234 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 65

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 disquali-
fied, who shall have the next highest number of votes in
said election. If, by reason of such a condition or by
reason of an equal vote for two or more candidates a suffi-
cient number of judges duly qualified as to residence shall
not be elected at any election, then it shall be the duty of
the Governor to order a new election for such unfilled
office or offices. The said judges shall hold such terms of
the Circuit Court in each of the counties composing their
respective circuits, at such times, as are now prescribed
or may hereafter be prescribed by rules or regulations by
the Court of Appeals or otherwise by law. One judge in
each of said seven circuits shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of any business; and the said judges, or
any of them, may hold special terms of their Courts, when
in their discretion, the business of the several counties
renders such terms necessary.

All provisions of the Constitution of Maryland and all
Acts of the General Assembly relating to the Court of
Appeals or any other Courts, and all rules heretofore
adopted by the Court of Appeals, not inconsistent with
the provisions of the sections amended or added by this
amendment, shall remain in full force and effect unless
and until amended or repealed by proper authority. All
salaries now prescribed by law for associate judges of the
Circuit Courts shall continue to apply to all judges (in-
cluding chief judges) of the Circuit Courts who are not
judges of the Court of Appeals. No member of the Gen-
eral Assembly at which this amendment was proposed, if
otherwise qualified, shall be ineligible for appointment or
election as judge of the Court of Appeals or any other
court by reason of his membership in such General As-
sembly. [All appeals and other matters pending in the
Court of Appeals on January 1, 1945, shall be proceeded
with and determined by the Court as hereby constituted.]
In the event and to the extent of any inconsistency be-
tween the provisions of any section amended or added by
this amendment and any of the other provisions of this
Constitution or the provisions of any existing law, the
provisions of the sections amended or added shall prevail,
and such other provisions shall be repealed or abrogated
to the extent of such inconsistency, except Section 35A of
Article III of this Constitution; provided, however, that
in the event of any inconsistency between the provisions
of the sections thus amended or added and any of the
other provisions of this Constitution as amended by any