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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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county, and also the candidate or candidates
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residing in some other county, and not
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similarly disqualified, who shall have the
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next highest number of votes in said election.
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If, by reason of such a condition or by
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reason of an equal vote for two or more
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candidates a sufficient number of judges
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duly qualified as to residence shall not be
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elected at any election, then it shall be the
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duty of the Governor to order a new
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election for such unfilled office or offices.
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From and after December 1, 1954, there
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See. Section 5.09, Composition, p. 59.
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shall be not less than two judges resident in
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Anne Arundel County, and not less than
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three judges resident in Baltimore County.
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From and after December 1, 1960, there
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shall be not less than four judges resident in
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Prince George's County. From and after
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December 1, 1960, there shall be not less
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than five judges resident in Montgomery
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County.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of
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this Article the vacancy in Montgomery
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County created by the adoption of this
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amendment shall not be filled by appoint-
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ment as provided in Section 5 of this
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Article, but at the first biennial general
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election for Representatives in Congress,
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after the adoption of this amendment a
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judge shall be elected by the qualified
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voters of Montgomery County to fill such
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vacancy in such county. Any other vacancy
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in the office of Judge of the Circuit Court
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for Montgomery County and any vacancy
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in the second judicial circuit shall be filled
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as provided in Sections 3 and 5 of this
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Article, except that the person initially
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appointed to fill the vacancy in the second
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judicial circuit shall be a resident of Kent
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County.
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The said judges shall hold such terms of
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the Circuit Court in each of the counties
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composing their respective circuits, at such
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times as are now prescribed or may here-
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after be prescribed by rules or regulations
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by the Court of Appeals or otherwise by law.
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One judge in each of the first seven circuits
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shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
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of any business; and the said judges, or any
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of them, may hold special terms of their
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Courts, when in their* discretion, the busi-
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ness of the several counties renders such
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terms necessary.
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All provisions of the Constitution of Mary-
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land and all Acts of the General Assembly
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relating to the Court of Appeals or any
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other courts, and all rules heretofore
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adopted by the Court of Appeals, not incon-
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