as a person non compos mentis, shall be entitled to vote. The effect
of this section shall terminate July 1, 1969.

Section 4. Procedure for Retention in Office of Judges.

The procedure for approval or rejection of the continuance in
office of a judge required to stand for election under section 5.22
of the Constitution shall be as follows:

(a) Each candidate for continuance in office as judge shall file
a certificate of candidacy with the secretary of state. Such certifi-
cate shall be filed not less than ninety days prior to the date of the
election at which the judge's retention or rejection is to be deter-
mined. The filing fee shall be $25.

(b) Not less than sixty days before any such election, the sec-
retary of state shall certify to the boards of supervisors of elec-
tions of the county or counties, the voters of which are entitled
to vote on the continuance in office of such judge, the name and
residence of such judge, and the court in which he seeks to be
retained.

(c) Each such board shall include on the ballots prepared by it
pursuant to Section 16-4, Art. 33, Annotated Code of Maryland,
the following questions with respect to each judicial candidate
certified to it by the secretary of state:

Shall Judge (name of candidate) be retained in office as a judge
of the (name of court) ? Yes No

(d) No such judge shall be required to run in a primary elec-
tion nor shall his political affiliation appear on the ballot.

(e) Provisions of the election laws not inconsistent with the
aforegoing shall apply to judicial elections.

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Section 5. Salary of Members of the General Assembly.

Each member of the General Assembly shall receive an annual
salary of eight thousand dollars, accounting from July 1, 1968,
and payable bi-weekly.

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