CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
		to retirement and removal from office;
		and .....
		See Art. IV, Sec. 41 B at Section 5.11 for
		eligibility of county People's Court judges.
		Sec. 41C (a) ... [Municipal Court of
		Baltimore City] The Judges of said Court
		shall have the qualifications prescribed by
		Section 2 of this Article, shall each have
		practiced law in the City of Baltimore for
		a total period of at least five years and
		shall devote their full time to the duties of
		said Court; they shall hold office subject
		to the provisions of Sections 3 and 4 of this
		Article with regard to retirement and re-
		moval from office; and they shall receive
		such compensation from such sources as
		shall be provided by Law by the General
		Assembly, which shall not be diminished
		during their continuance in office.......
	Section 5.15. Nomination and Appointment.	Art. II, sec. 10. He [Governor] shall
	A judicial nominating commission shall	nominate, and, by and with the advice and
	nominate from three to five eligible persons	consent of the Senate, appoint all civil and
	for each judicial vacancy. Nominations to fill	military officers of the State, whose appoint-
	a vacancy shall be made not more than thir-	ment, or election, is not otherwise herein
	ty days prior to nor more than sixty days af-	provided for, unless a different mode of
	ter the vacancy occurs. The governor shall	appointment be prescribed by the Law
	fill a vacancy by appointing one person from	creating the office.
	the list of nominees. If the governor fails to
	appoint one of the nominees within sixty	Art. IV, sec. 5. Upon every occurrence
	days after receiving the list, his power to make the appointment shall end and the	or recurrence of a vacancy through death, resignation, removal, disqualification by
	chief judge of the Court of Appeals shall ap- point one of the nominees.	reason of age or otherwise, or expiration of the term of fifteen years of any judge,
		or creation of the office of any judge, or
		in any other way, the Governor shall
		appoint a person duly qualified to fill said
		office, who shall hold the same until the
		election and qualification of his successor;
		except that when a vacancy shall exist in
		the office of Chief Judge of the Supreme
		Bench of Baltimore City, the Governor may
		designate an Associate Judge of said Su-
		preme Bench as Chief Judge of said Su-
		preme Bench, and such appointee as Chief
		Judge shall hold such office for the resi-
		due of the term for which he was last
		elected an Associate Judge of said Supreme
		Bench. His successor shall be elected at
		the first biennial general election for Rep-
		resentatives in Congress after the expira-
		tion of the term of fifteen years (if the
		vacancy occurred in that way) or the
		first such general election after one year
		after the occurrence of the vacancy in any
		other way than through expiration of such
		term. Except in case of reappointment of
		a judge upon expiration of his term of

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