Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-02-26

common law court, having jurisdiction over all
suits where the debt or damages claimed shall
exceed the sum of five hundred dollars and
each of said courts shall be vested with all pow
ers now held and exercised by Baltimore county
court, as court of law; and this last court
shall be styled 'The Superior Court of Baltimore
City,
Sec. 13. There shall also be established Court
having equity jurisdiction, for Baltimore, whose
style shall be ''The Chancery Court of Balt
more," and which shall have and exercise tie
equity jurisdiction now exercised by Baltimore
County Court, sitting Court of Equity. Each
of the said three courts shall consist of one Judge
who shall hold his office for the term of ten years,
subject to the provisions of this Constitution with
regard to the election and qualification of Judges
and their removal from Office and the salary of
each of said Judges shall be twenty five hundred
dollars per year.
Sec. a. The Court of Common Pleas shall have
jurisdiction in all appeals from Magistrates de-
cisons in the said city, and the said appeals shall
be made to the said court and the Chancery
Court shall have jurisdiction in all applications for
the benefit of the insolven laws of this State, and
of the administration of the estates of insolvent
debtors, and the supervision and control of the
trustees thereof.
Sec. Is. there shall be established an Orphans
Court for Baltimore city, which shall consist of
Judge who shall hold his office for the term of
ten years, and who shall have all the powers now
vested in the Orphans Court for Baltimore coun-
ty, within the limits of said city, subject to such
regulations the Legislature may establish for
the conduct Of the ordinary business of the said
court by the Register of Wills of the said city
and who shall be subject to the provisions of this
Constitution to the election and qualifications of
Judges and their removal therefrom and the
salary Of the said Judges shall be two thousand
dollars per year.
Sec 16. There shall also be Criminal Court
for the city of Baltimore. be STYLED ssThe Criml-
nal Court of Baltimore City, which shall consist
of Judge, and shall have and exercise all the u
risdiction now exercised by Baltimore City Court,
i except far as the same may be vested in the
Police Court hereafter to be established, and sha IL
have exclusive jurisdiction in all of petition
for freedom, and in all of petitions to cancel
or enforce contracts of apprentceship-an the
said Judge shall receive annual salary of two
thousand dollars per annum, and shall be subject
to the provisions of this Constitution with regard
to the election and qualification of Judges and their
removal from office.
Sec. II. There shall also be established Court,
to be styled ''The Police Court of Baltimore City"
to consist of one Judge, who shall hold his Office
for the term of ten years, and who shall be subject
to all the provisions of this Constitution with re-
gard to the election and qualification of Judges
and their removal from office; and the said court
shall have jurisdiction in all prosecutions for as
sault and battery-for keeping disorderly houses
for larceny where the property stolen does not ex-
CCCu III tliC Suul VI tNculS uOlldrS-fn all
prosecutions for receiving stolen goods, knowing
them to be stolen-and for selling goods without
license and it shall be the duty of the Legislature
to provide for quarterly sessions of the said court
for the purpose of trying those cases in which a
trial by jury may be demanded by the accused
and also to provide that the said court shall hold
frequent sessions for the trial of cases. subject to
its jurisdiction in which the accused may not de-
mand jury trial; and the Judge of the said court
shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred
dollars.
Sec. 19. There shall be a Clerk of each County
Court, who shall be elected by plurality vote of
the qualified voters of each county, and who shall
hold his office for the term of SIX years, from the
time of his election and until election is held,
and be re-eligible thereto, subject to removal for
wilful neglect of duty, or other misdemeanor in Of
flee by presentment of Grand Jury and convic-
tion of Petit Jury, of the county in which he shall
reside. There shall also be Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in Baltimore City, who snail
also be the Clerk of the Superior Court of Balti-
more city, and the Register in Chancery of the
Chancery Court Of the City of Baltimore, and there
shall also be Clerk of the Criminal Court of Bal
timore City, who shall also be the Clerk of the
Police Court of Baltimore City, and each of the
said Clerks shall be elected by plurality vote of
the qualified voters of the city of Baltimore, and
shall hold his office for six years, from the time
of his election, and until a new election is held,
and be re-eligible thereto, subject in like
to be removed for wilful neglect of duty or other
misdemeanor in office by presentment of Grand
Jury and conviction of Petit Jury of said city.
In case of vacancy in the office of Clerk, the
Judge or Judges of the Court of which he was
clerk, shall have the power to appoint Clerk un-
til an election can be held, which shall take place
under the directions of the Sheriff upon giving
thirty days public notice thereof.
Sec. 10. The Legislature shall provide by law,
some plain Ineligible and simple mode of COM
pensation to the Clerks of the several courts in this
~, of fbo ooff
| Sec. 20. There shall be Register of Wills in
each county of the State, and in the city of Balt-
| more, to be elected by plurality vote of the
, qualified voters of said counties and city respec
lively, and who shall hold his Office for six years
from the time of his election and until new cleo
ton shall take place, and be re-eligible thereto
subect to be removed for wilfu neglect of duty or
other misdemeanor in office in the same manner
that the Clerks of the County Courts remova-
, BILE. The Legislature shall provide by law suita-
BILE annual salaries for such Register of Wills to
be levied on the assessabe property of said coun
perquisites as now established by law. In the
event of any vacancyin the office of Register of
Wills, said vacancy shall be filled by the Judge or
Judges of the Court until an election can be held,
which shall take place under the directions of the
Sheriff upon thirty days public notice thereof.
Sec. 2l. There shall be five Justices of the
Peace in each election district of every county in
the State, and two in each ward of the city of
Baltimore, to be elected by plurality vote of the
qualified voters in each of said districts and wards
respectively, who shall hold their offices for two
years from the time of their election and until
successor in office is elected. They shall be by
virtue of their offices, conservaors of the pence in
the said counties and city respectively, and shall
have all such civil and criminal jurisdiction as
shall be provided for by law. In the event of a.
vacancy in the office of Justice of the Peace, a
new election shall be held under the directions ofs
the Sheriff of the county or CITY where such va
cancy occurs, upon ten days notice thereof;
an appeal shall be in all civil cases from the
Judgment of Justice Of the Peace to the Judges
of the County Courts and of the Court of Com