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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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large. Not more than three of [such] THESE judges
[shall] MAY be of the same political party, and each of
them shall be a taxpayer and qualified voter of this
State. At least two of [such] THESE judges shall be
members of the bar of the State of Maryland, one of whom
the Governor shall designate as chief judge, who shall
retain [such] THAT status for his term of office. Each
of [such] THESE judges, before entering upon the duties
of his office, shall take the oath prescribed by the
Constitution, to be administered by the clerk of the
circuit court of the county or the Superior Court of
Baltimore City, according to the residence of each judge,
and to the clerk of which court, the Governor shall
forward a commission to [such] THAT judge. The term of
office of the judges of [said] THIS Court shall be six
years, commencing on the first Monday in June next
ensuing their respective appointments and [said] THE
judges shall hold office until their respective
successors are appointed and qualified. The term of
office of each of the members of the State Tax Commission
now serving and the member of said Commission now holding
the designation of chairman, shall terminate and end upon
July 1, 1959, and each member shall be appointed as a
judge of the Maryland Tax Court hereby created, to serve,
however, only for such period of time as is equal to the
unexpired balance of the term for which they,
respectively, were appointed as members of said State Tax
Commission. In addition, the Governor shall appoint one
judge for a term expiring on the first Monday of June in
1960 and one judge for a term expiring on the first
Monday of June in 1962. In case of any vacancy, the
Governor shall appoint a successor for the unexpired
term, subject to the limitations and qualifications
contained [herein] IN THIS SECTION. The [chief judge of
said Court shall receive a salary of twelve thousand five
hundred dollars ($12,500) per annum, and each of the
other judges shall receive a salary of eleven thousand
dollars ($11,000),] JUDGES OF THE COURT SHALL RECEIVE THE
SALARIES THAT ARE PROVIDED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET, [said]
THESE salaries to be payable out of the treasury of the
State and be subject to Article 3, § 35 of the
Constitution.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any
judge of the Tax Court in office on January 1, 1977, who
resigns and is reappointed to the Court, is not entitled
to any greater salary than he received on that date.
This prohibition is applicable only to the term of office
to which a judge is appointed after a resignation.
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SECTION 2 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this
Act shall take effect July June 1, 1977.
Approved May 17, 1977.
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