SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                     1785

1966, Ch. 10—Judiciary

Office of the Secretary of State
Annapolis, Maryland

I, Lloyd L. Simpkins, Secretary of State of the State of
Maryland, pursuant to the direction contained in Section 172 (c) of
Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, (1957 Edition), Do
Hereby Certify, that at the General Election held in the State of
Maryland on November 8, 1966, an Act known as Chapter 10 of the
Acts of 1966, was submitted to the voters of the State of Maryland,
pursuant to the provisions of Article 14 of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, said Act being as follows:

AN ACT to propose amendments to the following sections of the
Constitution of Maryland: Sections 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 18, and 33
of Article IV, title "Judiciary Department," subtitles respec-
tively "Part I—General Provisions," "Part II—Court of Ap-
peals," and "Part IV—Courts of Baltimore City," to change
the subtitle "Part II—Court of Appeals," to be "Part II—
Courts of Appeal"; Sections 3 and 6 of Article V, title "Attor-
ney General and State's Attorneys"; and Section 1 of Article
XVII, title "Quadrennial Elections"; and to amend said Article
IV of the Constitution, subtitle "Part II—Courts of Appeal"
by adding new Sections 14A and 14B thereto, to follow imme-
diately after Section 14 thereof; and to amend said Article IV
of the Constitution, subtitle "Part II—Courts of Appeal" by
repealing Section 18A thereof and enacting a new Section 18A
in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of Section 18A so repealed;
to authorize the General Assembly by law to create inter-
mediate courts of appeal, to provide for the judges, jurisdic-
tion, powers and duties of these courts, to change the powers
of the Court of Appeals and other applicable provisions of
the Constitution, to correct errors therein, to provide for the
eligibility of members of the General Assembly to judgeships
on said Courts of Appeal and to provide for the submission of
these amendments to the qualified voters of the State of Mary-
land for their adoption or rejection.

and I do certify that at said election 296,940 votes were cast in
favor of the adoption of Chapter 10 of the Acts of 1966, and 123,227
votes were cast against the adoption of said Chapter 10 of the Acts
of 1966, the said Act has therefore been ratified by a majority of the
qualified voters of the State of Maryland.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my
name and affixed my official seal at the City of Annapolis
this 9th day of December, 1966.

(SEAL)

(s) LLOYD L. SIMPKINS,

Secretary of State.