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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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Registers of Wills, the opposing candidates
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shall have an equal number of votes, it
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shall be the duty of the Governor to order
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a new election; and in case of any con-
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tested election, the Governor shall send
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the returns to the House of Delegates, which
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shall judge of the election and qualification
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of the candidates at such election; and if
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the judgment shall be against the one who
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has been returned elected, or the one who
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has been commissioned by the Governor,
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the House of Delegates shall order a new
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election within thirty days.
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Sec. 14... . . The Judges of the Court
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of Appeals shall be residents of and be
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elected by the qualified voters of their
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respective Appellate Judicial Circuits. The
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term of each Judge of the Court of Appeals
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shall begin on the date of his qualification
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except that each of the judges of the Court
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of Appeals in office at the time this amend-
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ment to the Constitution takes effect shall
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continue to hold office for the balance of
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the term for which he was elected or
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appointed or until he shall have attained
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the age of seventy years, whichever may
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first happen.....
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See Art. IV, Sec. 21 at Section 5.14 for
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election of circuit court judges.
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Sec. 31. There shall be elected by the
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legal and qualified voters of said City, at the
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election, hereinbefore provided for, one
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Chief Judge, and four Associate Judges,
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who, together, shall constitute the Supreme
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Bench of Baltimore City, and shall hold
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their offices for the term of fifteen years,
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subject to the provisions of this Constitution
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with regard to the election and qualifica-
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tions of Judges, and their removal from
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office, and shall exercise the jurisdiction,
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hereinafter specified.......
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Part V. Orphans' Court.
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Sec. 40. The qualified voters of the City
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of Baltimore, and of the several Counties,
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except Montgomery County, shall on the
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Tuesday next after the first Monday in
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November, (nineteen hundred and fifty-
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eight) nineteen hundred and sixty-six, and
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on the same day in every fourth year
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thereafter, elect three men to be Judges of
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the Orphans' Courts of said City and
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Counties, ....
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Sec. 41A....... [Baltimore City People's
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Court] The Governor shall appoint to said
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Court, to take office on the first Monday
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