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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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Court in any county, or any part thereof,
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incorporated city or town in this State,
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except Baltimore City, and to prescribe and
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from time to time to alter (1) the number,
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qualifications, tenure, and method of se-
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lection of the Judges of any such Court,
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and their powers, duties and compensation,
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except that the term of office or compensa-
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tion of any Judge shall not be reduced
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during his continuance in office; (2) the
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jurisdiction of any such Court (which may
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be made exclusive as to any class or classes
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of civil cases in such county, or any part
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thereof, city or town) and the right of
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appeal therefrom; (3) the number, qualifi-
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cations, tenure, method of selection, duties,
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and compensation of all constables, clerks
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or other employees for such Court; and (4)
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all other matters relating to such Court.
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After adoption of this Section the Governor
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shall not be required to appoint any partic-
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ular number of Justices of the Peace in any
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county or in any of the several election
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districts of the counties as now provided in
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Section 42 of the Constitution.
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Sec. 41C. (d) There shall be a Chief
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Clerk of said Court who shall be appointed
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by said Court and who shall perform such
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duties as may be prescribed from time to
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time by said Court or by Law by the Gen-
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eral Assembly. He shall be paid such com-
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pensation from such sources as the General
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Assembly shall prescribe from tune to time
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by Law. There shall be such deputy and
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assistant clerks, clerical, probationary, sten-
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ographic and other employees as may be
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prescribed from time to time by the General
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Assembly by Law and such Law shall pre-
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scribe the method of selection, amount and
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manner of compensation and tenure of such
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employees and that such employees and the
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Chief Clerk shall be or become members of
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the Classified City Service of Baltimore or
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the Classified Service of the State or another
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classified service or merit system which may
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be hereafter established. Such employees
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shall perform such duties as may be pre-
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scribed from time to time by said Court or
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by Law by the General Assembly. The
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employees of the Traffic Court of Baltimore
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City shall be transferred from the Traffic
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Court to the Municipal Court, as of the first
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Monday in May, 1961.
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ARTICLED FINANCE
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Taxation
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Section 6.01. Power to Tax.
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Declaration of Rights, Art. 14. That no
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Taxes shall be imposed only for public
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aid, charge, tax, burthen or fees ought to
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