HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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[8.] 7. Definitions

As used in this Executive Order:

(a)  "Appellate Court" means the Court of
Appeals of Maryland and the Court of Special
Appeals of Maryland.

(b)  "Trial Court" means the District Court
of Maryland, the Circuit Court of a County, and a
court of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore CITY.

[9.] 8. Effective Date

This Order is effective [October 4, 1977.1
JUNE 8, 1979.

[10.] 9. Applicability

The amendments made by this Order [to
paragraph 5] are applicable to any judicial
vacancy which [exists] OCCURS on [October 4,
1977] or AFTER JUNE 8, 1979. [occurs thereafter,
and for which a Commission has not submitted a
report and nomination to the Governor.] THE
AMENDMENTS MADE BY THIS ORDER DO NOT AFFECT THE
CURRENT TERMS OF ANY MEMBER OF ANY COMMISSION.
THESE MEMBERS SHALL SERVE UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS
ARE DULY CHOSEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ORDER.

EXECUTIVE ORDER OF JUNE 14, 1979

01.01.1979.09

WHEREAS, The Governor of Maryland did on November 14, 1973,
proclaim that a state of emergency existed within the
area constituting the entire State of Maryland by
reason of an acute shortage in usable energy resources;
and

WHEREAS, This situation has further resulted, and will, if
not alleviated, continue to result in many people being
unable to obtain gasoline at all, thereby creating
serious potential health and safety problems, as well
as a major disruption in their daily lives, including
their inability to travel to and from work and obtain
food and other necessary supplies; and

WHEREAS, These problems engendered by the acute shortage of
fuel may be alleviated by imposition of minimum