152 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND [Art. 17]

two, four or six years, shall hold office for terms of three years; and there-
after appointment by the County Commissioners shall be for terms of four
years, unless otherwise duly changed by law.
See notes to sec. 1.

Sec. 5. The terms of all State and county officers heretofore elected by
qualified voters, and whose successors would not be elected until the Tues-
day next after the first Monday of November, nineteen hundred and twenty-
five, shall be increased by one year, and their successors shall be elected for
the regular term at the election to be held on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday of November, nineteen hundred and twenty-six. The terms
of all State and county officers heretofore elected by qualified voters, and
whose successors would not be elected until the Tuesday next after the first
Monday of November, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven,, shall remain
unchanged; their successors shall be elected for a term of three years at
the elections to be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of
November, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, but shall not, take office
until the expiration of the full term for which their predecessor's have been
elected; and their successors shall be elected for the regular term at the
election to be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of November,
nineteen hundred and thirty. Nothing herein shall affect the terms of any
judge of the Circuit Court of the several circuits, the member of the Court
of Appeals from Baltimore City, or any member of the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City; if the term of any such judge shall expire in a year in
which no election for members of the General Assembly is held, the. Gov-
ernor shall appoint a person duly qualified to fill said office, who shall hold
the same until the next general election for members of the General Assem-
bly, when a successor shall be elected for the term elsewhere provided. The
terms of all¹ State and county officers heretofore appointed for terms which
will not expire until during the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five,
nineteen hundred and twenty-six, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven or
nineteen hundred and twenty-eight shall be reduced by one year, and their
successors shall be appointed for the terms now provided by law in the
years nineteen hundred and twenty-four, nineteen hundred and twenty-five,
nineteen hundred and twenty-six or nineteen hundred and twenty-seven,
respectively. In the event that the term of any officer appointed by the
Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate shall expire in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-five or twenty-six, the Governor shall have
power to appoint a successor, who shall serve for the full term subject to
confirmation by the Senate at the regular session to be held under this
Article in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-seven.

See notes to sec 1.

Sec. 6. The General Assembly shall meet on the first Wednesday of
January, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, for a regular session, and
shall not meet again for a regular session until the first Wednesday of
January, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and the General Assembly
shall meet on the same day in every second year thereafter and at no
other time, unless convened by proclamation of the Governor.

Sec. 7. The term of the Treasurer elected by the General Assembly at
the regular session of nineteen hundred and twenty-four shall be three
years. Thereafter the term shall be the same as elsewhere provided.