COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	Baltimore shall be appointed by the Judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City.	cial system. He shall designate, to serve at his pleasure, one Intermediate Appellate
	It shall be the duty of the General As-	Court judge, one Superior Court judge, and
	sembly to prescribe, by Law, a fixed com-	one District Court judge as the chief judge
	pensation for all such officers; and said	of each court. Each shall perform those du-
	Judge, or Judges shall, from time to time,	ties in the administration of the judicial
	investigate the expenses, costs and charges	system that the chief judge of the Court of
	of their respective courts, with a view to	Appeals shall assign to him. The chief judge
	a change or reduction thereof, and report	of the Court of Appeals may assign adminis-
	the result of such investigation to the Gen-	trative duties to other judges in the manner
	eral Assembly for its action.	prescribed by rule. Any judge may be as-
		signed to sit temporarily in any court as pre-
		scribed by rule.
	Sec. 10. The Clerks of the several	See Section 533, Clerks of Court, p. 56.
	Courts, created, or continued by this Con-
	stitution, shall have charge and custody
	of the records and other papers, shall per-
	form all the duties, and be allowed the fees,
	which appertain to their several offices, as
	the same now are, or may hereafter be
	regulated by Law. And the office and busi-
	ness of said Clerks, in all their departments,
	shall be subject to the visitorial power of
	the Judges of their respective Courts, who
	shall exercise the same, from time to time,
	so as to insure the faithful performance
	of the duties of said officers; and it shall
	be the duty of the Judges of said Courts
	respectively, to make, from time to time,
	such rules and regulations as may be neces-
	sary and proper for the government of
	said Clerks, and for the performance of
	the duties of their offices, which shall have
	the force of Law until repealed, or modified
	by the General Assembly.
	Sec. 11. The election for Judges, here-	See Section 5.22, Judicial Term of Office, p.
	inbefore provided, and all elections for	51, for election of judges.
	Clerks, Registers of Wills, and other officers,
	provided in this Constitution, except State's
	Attorneys, shall be certified, and the re-
	turns made, by the Clerks of the Circuit
	Courts of the Counties, and the Clerk of
	the Superior Court of Baltimore City, re-
	spectively, to the Governor, who shall issue
	commissions to the different persons for
	the offices to which they shall have been,
	respectively, elected; and in all such elec-
	tions, the person having the greatest num-
	ber of votes shall be declared to be elected,
	Sec. 12. If in any case of election for
	Judges, Clerks of the Courts of Law, and
	Registers of Wills, the opposing candidates
	shall have an equal number of votes, it
	shall be the duty of the Governor to order
	a new election; and in case of any con-
	tested election, the Governor shall send

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