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a majority of all the votes cast for or against his continu-
ance in office, such Judge shall hold office for the unexpired
remainder of the term or for the full term of eight years,
as the case may be.

Unless his office shall have been abolished pursuant to
this Section, each Judge of said Court shall continue to
hold office after the expiration of his period of appointment
or term until a successor shall qualify. As used in this
Section, "Congressional election" means any of the biennial
elections at which members of the House of Representa-
tives are regularly chosen.

Said Court shall have such jurisdiction (which may be
made exclusive as to any class or classes of civil cases in
Baltimore City), with such right of appeal, therefrom,
and the Chief Judge and Associate Judges thereof shall
have such powers and duties, as the General Assembly
shall prescribe from time to time by law. The Judges of
said Court shall have full power to regulate by rules the
administration, procedure and practice of said Court; such
rules shall have the force of law until rescinded or modified
by said Judges or the General Assembly. Unless other-
wise provided by law, (1) all powers granted by this Sec-
tion or by law to said Court or the Judges thereof as a
body may be exercised by a majority of the Judges thereof,
and (2) said Court shall not be a Court of Record.

There shall be a Chief Constable of said Court, who shall
perform therein the duties prescribed for Clerks of Court
by Section 10 of this Article and such other duties as shall
be prescribed by law or by rule of said Court. Such Chief
Constable shall be appointed, in the manner hereinafter
prescribed, by the Judges of said Court; and such Chief
Constable shall appoint, in the manner hereinafter pre-
scribed, all original, subsequent and additional constables
and clerks employed pursuant to this Section, and shall
supervise and direct the work of all such constables and
clerks. There shall be appointed originally fourteen such
constables and sixteen such clerks; the number of either
may, on the joint recommendation of said Court and said
Chief Constable, be increased by the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore City; no vacancy in the position of any
constable or clerk, however arising, shall be filled by said
Chief Constable unless the Judges of said Court and said
Chief Constable shall expressly find that the filling of such
vacancy is necessary for the efficient operation of said
Court. The positions of said Chief Constable and of all
such constables and clerks shall be positions in the Classi-
fied City Service of Baltimore and the provisions of the
Charter of said City with respect to said City Service are