1350 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 540

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1924.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 549.

AN ACT to add five new sections to Article 26 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title "Courts", to be under sub-title
"Judicial Council", said new sections to be known as Sec-
tions 74, 75, 76, 77 and 78 and to follow immediately after
Section 73 of said Article, creating a Judicial Council and
defining its powers and duties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That five new sections be and they are hereby added to
Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title ''Courts'',
to be under sub-title "Judicial Council", said new sections
to be known as Sections 74, 75, 76, 77 and 78, to follow imme-
diately after Section 73 of said Article, And to read as follows:

74. There shall be a "Judicial Council", consisting of nine
members, for the continuous study of the organization, oper-
ation, rules, and methods of procedure and practice of the
Judicial System of the State of Maryland; the work accom-
plished 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 appointed 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 ap-
pointed as a member of said Council, 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
recommended by the Judges of each of said Circuits, and three
lawyers engaged in the active practice of Law; one of whom shall