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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

district number sixteen, two justices of the peace

and two constables ; for election district number sev-

enteen, three justices of the peace and three con-

stables ; for election district number eighteen, two

justices of the peace and two constables; for elec-

tion district number nineteen, two justices of the

peace and two constables ; for election district num-

ber twenty, two justices of the peace and two

constables.

Effective

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1880.

CHAPTER 417.

AN ACT to amend section five of article four of

the Constitution of this State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, Three-fifths of all the members of

the two Houses concurring, that the following sec-

Section add-
ed

tion be and the same is hereby proposed as an
amendment to the constitution of this State, and if

adopted by the legal and qualified voters thereof as

herein provided, it shall supersede and stand in the

place and instead of section five of article four of

said constitution.

SEC. 5. After the election for judges as herein-

before provided, there shall be held in this State, in

every fifteenth year thereafter, on the Tuesday after

the first Monday in November of such year, an

election for judges as herein provided ; and in case

Election for
judges.

of death, resignation, removal or disqualification, by
reason of age or otherwise, of any judge, the Gov-

ernor shall appoint a person duly qualified to fill

said office, who shall hold the same until the next

general election for members of the General Assem-