J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                        21

form such other duties and shall appoint such number of deputies or
assistants as the General Assembly may from time to time by law-
prescribe: And he shall receive for his service an annual salary of
three thousand dollars, or such annual salary as the General Assem-
bly may from time to time by law prescribe: but he shall not be
entitled to receive any fees, perquisites or rewards whatever, in
addition to the salary aforesaid, for the performance of any official
duty; nor shall the Governor employ any additional Counsel, in any
Case whatever, unless authorized by the General Assembly.

6. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals and
the Clerks of any intermediate courts of appeal and of the Commis-
sioner of the Land Office, respectively, whenever a case shall be
brought into said Courts, or office, in which the State is a party, or
has interest, immediately to notify the Attorney General thereof.

Article XVII

1. All State officers elected by qualified voters (except judges of
the Circuit Courts [of the several circuits, the member of the Court
of Appeals from Baltimore City and members], judges of the
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, judges of the Court of Appeals
and judges of any intermediate courts of appeal), and all county
officers elected by qualified voters, shall hold office for terms of four
years, and until their successors shall qualify.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforegoing sections
hereby proposed as amendments to the Constitution of Maryland, at
the next general elections to be held in this State in November 1966,
shall be submitted to the legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection in pursuance of directions contained in Article
14 of the Constitution of this State, and at the said general election,
the vote on the said proposed amendments to the Constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be printed the words
"For the Constitutional Amendments" and "Against the Constitu-
tional Amendments" as now provided by law, and, immediately, after
said election, all returns shall be made to the Governor of the vote
for and against said proposed amendments, as directed by said
Article 14 of the Constitution, and further proceedings had in accord-
ance with said Article 14.

Approved March 23, 1966.

CHAPTER 11
(Senate Bill 10)

AN ACT to add new Sections 130, 131 and 132 130 AND 131 to
Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and
1965 Supplement), title "Courts," to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 129 thereof, and to be under the new subtitle "Court of Special
Appeals," to establish pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution
of Maryland a AN INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEAL TO
BE KNOWN AS THE Court of Special Appeals, to provide for its
judges and their appointment and qualifications, to provide for the
jurisdiction, power, duties, and place of sitting of the court and
other necessary provisions for its function and operation, to pro-