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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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service shall be the chief judge of the
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circuit; the other judge or judges shall be
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associate judges. In the first and second
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judicial circuits no two of said judges of
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the Circuit Court shall at the time of their
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election or appointment, or during the term
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for which they may have been elected or
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appointed, reside in any one county, except
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in Cecil County wherein two said judges
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may reside at one time provided that each
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of the other counties within the second
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judicial circuit shall have at least one judge
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resident therein. In the first and second
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judicial circuits, in case any candidate or
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candidates for judge at any election shall
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receive sufficient votes to cause such candi-
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date or candidates to be declared elected,
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but the election of such candidate or
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candidates would cause more judges than
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herein permitted to reside in any county of
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the circuit, then and in that event there
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shall be declared elected only that candidate
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or those candidates residing in said county,
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in the order of the votes received, whose
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election would provide the permitted num-
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ber of judges from said county, and also
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the candidate or candidates residing in some
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other county, and not similarly disqualified,
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who shall have the next highest number of
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votes in said election. If, by reason of
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such a condition or by reason of an equal
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vote for two or more candidates a sufficient
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number of judges duly qualified as to resi-
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dence shall not be elected at any election,
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then it shall be the duty of the Governor
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to order a new election for such unfilled
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office or offices.......
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See Art. IV, Sec. 31 at Section 5.22 for
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eligibility of the Supreme Bench of Balti-
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more.
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Sec. 40..... [Orphans Court judges shall
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be] citizens of the State, and residents
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for the twelve months preceding, in the
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City, or County, for which they may be
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elected. They shall have all the powers now
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vested in the Orphans' Courts of the State,
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subject to such changes as the Legislature
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may prescribe.......
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Sec. 41A....... [People's Court of Balti-
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more City] The Judges of said Court shall
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have the qualifications prescribed by Sec-
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tion 2 of this Article and shall have
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practiced Law in the City of Baltimore for
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a total period of at least five years; shall
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hold office subject to the provisions of Sec-
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tions 3 and 4 of this Article with regard
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