262                              Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 99

Article 4, "Judiciary Department"

Sec. 14. [Until January 1, 1945, the Court of Appeals shall be
composed of the Judges in office on November 7, 1944. From and
after January 1, 1945, the] The Court of Appeals shall be composed
of five Judges, two from the City of Baltimore; one from the First
Appellate Judicial Circuit, consisting of Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's,
Caroline, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset
Counties; one from the Second Appellate Judicial Circuit, consisting
of Harford, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Prince George's, Charles,
Calvert and St. Mary's Counties; and one from the Third Appellate
Judicial Circuit, consisting of Carroll, Howard, Montgomery, Fred-
erick, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett Counties [; and during the
continuance in office of Judges who were in office before January 1,
1945, not exceeding three additional Judges]. The City of Baltimore
shall, for the purposes of this section, be designated as the Fourth
Appellate Judicial Circuit. [The additional Judge from the Fourth
Appellate Judicial Circuit shall be appointed by the Governor to
serve until the election and qualification of his successor, as provided
by Section 5 of this Article. Except as to such additional Judge,
the Judges of said Court, in the first instance, shall be appointed
by the Governor from their respective Appellate Judicial Circuits
but such appointments shall be made from among the elected Judges
composing the Court of Appeals as of December 31, 1944. If, on
December 31, 1944, there are no elected members of the Court of
Appeals from any Appellate Judicial Circuit, the Governor shall desig-
nate the member of the Court of Appeals from that Appellate Judicial
Circuit from among the appointed members of the Court of Appeals
from that Appellate Judicial Circuit. If any Judge so appointed shall
be a member of the Court of Appeals as of December 31, 1944, by
virtue of having been elected to that office, his appointment shall be
for the balance of the term for which he had theretofore been elected.
The Judges so appointed from the First, Second and Third Appellate
Judicial Circuits shall cease to be Chief Judges of their respective
Circuits. Any elected Judges from Circuits, except the Eighth
Circuit, in office on December 31, 1944, other than the three desig-
nated by the Governor as Judges of the Court of Appeals, shall be
additional Judges of the Court of Appeals and shall continue to be
Chief Judges of their respective Circuits and shall hold office for the
residue of the terms for which they were elected. No successor to
any such additional Judge shall be appointed or elected as Judge of
the Court of Appeals or (except as provided in Section 21 of this
Article) as Judge of his Circuit, but any such additional Judge shall
be eligible to appointment as the member of the Court of Appeals
from his respective Appellate Judicial Circuit. Any vacancy in any
Appellate Judicial Circuit shall be filled by designation by the Gov-
ernor of one of the additional Judges from such Appellate Judicial
Circuit, if any, to hold office for the residue of the term for which
he was originally elected. Upon his appointment or designation as
a member of the Court of Appeals from his Appellate Judicial Cir-
cuit, such additional Judge shall cease to be the Chief Judge of his
Circuit.] The Judges of the Court of Appeals shall be elected by the
qualified voters of their respective Appellate Judicial Circuits, their
terms to begin on the date of their qualification. One of the Judges
of the Court of Appeals shall be designated by the Governor as the
Chief Judge. The jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals shall be co-