2072                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 894

OF THIS ACT, WHICH COMMITTEE SHALL SELECT ITS OWN
CHAIRMAN, AND WHICH COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIST OF
THE FOLLOWING PERSONS:

(a)   The State Senator from Anne Arundel County.

(b)  Chairman of the Anne Arundel County Delegation in the
House of Delegates.

(c)  One (1) attorney selected by the Anne Arundel County Bar
Association.

(d) The senior Judge of the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel

County.

(D) THE DULY ELECTED VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE
FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE MARYLAND STATE BAR
ASSOCIATION.

14A-4. (a) The Judges appointed originally to said Court shall
take office on January 1, 1964, for terms expiring respectively on
December 31, 1969, December 31, 1970, December 31, 1971, and
December 31, 1972. In making said appointments the Governor shall
designate the term for which each Judge is appointed. If any va-
cancy shall occur during the original term, the Governor shall ap-
point a successor to serve for the remainder of such term.

(b)  After the expiration of the original terms, the term of office
of the Judges of the Court shall be ten (10) years from the expira-
tion of the preceding term and shall be filled as follows:

1.  Any incumbent Judge of the Court, or any other qualified per-
son, shall be eligible, at the Congressional election immediately pre-
ceding the expiration of the term, for election or re-election for a
full term of ten (10) years.

2.  In order to qualify for election or re-election, there shall be
filed with the Supervisors of Elections of Anne Arundel County, not
later than thirty (30) days before the date of the applicable election,
a certificate signed and duly acknowledged, stating the basis of the
eligibility and the term which is to be filled by election. Thereupon
the names of the persons so filing, together with a statement of the
term for which they are eligible shall be placed upon the ballot to be
used in such election, with no party designation whatever.

(c)   Unless his office shall have been abolished pursuant to this
sub-title, each Judge of the Court shall continue to hold office after
the expiration of his term until a successor shall qualify.

(d)   Upon the creation of any additional office on the Court by in-
crease in the number of Judges pursuant to this sub-title, the Gov-
ernor shall appoint a qualified person from a list of not more than
three (3) persons nominated by the Committee provided for in Sec-
tion 14A-3 herein, for a term as the law creating such office shall
provide.

(e) Whenever a vacancy shall occur on the Court from any cause,
the Governor shall appoint a qualified person, from a list of not more
than three (3) persons nominated by the Committee provided for in

Section 14A-3 herein, who shall hold office as Judge for the balance

of the unexpired term to which he has been appointed and until his
successor shall have been selected and qualified.