COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
		and such other duties as shall be prescribed
		by Law or by rule of said Court. Such Chief
		Constable shall be appointed, in the manner
		hereinafter prescribed, by the Judges of said
		Court; and such Chief Constable shall ap-
		point, in the manner hereinafter prescribed,
		all original, subsequent and additional
		constables and clerks employed pursuant to
		this section, and shall supervise and direct
		the work of all such constables and clerks.
		There shall be appointed originally four-
		teen such constables and sixteen such clerks;
		the number of either may, on the joint
		recommendation of said Court and said
		Chief Constable, be increased by the Mayor
		and City Council of Baltimore City; no
		vacancy in the position of any constable or
		clerk, however arising, shall be filled by
		said Chief Constable unless the Judges of
		said Court and said Chief Constable shall
		expressly find that the filling of such va-
		cancy is necessary for the efficient operation
		of said Court. The positions of said Chief
		Constable and of all such constables and
		clerks shall be positions in the Classified
		City Service of Baltimore and the provisions
		of the Charter of said City with respect to
		said City Service are hereby expressly made
		applicable thereto, provided that, the Chief
		Constable at the time this amendment be-
		comes effective shall continue and remain in
		said position and immediately become a
		member of said Classified City Service of
		Baltimore; all such positions shall be clas-
		sified by the City Service Commission and
		all appointments, promotions, transfers, re-
		instatements, and removals with respect to
		such positions shall be made only in accord-
		ance with the provisions, rules and regula-
		tions of said Classified City Service in force
		from time to time. Such Chief Constable
		and all of such other constables and all such
		clerks shall receive from the Mayor and City
		Council of Baltimore City such compensa-
		tion as said Mayor and City Council shall
		prescribe. Such constables and clerks shall
		perform such duties as may now or here-
		after be prescribed by Law or rule of Court.
		After adoption of this section no con-
		stable shall be appointed by the Mayor and
		City Council of Baltimore City pursuant
		to Section 42 or Section 43 of this Article IV,
		but constables in office upon the adoption
		of this section shall hold office for the
		remainder of their terms, and the constables
		first appointed under this section shall take
		office at the expiration of such terms.
		Sec. 41B. The General Assembly shall
		have power by Law to establish a People's

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