CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
		officers in the various Counties and in the
		City of Baltimore shall be such as may be
		prescribed by law.
	Section 5.33. Clerks of Court.	Art. IV, sec. 17. There shall be a Clerk
	The chief judge of each court shall ap-	of the Court of Appeals, who shall be
	point, to serve at his pleasure, a chief clerk	appointed by and shall hold his office at the
	of that court. There shall be in each county	pleasure of said Court of Appeals.
	a clerk of the Superior Court who shall be selected as prescribed by law. There shall be in each county a clerk of the District Court whose appointment and term shall be pre- scribed by rule.	Sec. 25. There shall be a Clerk of the Circuit Court for each County, who shall be elected by a plurality of the qualified voters of said County, and shall hold his office for four years from the time of his election, and
		until his successor is elected and qualified,
		and be re-eligible, subject to be removed for
		wilful neglect of duty, or other misde-
		meanor in office, on conviction in a Court
		of Law. In case of a vacancy in the office
		of Clerk of a Circuit Court, the Judges of
		said Court shall have power to fill such
		vacancy until the general election for
		Delegates to the General Assembly, to be
		held next thereafter, when a successor shall
		be elected for the term of four years.
		Sec. 37. There shall be a Clerk of each
		of the said Courts of Baltimore City, except
		the Supreme Bench, who shall be elected
		by the legal and qualified voters of said
		City, at the election to be held in said City
		on the Tuesday next after the First Monday
		of November, in the year nineteen hundred
		and fifty-eight, and shall hold his office for
		four years from the time of his election,
		and until his successor is elected and
		qualified, and be re-eligible thereto, subject
		to be removed for willful neglect of duty,
		or other misdemeanor in office, on convic-
		tion in a Court of Law. The salary of each
		of the said Clerks shall be payable as
		provided in Section 45 of Article 3 of this
		Constitution, and they shall be entitled to
		no other perquisites, or compensation. In
		case of a vacancy in the office of Clerk of
		any of said Courts, the Judges of said
		Supreme Bench of Baltimore City shall have
		power to fill such vacancy until the general
		election of Delegates to the General As-
		sembly, to be held next thereafter, when a
		Clerk of said Court shall be elected to serve
		for four years thereafter; and the provisions
		of this Article in relation to the appoint-
		ment of Deputies by the Clerks of the Cir-
		cuit Courts in the Counties shall apply to
		the Clerks of the Courts in Baltimore City.
		Sec. 41 A (3). . . . There shall be a
		Chief Constable of said Court, who shall
		perform therein the duties prescribed for
		Clerks of Court by Section 10 of this Article

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