MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                               2643

APPELLATE COURT JUDGES, THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS SHALL
GOVERN.

(B)   EACH JUDGE OF AN APPELLATE COURT WHO IS IN
OFFICE FOR AN ELECTED TERM ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE
AMENDMENTS, UNLESS HE DIES, RESIGNS, RETIRES, OR IS
OTHERWISE LAWFULLY REMOVED, SHALL CONTINUE IN OFFICE
UNTIL THE GENERAL ELECTION NEXT AFTER THE END OF HIS
ELECTED TERM, OR UNTIL HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY, WHICHEVER
FIRST OCCURS. HIS CONTINUANCE IN OFFICE IS THEN SUBJECT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION [[5A(E) AND (F)]] 5A(C) AND
(D) OF THIS ARTICLE, APPLICABLE TO JUDGES OF THAT COURT,
BUT IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY JUDGE CONTINUE IN OFFICE AFTER
HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY.

(C)   EACH JUDGE OF A COURT SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION
(B) WHO IS IN OFFICE ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE
AMENDMENTS, BUT WHO HAS NOT BEEN ELECTED TO THAT OFFICE
BY THE VOTERS, SHALL, WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS AFTER THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE AMENDMENTS, BE REAPPOINTED TO
THAT OFFICE. HIS CONTINUANCE IN OFFICE IS THEN SUBJECT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION [[5A(E) AND (F)]] 5A(C) AND
(D) OF THIS ARTICLE, APPLICABLE TO JUDGES OF THAT COURT,
BUT IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY JUDGE CONTINUE IN OFFICE AFTER
HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
aforegoing section hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of Maryland, at the next general election to
be held in this State in November, 1976, shall be
submitted to the legal and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection in pursuance of directions
contained in Article XIV of the Constitution of this
State. At that general election, the vote on this
proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be printed the
words "For the Constitutional Amendments" and "Against
the Constitutional Amendments," as now provided by law.
Immediately after the election, all returns shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and against the proposed
amendment, as directed by Article XIV of the
Constitution, and further proceedings had in accordance
with Article XIV.

Approved May 15, 1975.

CHAPTER 552
(Senate Bill 441)