Municipal Court judge subject to this section shall be subject
to approval or rejection by the electorate of the county or Balti-
more City in which he would have been required to stand for elec-
tion under the law in effect on June 30, 1968.

Section 27. Election of Judges Continued in Office.

Any judge of any court continued in office pursuant to this
schedule shall stand for retention in office at the general election
next following the expiration of his term pursuant to and for the
term prescribed in section 5.22. The term of any such judge shall
be extended until such next general election.

Section 28. Applicability of Section 5.23.

Section 5.23 shall not apply to any judge of the Orphans' Court,
or of any People's Court, except full-time judges of People's
Courts in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Cecil, Montgomery,
Prince George's and Wicomico counties, and the judges of the
Municipal Court of Baltimore City, nor shall it apply to any
justice of the peace.

Section 29. Judicial Compensation.

(a) Except for its second and last sentences, section 5.24 shall
not apply to any judge of any People's Court, the Municipal Court
of Baltimore City, the Housing Court of Baltimore County, the
Orphans' Court, nor to any justice of the peace; provided, how-
ever, that between July 1, 1968, and January 1, 1970, the Gen-
eral Assembly may provide by law for uniform compensation
and pension rights for full-time judges of the Municipal Court
of Baltimore City and of the People's Courts of Baltimore City
and of Anne Arundel, Cecil, Montgomery, Prince George's and
Wicomico counties, and their respective spouses.

(b) The initial salary to be paid by the State to a judge of
the Court of Appeals shall not be less than the total salary, includ-
ing any local supplementation, paid on January 1, 1968, to the
chief judge of the Court of Appeals established under the prior
Constitution.

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