3658                                            CERTIFICATIONS

Willard A. Morris
Administrator

STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS
ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 23-11 of Article
33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, the State
Administrative Board of Election Laws does hereby certify
that at the General Election held in the State of Maryland
on November 4, 1980, an Act known as Chapter 523 of the Acts
of 1980 was submitted to the voters of the State of Maryland
under the provisions of Article XIV of the Constitution of
the State of Maryland, said Act being as follows:

AN ACT concerning The Judiciary Department - Supreme
Bench Consolidation. For the purpose of revising generally
the Judiciary Article to the Constitution by creating the
Circuit Court for Baltimore City and providing for its
jurisdiction, organization, judges, clerks, officers, and
employees; repealing provisions concerning the Supreme Bench
of Baltimore City and its courts; correcting, clarifying,
and conforming certain language; repealing certain obsolete
and inconsistent provisions, providing certain related
interim provisions under the Provisions of Limited Duration
Article of the Constitution and assigning a section number
to the existing language under that Article; relating
generally to the Judiciary Department; making this Act
subject to a certain contingency; and submitting this
Amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland
for their adoption or rejection.

And it is hereby certified that at said election,
606,767 votes were cast for the adoption of said Chapter 523
and 175,041 votes were cast against the adoption of said
Chapter 523, the said Chapter 523 of the Acts of 1980 has
therefore been ratified by the qualified voters of the State
of Maryland.

GIVEN Under My Hand and the Seal of the State
Administrative Board of Election Laws of the State of
Maryland, Done at the City of Annapolis, this 24th day of
November, In the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand, Nine
Hundred and Eighty.

(Seal of State
Administrative Board of
Election Laws)

Willard A. Morris
Administrator