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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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Section 5.21. Procedures of Nominating
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Commissions.
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Each nominating commission shall act only
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upon the concurrence of a majority of its
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members. Each commission shall elect one of
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its members as chairman.
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Section 5.22. Judicial Term of Office.
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Art. IV, sec. 3. The Judges of the said
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The continuance in office of each judge
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several Courts other than the Court of
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shall be subject to approval or rejection at
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Appeals or any intermediate courts of
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the next general election following the expi-
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appeal shall, subject to the provisions of
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ration of two years from the date of the oc-
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Section 5 of this Article of the Constitution,
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currence of the vacancy to which he was
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be elected in Baltimore City and in each
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appointed and at the general election every
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county, by the qualified voters of the city
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eight years thereafter. The continuance in
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and of each county, respectively, except
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office of each judge of the Court of Appeals
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that in the First and Second Judicial Circuits
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and of the Intermediate Appellate Court
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the said Judges of the several Courts shall
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shall be subject to approval or rejection by
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be elected by the qualified voters in each
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the voters of the entire State. The continu-
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respective Judicial Circuit as hereinafter
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ance in office of each judge of the Superior
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provided, all of the said Judges to be elected
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Court and of the District Court shall be sub-
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at the general election to be held on the
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ject to approval or rejection by the voters of
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Tuesday after the first Monday in No-
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the county or the district in which the office
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vember, as now provided for in the Con-
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then exists. The Court of Appeals shall pre-
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stitution. Each of the said Judges shall
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scribe by rule for a poll by secret ballot of
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hold his office for the term of fifteen yean
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the lawyers of the area in which a judge
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from the time of his election, and until
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stands for election regarding the desirability
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his successor is elected and qualified, or
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of his continuance in office. The Court of
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until he shall have attained the age of
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Appeals shall prescribe by rule for publica-
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seventy years, whichever may first happen,
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tion of the results of the poll. If the voters
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and be re-eligible thereto until he shall
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reject the continuance in office of a judge
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have attained the age of seventy years, and
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the office shall be vacant.
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not after. In case of the inability of any
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of said Judges to discharge his duties with
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efficiency, by reason of continued sickness,
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or of physical or mental infirmity, it shall
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be in the power of the General Assembly,
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two-thirds of the members of each House
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concurring, with the approval of the Gov-
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ernor to retire said Judge from office.
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See Art. IV, Sec. 5 at Section 5.15 for
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election of judge appointed to fill a vacancy.
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Sec. 11. The election for Judges, here-
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inbefore provided, and all elections for
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Clerks, Registers of Wills, and other officers,
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provided in this Constitution, except State's
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Attorneys, shall be certified, and the re-
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turns made, by the Clerks of the Circuit
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Courts of the Counties, and the Clerk of
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the Superior Court of Baltimore City, re-
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spectively, to the Governor, who shall issue
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commissions to the different persons for
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the offices to which they shall have been,
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respectively, elected; and in all such elec-
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tions, the person having the greatest num-
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ber of votes shall be declared to be elected.
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Sec. 12. If in any case of election for
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Judges, Clerks of the Courts of Law, and
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