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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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(2) Whenever a vacancy shall occur in
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said Court (other than in an original term
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or other than upon expiration of a term),
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for any cause, the Governor shall appoint
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to said Court a Judge who shall hold office
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under such appointment until the thirty-
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first day of December immediately following
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the first Congressional election occurring at
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least one year after the date of his appoint-
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ment.
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(3) In order to qualify for election or
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re-election a candidate shall file a certificate
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of candidacy with the Supervisors of
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Elections of Baltimore City not later than
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midnight of the day which is ten weeks or
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seventy days prior to the day on which the
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primary election should be held.
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(4) The names of all candidates for
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judge of the Municipal Court created herein
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shall be placed in the voting machines with-
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out any party label or other distinguishing
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mark or location which might directly or
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indirectly indicate the party affiliation of
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any such candidate.
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(5) When a vacancy shall exist in the
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Chief Judgeship of said Court, the Gover-
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nor may designate an Associate Judge of said
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Court as Chief Judge, and such appointee as
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Chief Judge shall continue as such for the
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residue of the term for which he was
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originally appointed or subsequently elected.
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Art. XV, sec. 9. The term of office of
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all Judges and other officers, for whose
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election provision is made by this Constitu-
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tion, shall except in cases otherwise ex-
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pressly provided herein, commence from
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the time of their Election; and all such
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officers shall qualify as soon after their
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election as practicable, and shall enter upon
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the duties of their respective offices im-
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mediately upon their qualification; and the
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Term of office of the State Librarian and of
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the Commissioner of the Land Office shall
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commence from the time of their appoint-
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ment.
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Section 5.23. Judicial Retirement.
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Sec. 3. The Judges of the said several
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Each judge shall retire at the age of seven-
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Courts other than the Court of Appeals or
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ty. If a majority of the members of the
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any intermediate courts of appeal shall,
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Court of Appeals approve, the chief judge
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subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this
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may authorize a retired judge to perform
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Article of the Constitution, be elected in
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temporarily judicial duties in any court.
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Baltimore City and in each county, by the
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qualified voters of the city and of each
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county, respectively, except that in the First
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and Second Judicial Circuits the said Judges
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of the several Courts shall be elected by the
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qualified voters in each respective Judicial
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Circuit as hereinafter provided, all of the
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