COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	Baltimore City. The Judges of the Court	See Section 5.14, Eligibility for Nomination
	of Appeals shall be residents of and be	and Appointment, p. 47.
	elected by the qualified voters of their respective Appellate Judicial Circuits. The	Section 5.05. Chief Judge of Court of Ap-
	term of each Judge of the Court of Appeals	peals.
	shall begin on the date of his qualification	The governor shall fill a vacancy in the
	except that each of the judges of the Court	office of chief judge of the Court of Appeals
	of Appeals in office at the time this amend-	by designating one of the judges of the
	ment to the Constitution takes effect shall	Court of Appeals to be chief judge for the
	continue to hold office for the balance of	remainder of his service on the Court, or un-
	the term for which he was elected or	til he resigns the office of chief judge. The
	appointed or until he shall have attained	associate judge senior in service on the Court
	the age of seventy years, whichever may	of Appeals shall have the powers and duties
	first happen. One of the Judges of the	of the office when the chief judge is absent,
	Court of Appeals shall be designated by	or when the Court of Appeals determines
	the Governor as the Chief Judge. The	that he is unable to serve, or when the office
	jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals shall	is vacant.
	be co-extensive with the limits of the State and such as now is or may hereafter be prescribed by law. It shall hold its sessions in the City of Annapolis at such time or times as it shall from time to time	Section 5.02. Jurisdiction. The Court of Appeals shall be the highest court of the State and shall have the appel- late jurisdiction prescribed by law and the
	by rule prescribe. Its session or sessions	original jurisdiction prescribed by this Con-
	shall continue not less than ten months in	stitution.
	each year, if the business before it shall so
	require, and it shall be competent for the
	judges temporarily to transfer their sittings
	elsewhere upon sufficient cause. The salary	See Section 5.24, Judicial Compensation, p.
	of each Judge of the Court of Appeals shall	51.
	be that now or hereafter prescribed by the
	General Assembly and shall not be dimin-
	ished during his continuance in office. Five	See Section 5.04, Composition, p. 54, for
	of the judges shall constitute a quorum, and	quorum.
	five judges shall sit in each case unless the
	Court shall direct that an additional judge
	or judges sit for any case. The concurrence
	of a majority of those sitting shall be
	sufficient for the decision of any cause, and
	an equal division of those sitting in a case
	has the effect of affirming the decision
	appealed from if there is no application for
	re-argument as hereinafter provided. In any
	case where there is an equal division or a
	three to two division of the Court a re-
	argument before the full Court of seven
	judges shall be granted to the losing party
	upon application as a matter of right.
	Sec. 14A. The General Assembly may	Section 5.06. Jurisdiction.
	by Law create such intermediate courts of	The Intermediate Appellate Court shall
	appeal, as may be necessary. The General	have the jurisdiction prescribed by law.
	Assembly may prescribe the intermediate appellate jurisdiction of these courts of	See Section 5.13, Judicial Circuits, p. 54.
	appeal, and all other powers necessary for the operation of such courts.	Section 5.07. Composition. The Intermediate Appellate Court shall
	Sec. 14B. No member of the General	consist of five judges, unless the number is
	Assembly at which the addition of Section	increased by law. The Intermediate Appel-

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