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shall be appointed by the Governor after the expiration of
six (6) months after the adoption of this amendment and
shall serve until the first general election for members of
the General Assembly that shall be held in said circuit sub-
sequent to the adoption of this amendment, at which elec-
tion his successor shall be elected by the qualified voters of
Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot Counties,
constituting the second circuit. The judge so appointed
shall be subject to the same constitutional provisions, re-
ceive the same compensation and have the same powers as
are herein provided for the other associate judges in the
second circuit, and the judge so elected shall be subject to
the same constitutional provision, hold his office for the
same term of years, receive the same compensation, and
have the same powers as are herein provided for the other
associate judges in the second circuit.
The additional judge for the sixth circuit herein pro-
vided for and elected by the qualified voters of Frederick
and Montgomery Counties at the 1938 election in accord-
ance with the terms of the Constitutional Amendment here-
tofore submitted and adopted shall be subject to the same
constitutional provisions, receive the same compensation
and have the same powers as are herein provided for the
other associate judges in the sixth circuit and his succes-
sor shall be appointed and/or elected in accordance with
the constitutional provisions relating to judges. The Chief
Judge may be elected from either Frederick, or Mont-
gomery Counties, but when the Chief Judge is elected from
Frederick County one of the associate judges shall be a
resident of said county and the two remaining associate
judges shall be residents of Montgomery County and when
the Chief Judge is elected from Montgomery County one
of the associate judges shall be a resident of said Mont-
gomery County and the remaining two associate judges resi-
dents of Frederick County. In case any candidate or candi-
dates for associate judge at any judicial election held in
the third and sixth judicial circuits shall receive sufficient
votes to cause such candidate or candidates to be declared
elected, but the election of such candidate or candidates
would cause more associate judges than herein permitted
to reside in any county of said circuits, then and in that
event only that candidate or those candidates, as the case
may be, residing in said county in the order of the votes
received shall be declared elected whose election would pro-
vide the permitted number of associate judges from said
county and the candidate or candidates as the case may be,
residing in the other county, and not similarly disqualified,
who shall have the next highest number of votes in said
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