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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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pensation and tenure of such employees
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and that such employees and the Chief
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Clerk shall be or become members of the
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Classified City Service of Baltimore or the
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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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(e) After the day immediately preceding
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the first Monday in May, 1961, no Justice
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of the Peace of Baltimore City, including
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the Police Magistrates of Baltimore City, the
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Chief Police Magistrate of Baltimore City,
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the Magistrates-at-Large for Baltimore City,
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the Magistrates of the Traffic Court of
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Baltimore City, and the Chief Magistrate of
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the Traffic Court of Baltimore City, shall
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exercise any of the jurisdiction, or have any
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of the powers or duties conferred on the
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Court herein created.
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(f) No member of the General Assembly
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at which this amendment is proposed, if
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otherwise qualified, shall be ineligible for
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appointment or election as judge of the
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Municipal Court of Baltimore City by
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reason of his membership in such General
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Assembly.
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Part VI. Justices of the Peace.
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Sec. 42. The Governor, by and with the
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See those provisions of the proposed Consti-
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advice and consent of the Senate, shall
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tution applicable to the District Court.
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appoint such number of Justices of the
Peace, and the County Commissioners of the
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Section 5.12. Commissioners.
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several counties, and the Mayor and City
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There may be district court commissioners
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Council of Baltimore, respectively, shall
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in the number and with the qualifications
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appoint such number of Constables, for the
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prescribed by rule. Commissioners in a dis-
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several Election Districts of the Counties,
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trict shall be appointed by and serve at the
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and Wards of the City of Baltimore, as are
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pleasure of that judge of the District Court
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now, or may hereafter be prescribed by Law ;
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who shall be designated by rule to appoint
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and Justices of the Peace and Constables,
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commissioners therein. Commissioners may
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so appointed, shall be subject to removal by
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exercise powers only with respect to warrants
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the Judge, or Judges having criminal juris-
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of arrest, or bail or collateral or other terms
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diction in the county, or city, for incom-
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of pre-trial release pending hearing, or incar-
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petency, wilful neglect of duty, or misde-
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ceration pending hearing, and then only as
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meanor in office, on conviction in a Court
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prescribed by rule.
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of Law. The Justices of the Peace and Con-
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stables, so appointed, and commissioned,
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shall be Conservators of the Peace, shall
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hold their office for two years, and shall
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have such jurisdiction, duties and compen-
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sation, subject to such right of appeal, in
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all cases, from the judgment of Justices of
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