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ciate Judge of said Supreme Bench. [His successor shall be elected at
the first biennial general election for Representatives in Congress
after the expiration of the term of fifteen years (if the vacancy
occurred in that way) or the first such general election after one
year after the occurrence of the vacancy in any other way than
through expiration of such term. Except in case of reappointment
of a judge upon expiration of his term of fifteen years, no person
shall be appointed who will become disqualified by reason of age and
thereby unable to continue to hold office until the prescribed time
when his successor would have been elected.]

5A. Interim Provisions.

For the purpose of implementing these amendments to Article IV
of this Constitution, the following provisions shall govern:

(a) No member of the General Assembly at which these amend-
ments are proposed, if otherwise qualified, shall be ineligible for
appointment as a judge by reason of his membership in the General
Assembly.

(A) NO MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT
WHICH THESE AMENDMENTS ARE PROPOSED, OR AT
WHICH THE NUMBER OF OR SALARY OF JUDGES FOR ANY
OF THE COURTS OF THE EIGHT CIRCUITS OR FOR ANY OF
THE COUNTIES, OR FOR THE COURT OF APPEALS OR SPE-
CIAL COURT OF APPEALS MAY BE OR MAY HAVE BEEN
INCREASED OR DECREASED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FROM TIME TO TIME, IF OTHERWISE QUALIFIED, SHALL
BE INELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT AS JUDGE OF THE
COURT OF APPEALS OR ANY OTHER COURT BY REASON
OF HIS MEMBERSHIP IN SUCH GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

(b)  All provisions of the Constitution of Maryland, all laws and
all rules of court, not inconsistent with these amendments, shall re-
main in full force and effect until duly amended or repealed.

(c)   The amendments to Section 4B of this Article shall apply to
all judges holding office on the effective date of these amendments, as
well as to those subsequently appointed.

(d)  Each judge of a court described in Section 3 of this Article
who, having previously been elected by the voters and is in office
for an elected term on the effective date of these amendments, shall
continue to hold the office as a judge of such court during good be-
havior FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS TERM OR, until he shall
have attained the age of seventy years, and not after. WHICHEVER
MAY FIRST OCCUR. Each judge of a court described in Section 3
of this Article who is in office on the effective date of this amend-
ment and who has not yet been elected by the voters, shall, within
fifteen days after the effective date of this amendment, be reap-
pointed by the Governor, with the Senate's consent, in accordance
with Section 3 of this Article; if the Senate confirms the nomination
of such judge, he shall continue to hold the office d