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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968

CONSTITUTION OF 1867

for the remainder of the term. No member


shall receive compensation for his service.


Section 5.17. Trial Courts Nominating Com-


missions.


A trial courts nominating commission shall


make nominations to fill a vacancy on the


Superior Court or on the District Court. The


number of commissions and the terms of


their members shall be prescribed by law.


Each commission shall have at least six mem-


bers and shall consist of an equal number of


lay and lawyer members as prescribed by


law. No member shall receive compensation


for his service. Each commission shall make


nominations to fill vacancies on the Superior


Court in one or more counties, or on the


District Court in one or more districts, or


both, as prescribed by law.


Section 5.18. Lawyer Members of Nominat-


ing Commissions.


Lawyers throughout the State shall elect


by secret ballot the lawyer members of the


Appellate Courts Nominating Commission.


Lawyers of the area for which each trial


courts nominating commission is established


shall elect by secret ballot the lawyer mem-


bers of each commission. Election procedure


and eligibility of lawyer members of nomi-


nating commissions and of their electors


shall be prescribed by law.


Section 5.19. Lay Members of Nominating


Commissions.


The governor shall appoint the lay mem-


bers of the Appellate Courts Nominating


Commission from among the qualified voters


of the State. The governor shall appoint the


lay members of each trial courts nominating


commission from among the qualified voters


of the area for which that commission is es-


tablished.


Section 5.20. Restrictions on Members of


Nominating Commissions.


During his service on a commission, a


member shall not hold any public office of


profit or office in a political party. A member


shall not be eligible to hold a judicial office


for two years immediately following his ser-


vice on a commission and he shall not be eli-


gible to hold any other public office of profit


for one year immediately following his
service.





 

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