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HOWARD COUNTY

COUNCIL BILL NO. 4

AN ACT to repeal Subtitle 1 to title 7 of the Howard
County Code title "Courts", subtitle "People's
Court of Howard County".

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
HOWARD COUNTY, That Subtitle 7 of the Howard County
Code be and is hereby repealed.

Subtitle 1

[People's Court of Howard County
Sec. 7.100 — Creation.

There is hereby created a People's Court of
Howard County. Said Court shall consist of two
(2) Judges. The number of such Judges may be
increased by the General Assembly by law, but no
such decrease shall affect the term of any Judge
then in office.

Sec. 7.101 - Qualification of Judge.

No person shall be qualified to stand for
election or to hold the office of Judge of the
People's Court of Howard County unless he
possesses the following qualifications:

(a)   he is at least thirty (30) years
of age and less than seventy (70) years of
age, and

(b)   a member of the bar of the State
of Maryland, and

(c)   a resident of Howard County
continuously for at least one (1) year
immediately prior to his appointment or
election; and

(d)   is distinguished for integrity,
wisdom, and sound legal knowledge.

Sec. 7.102 — Appointment.

The Governor shall appoint the Judges of
the Court from a list of not more than six (6)