J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                    2073

(E) WHENEVER A VACANCY SHALL OCCUR ON THE
COURT FROM ANY CAUSE, THE GOVERNOR SHALL AP-
POINT A QUALIFIED PERSON, FROM A LIST OF NOT MORE
THAN THREE (3) PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE COMMIT-
TEE PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 14A-3 HEREIN, SUCH NOM-
INATIONS TO BE MADE WITHIN FIFTEEN (15) DAYS FROM
THE DATE OF SUCH VACANCY. THE NOMINEE SO AP-
POINTED BY THE GOVERNOR SHALL HOLD OFFICE AS
JUDGE FOR THE BALANCE OF THE UNEXPIRED TERM TO
WHICH HE HAS BEEN APPOINTED AND UNTIL HIS SUC-
CESSOR SHALL HAVE BEEN SELECTED AND QUALIFIED.

(f) As used in this section, the term "Congressional election"
shall mean any of the biennial elections at which members of the
House of Representatives are regularly chosen.

14A-5. (a) The four Judges of said Court shall select THE

GOVERNOR SHALL DESIGNATE one of the Judges of said Court
as Chief Judge and Administrative Officer who shall receive an
annual salary of Fourteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($14,500).
The other full-time Judges shall receive an annual salary of Four-
teen Thousand Dollars ($14,000).

(b) The Judges of said Court shall not engage in the private prac-
tice of law during their terms of office.

14A-6. Judges of the Court shall sit as follows:

One at Annapolis and/or the southern part of Anne Arundel
County.

One at Glen Burnie or Ferndale and/or the northern part of Anne
Arundel County.

One at Odenton.

The fourth Judge at any place in the county requiring his services
including the locations above mentioned, provided, however, that the
sitting Judges may be rotated by the Chief Judge.

14A-7. The Judges of the People's Court of Anne Arundel County
shall have all the authority, power, civil and criminal jurisdiction in
the whole of said county, heretofore vested in the justices of the
peace designated as trial magistrates and other justices of the peace
of said county. In civil cases, the Judges shall have jurisdiction in
cases where the amount in controversy does not exceed One Thou-
sand Dollars ($1,000), which jurisdictions shall be exclusive in eases
involving amounts not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars ($800),
and provided that all cases where the amount in controversy exceeds
Five Hundred Dollars ($500) may be immediately transferred or
removed for trial by any party to the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel
County.

14A-8. (a) In addition to the power above enumerated and not
in derogation or limitation thereof, the Judges of the People's Court
shall have the following powers:

(b) To provide by appropriate rules and printed forms, for the
administration of said Court and for the expeditious, orderly, effi-
cient and simple practice and procedure in said Court which may