for the residue of the term.

1860, ch 7.

and in case of a vacancy in the office of Constable, the