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ferred to the improper court between the Court of Appeals and
the Court of Special Appeals; to provide for the transfer of ap-
peals subject to the expanded jurisdiction of the Court of Special
Appeals from the Court of Appeals to the docket of the Court of
Special Appeals and for the decision or disposition of such ap-
peals by the Court of Special Appeals; and relating generally to
the laws of Maryland dealing with the organization and operation
of the Court of Special Appeals, the respective jurisdictions of
the Court of Appeals and the Court of Special Appeals, and the
right to appeal or right to apply for leave to appeal to the Court
of Appeals or the Court of Special Appeals from judgments, de-
crees, orders or other actions in certain actions, cases, causes,
suits and proceedings.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 130 and 131 of Article 26 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1957 Edition, 1966 Replacement Volume, 1969 Supple-
ment), title "Courts," subtitle "Court of Special Appear," be and
they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, all
to read as follows:

130.

There is hereby created an intermediate court of appeal, to be
known as the "Court of Special Appeals" and which shall be com-
posed of [five] nine judges, one from the [first special appellate
judicial circuit] First Appellate Judicial Circuit consisting of [Har-
ford,] Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Caroline, Dorchester, Wicomico,
Somerset, Worcester and Talbot counties; one from the [second
special appellate judicial circuit] Second Appellate Judicial Circuit
consisting of Baltimore [, Carroll and Howard] and Harford coun-
ties; one from the [third special appellate judicial circuit] Third
Appellate Judicial Circuit consisting of Montgomery, Frederick,
Washington, Allegany and Garrett counties; one from the [fourth
special appellate judicial circuit] Fourth Appellate Judicial Circuit
consisting of Prince George's, [Anne Arundel,] Calvert, Charles and
St. Mary's counties; [and] one from the [fifth special appellate
judicial circuit] Fifth Appellate Judicial Circuit consisting of
[Baltimore City.] Anne Arundel, Carroll and Howard counties;
two from the Sixth Appellate Judicial Circuit consisting of Balti-
more City; and two from the State at large. All of the judges of the
Court of Special Appeals shall be appointed and/or elected as pro-
vided in Article IV of the Constitution. The seven judges of the
Court of Special Appeals from designated appellate judicial cir-
cuits shall be residents of their respective [special] appellate judi-
cial circuits, [and shall be appointed by the Governor and subject
to confirmation by the Senate as prescribed by Article IV of the
Constitution.] Insofar as the Constitution provides for the election
of judges of the Court of Special Appeals, the election of a judge
from a designated appellate judicial circuit shall be by the qualified
voters of that circuit. The two judges of the Court of Special Appeals
from the State at large may be residents of any of the appellate
judicial circuits. Insofar as the Constitution provides for the election
of judges of the Court of Special Appeals, the election of a judge
from the State at large shall be by the qualified voters of the entire
State. The term of each judge of the Court of Special Appeals shall
begin on the date of his qualification for the office. One of the judges