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such rules and regulations, if any, as the Court of Appeals
may make. The Court of Appeals from time to time shall
make rules and regulations to regulate and revise the prac-
tice and procedure in that Court and in the other courts of
this State, which shall have the force of law until rescind-
ed, changed or modified by the Court of Appeals or other-
wise by law. The power of the courts other than the
Court of Appeals to make rules of practice and procedure
shall be subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by
the Court of Appeals or otherwise by law.

PART III—CIRCUIT COURTS.

Sec. 21. From and after January 1, 1945, there shall
be at least three judges for the first, second, third, fourth,
fifth, sixth, and seventh circuits, to be styled judges of the
Circuit Court, to be elected or appointed as herein pro-
vided. In any of said circuits in which there shall be more
than three judges (including the additional judge of the
Court of Appeals), no successor to the additional judge of
the Court of Appeals shall be appointed or elected as judge
of said circuit. In any of said circuits in which there shall
be only three judges (including an additional judge of the
Court of Appeals), a successor to the additional judge of
the Court of Appeals shall be appointed and elected as
judge of said circuit. The aforesaid number of judges for
any of the circuits shall be subject to increase or decrease
by law as provided in Section 5 of this Article. The senior
judge in length of service shall be the chief judge of the
circuit (unless there is an additional judge of the Court of
Appeals); the other judge or judges shall be associate
judges. No two of said judges of the Circuit Court shall
at the time of their election or appointment, or during the
term for which they may have been elected or appointed,
reside in any one county other than Baltimore, Montgom-
ery, Prince George's or Allegany County, and not more
than two in any county except (if there is an additional
judge of the Court of Appeals) Baltimore County. In case
any candidate or candidates for judge at any election shall
receive sufficient votes to cause such candidate or candi-
dates to be declared elected, but the election of such candi-
date or candidates would cause more judges than herein
permitted to reside in any county of the circuit, then and
in that event there shall be declared elected only that can-
didate or those candidates residing in said county, in the
order of the votes received, whose election would provide
the permitted number of judges from said county, and also
the candidate or candidates residing in some other county,
and not similarly disqualified, who shall have the next