COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	cast their votes for or against the continu-
	ation in office of said Judge.
	(2) Whenever a vacancy shall occur on
	said Court from any cause the Governor
	shall appoint to said Court a Judge who shall
	hold office under such appointment until the
	thirty-first day of December immediately
	following the first Congressional election
	occurring six months or more after the date
	of his appointment. No Judge of said Court,
	who has stood for election to succeed him-
	self, and not been elected, shall thereafter
	be appointed to said Court, and no Judge
	of said Court, who has failed to stand for
	election when eligible, shall be appointed to
	succeed himself.
	(3) In order to qualify for election or
	re-election all candidates shall file with the
	Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City
	not later than thirty days before the date
	of the applicable election a certificate of
	candidacy in a form to be supplied by the
	Supervisors.
	Unless his office shall have been abolished
	pursuant to this section, each Judge of said
	Court shall continue to hold office after the
	expiration of his period of appointment or
	term until a successor shall qualify, As used
	in this section, "Congressional election"
	means any of the biennial elections at which
	members of the House of Representatives
	are regularly chosen.
	Said Court shall have such jurisdiction	Section 5.10. Jurisdiction.
	(which may be made exclusive as to any class or classes of civil cases in Baltimore City), with such right of appeal, therefrom, and the Chief Judge and Associate Judges	The District Court shall have the original jurisdiction prescribed by law. Jurisdiction of the District Court shall be uniform through- out the State.
	thereof shall have such powers and duties,
	as the General Assembly shall prescribe from	See Section 5.31, Administration of Judicial
	time to time by Law. The Judges of said	System, p. 52.
	Court shall have full power to regulate by
	rules the administration, procedure and
	practice of said Court; such rules shall have
	the force of law until rescinded or modified
	by said Judges or the General Assembly.
	Unless otherwise provided by Law, ( 1 ) all
	powers granted by this section or by Law to
	said Court or the Judges thereof as a body
	may be exercised by a majority of the
	Judges thereof, and (2) said Court shall not
	be a Court of Record.
	There shall be a Chief Constable of said	See Section 533, Clerks of Court, p. 56.
	Court, who shall perform therein the duties
	prescribed for Clerks of Court by Section 10
	of this Article and such other duties as shall
	be prescribed by Law or by rule of said
	Court. Such Chief Constable shall be

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