CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
		all cases, from the judgment of Justices of
		the Peace, as hath been heretofore exercised,
		or shall be hereafter prescribed by Law.
		Sec. 43. In the event of a vacancy in the
		office of a Justice of the Peace, the Governor
		shall appoint a person to serve, as Justice
		of the Peace, for the residue of the term;
		and in case of a vacancy in the office of
		Constable, the County Commissioners of the
		county in which the vacancy occurs, or the
		Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, as the
		case may be, shall appoint a person to serve
		as Constable for the residue of the term.
	Selection and Tenure of Judges
	Section 5.13. Judicial Circuits.	See Art. IV, Sec. 14 at Section 5.04 for
	The State shall be divided by law into cir-	circuits of the Court of Appeals.
	cuits of the Court of Appeals and into
	circuits of the Intermediate Appellate Court.	See Art. IV, Sec. 14 A at Sections 5.06 and 5.07 for circuits of the Intermediate Court
		of Appeals.
	Section 5.14. Eligibility for Nomination and	Sec. 2. The Judges of all of the said
	Appointment.	Courts shall be citizens of the State of
	A judge shall have been a citizen of the	Maryland, and qualified voters under this
	State and shall have been authorized to prac-	Constitution, and shall have resided therein
	tice law in the State for at least five years	not less than five years, and not less than
	immediately preceding his nomination. A	six months next preceding their election, or
	nominee for judge of the Court of Appeals	appointment, as the case may be, in the
	or of the Intermediate Appellate Court shall	city, county, judicial circuit, intermediate
	be a resident of the circuit where that court	appellate judicial circuit or appellate ju-
	vacancy exists. A nominee for judge of the	dicial circuit for which they may be,
	Superior Court shall be a resident of the	respectively, elected, or appointed. They
	county where the vacancy exists. A nominee	shall be not less than thirty years of age
	for judge of the District Court shall be a res-	at, the time of their election, or appoint-
	ident of the district where the vacancy ex-	ment, and shall be selected from those who
	ists.	have been admitted to practice Law in this
		State, and who are most distinguished for
		integrity, wisdom and sound legal knowl-
		edge.
		Sec. 21..... [Each circuit judge] shall
		be a resident of the county in which he
		shall hold office, and who shall be elected
		by the voters thereof, to be styled judges
		of the Circuit Court, to be elected or
		appointed as herein provided. The number
		of judges for any of the circuits or for
		any of the counties, may be increased or
		decreased by the General Assembly from
		time to time, and any vacancy so created
		shall be filled as provided in Section 5 of this
		Article except that in the third, fourth,
		fifth, sixth, and seventh judicial circuits
		there shall never be less than one judge
		for each county and in all of the circuits
		there shall never be less than four for each
		circuit. The senior judge in length of

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