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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