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COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968

CONSTITUTION OF 1867

Section 5.21. Procedures of Nominating


Commissions.


Each nominating commission shall act only


upon the concurrence of a majority of its


members. Each commission shall elect one of


its members as chairman.


Section 5.22. Judicial Term of Office.

Art. IV, sec. 3. The Judges of the said

The continuance in office of each judge

several Courts other than the Court of

shall be subject to approval or rejection at

Appeals or any intermediate courts of

the next general election following the expi-

appeal shall, subject to the provisions of

ration of two years from the date of the oc-

Section 5 of this Article of the Constitution,

currence of the vacancy to which he was

be elected in Baltimore City and in each

appointed and at the general election every

county, by the qualified voters of the city

eight years thereafter. The continuance in

and of each county, respectively, except

office of each judge of the Court of Appeals

that in the First and Second Judicial Circuits

and of the Intermediate Appellate Court

the said Judges of the several Courts shall

shall be subject to approval or rejection by

be elected by the qualified voters in each

the voters of the entire State. The continu-

respective Judicial Circuit as hereinafter

ance in office of each judge of the Superior

provided, all of the said Judges to be elected

Court and of the District Court shall be sub-

at the general election to be held on the

ject to approval or rejection by the voters of

Tuesday after the first Monday in No-

the county or the district in which the office

vember, as now provided for in the Con-

then exists. The Court of Appeals shall pre-

stitution. Each of the said Judges shall

scribe by rule for a poll by secret ballot of

hold his office for the term of fifteen yean

the lawyers of the area in which a judge

from the time of his election, and until

stands for election regarding the desirability

his successor is elected and qualified, or

of his continuance in office. The Court of

until he shall have attained the age of

Appeals shall prescribe by rule for publica-

seventy years, whichever may first happen,

tion of the results of the poll. If the voters

and be re-eligible thereto until he shall

reject the continuance in office of a judge

have attained the age of seventy years, and

the office shall be vacant.

not after. In case of the inability of any


of said Judges to discharge his duties with


efficiency, by reason of continued sickness,


or of physical or mental infirmity, it shall


be in the power of the General Assembly,


two-thirds of the members of each House


concurring, with the approval of the Gov-


ernor to retire said Judge from office.


See Art. IV, Sec. 5 at Section 5.15 for


election of judge appointed to fill a vacancy.


Sec. 11. The election for Judges, here-


inbefore provided, and all elections for


Clerks, Registers of Wills, and other officers,


provided in this Constitution, except State's


Attorneys, shall be certified, and the re-


turns made, by the Clerks of the Circuit


Courts of the Counties, and the Clerk of


the Superior Court of Baltimore City, re-


spectively, to the Governor, who shall issue


commissions to the different persons for


the offices to which they shall have been,


respectively, elected; and in all such elec-


tions, the person having the greatest num-


ber of votes shall be declared to be elected.


Sec. 12. If in any case of election for


Judges, Clerks of the Courts of Law, and

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