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COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968

CONSTITUTION OF 1867


(2) Whenever a vacancy shall occur in


said Court (other than in an original term


or other than upon expiration of a term),


for any cause, the Governor shall appoint


to said Court a Judge who shall hold office

under such appointment until the thirty-

first day of December immediately following

the first Congressional election occurring at

least one year after the date of his appoint-

ment.

(3) In order to qualify for election or


re-election a candidate shall file a certificate


of candidacy with the Supervisors of


Elections of Baltimore City not later than


midnight of the day which is ten weeks or


seventy days prior to the day on which the


primary election should be held.


(4) The names of all candidates for


judge of the Municipal Court created herein


shall be placed in the voting machines with-


out any party label or other distinguishing


mark or location which might directly or


indirectly indicate the party affiliation of


any such candidate.


(5) When a vacancy shall exist in the


Chief Judgeship of said Court, the Gover-


nor may designate an Associate Judge of said


Court as Chief Judge, and such appointee as


Chief Judge shall continue as such for the


residue of the term for which he was


originally appointed or subsequently elected.


Art. XV, sec. 9. The term of office of


all Judges and other officers, for whose


election provision is made by this Constitu-


tion, shall except in cases otherwise ex-


pressly provided herein, commence from


the time of their Election; and all such


officers shall qualify as soon after their


election as practicable, and shall enter upon


the duties of their respective offices im-


mediately upon their qualification; and the


Term of office of the State Librarian and of


the Commissioner of the Land Office shall


commence from the time of their appoint-


ment.

Section 5.23. Judicial Retirement.

Sec. 3. The Judges of the said several

Each judge shall retire at the age of seven-

Courts other than the Court of Appeals or

ty. If a majority of the members of the

any intermediate courts of appeal shall,

Court of Appeals approve, the chief judge

subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this

may authorize a retired judge to perform

Article of the Constitution, be elected in

temporarily judicial duties in any court.

Baltimore City and in each county, by the


qualified voters of the city and of each


county, respectively, except that in the First


and Second Judicial Circuits the said Judges


of the several Courts shall be elected by the


qualified voters in each respective Judicial


Circuit as hereinafter provided, all of the

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