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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 541

SECTION 2. 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 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 542
(House Bill 1048)

AN ACT concerning

Circuit Courts — Judges

FOR the purpose of providing that there shall be at least
one circuit court judge in each county in each of
the first seven judicial circuits; making uniform
the Constitutional provisions concerning the number
of judges and their election in the first seven
judicial circuits; repealing certain provisions
concerning judges in the first and second judicial
circuits; repealing obsolete language; making style
changes; and submitting this amendment to the
qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their
adoption or rejection.

BY proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland

Article IV - Judiciary Department
Section 3

BY proposing a repeal of the Constitution of Maryland

Article IV — Judiciary Department
Section 21

BY proposing an addition to the Constitution of Maryland