810 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 371

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 3, 1939.

CHAPTER 371.
(Senate Bill 33)

AN ACT to amend Section 21 of Article 4, title "Judiciary
Department, " sub-title "Part III—Circuit Courts, " of
the Constitution of this State, providing for the resi-
dential qualification and method of selection of Associate
Judges in the Third Judicial Circuit and to provide for
the submission of said amendment to the qualified voters
of this State for adoption or rejection.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That (three-fifths of all members elected to each
of the two houses concurring) the following section be and
the same is hereby proposed as an amendment to Section
21 of Article 4, of the Constitution of Maryland, title
"Judiciary Department, " sub-title "Part III—Circuit
Courts, " the same, if adopted by the legal and qualified
voters thereof as herein provided, to become Section 21
of Article 4 of the Constitution of the State of Maryland.

21. For each of the said circuits, excepting the eighth,
the second, the third and the sixth, there shall be a chief
judge and two associate judges, to be styled judges of the
Circuit Court, to be selected or appointed as herein pro-
vided, and for the second circuit, the third circuit and the
sixth circuit, there shall be a chief judge and three asso-
ciate judges to be styled judges of the Circuit Court, to
be elected or appointed as herein provided. And no two of
said associate judges, for any of the said circuits, except
the third and sixth circuits shall, at the time of their elec-
tion or appointment or during the term for which they
"may have been elected or appointed, reside in the same
county. If two or more persons shall be candidates for
associate judge in the same county in any of the circuits,
except the third and sixth circuits, that one only in said
county shall be declared elected who has the highest num-
ber of votes in the circuit. In case any two candidates
for associate judge in any of the circuits, except the third
and sixth circuits, residing in the same county shall have
an equal number of votes greater than any other candidates