Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-09-22

the Court of Appeals shall be three thousand
dollars each per annum, payable quarterly.
| Section 22.-Proyision shall be made by law
for publishing reports OF all causes argued and
determined in the OF Appeals, which the JUS
tees shall be designate rs proper for pubiica-
ton.
| Section 23.---The Cour: of Appeals shall APP
point its own Clerk, who shall hold his Office
| for six years. and may be rcapponted ut the
end thereof; he shall be subject to removal by
| the Court for incompetency, neglect OF duty,
lnisdcineauor in Office, or slch other cause Or
causes as may be prescribed by law.
PART III.
CIRCUIT COURTS
| Section 2l.-Thc State shall be divided in
| 10 thirteen Judicial Circuits, in mapuer follow
ing: The Counties of st. Marys and Charles
shall constitute the First Circuit; the Counties
of Anne Arundel and Calvert the Second; the
| Counties If Prince George and Montgomery,
the Third; the County OF Frederick, the Fourth;
the County of Washington, the Fifth; the
County of Alcgany, the sixth; the Counties
OF Carroll and Howard the Seventh; the Coun-
ty of Baltimore, the Eighth; the Counties of
Hartford and Cecil the Ninth; the Counties of
Kent and Queen Anne's the Tenth the Coun-
ties OF Talbot and Caroline, the eleventh; the
Counties Of Dorchester, Somerset and Wurccs-
ter, the Twelfth; and the City of Baltimore,
the ThirtesrAh.
Section 2j.--One Court shall be held in
each county of the State the said Courts shall
be called Circuit Courts for the county in
which they may be held, and shall have and
exercise all the power authority and iurisdc-
ton, original and appellate, which the present
Circuit Courts Of this State now have and ex-
ercisr, or ich may hereafter be prescribed by
| law.
Section 2G.-Tor each Circuit tthc Th,-
tenth exccpted) there shall bc one Judge, who
shall he styled Circuit Judge, who, during his
term of office, shall reside IN one Of Ihc coun-
ties composing the Circuit for which he may
be elected the said Judges shall hold Il term Of
Courts in each Of The counties composing
their respective Circuits AT snch times as now
are or may hereafter he fixed by law, such
| terms to he never less than two in each year in
each county special terms may bc held by
| suid Judges in their discretion, whenever the
business of their several counties renders such
| terms necessary.
Section 27-The present Judg 5 Of the Cir
cult Courts shall continue to act as judges Of
I the respective Circuit Courts within the Judi
cial Circuits in which they respectively reside
until the expiration Of the term for which they
were respectively elected, and until their sue
ccssors are elected and qualified, Viz: the pres
cnt judges of the First, Second, Third, Fourth
| Sixth and Eigth Judicial Circuits, as organized
at the time of the adoption of this Constitution
shall continue 10 act rs Judges respectively Of
| the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth. Ninth and
| Twelfth judicial Circuits, us organized under
this Constitutions and an election for judges
Of the Third, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth
Tenth and Eleventh Judicial Circuits shall be
held on the TUESDAY next after the first Mon
day in the month Of November, in the year
eighteen hundred and siXty-iOur.
| Section 1S--Vhp slllr of pn Tb JUDGE pf the
Circuit Court shall be twenty five hundred dol
lars per annum. payable quarterly, and shall
not he increased or diminished during his con-
| tinuauCc in office.
Section 2o-Thcre shall hc clerk Of the
| Circuit Court for elch Cunnty, wio shall be
selected by plurality Of the qualified voters Of
said County he shall hold his Office for TIE
term of said years from the time OF his election
and until II new election is held and his sue
ccssor duly qualified he shall lie rc-eligihle at
the end of his term, and shall at any time be
subject to removal for wiful neglect of duty.
or other misdemcanor in office on conviction
in a court Of law. In the event of any vacancy
in the Office of the Clerk of any Of the Circuit
Courts. said vacancy shall lie filled by the
Judge of said Circuit in which said vacancy
occurs, until the next general election for
County officers when Clerk of said Circnit
| Court shall he elected 10 serve for six years
! thereafter.
Section 30.--Thc judges of the respective
Circuit Courts Of this State and Of the courts
Of Baltimore City; shall render their decisions
in all cases argued before them, or submitted
for their Judgment, within two months after the
same shall have been so argued or submitted.
PART ".
COURTS or BAL TINORE CITY.
Section 3l.--There shall he in the Thirteenth
.lUIIpill Courts n Inc = IpI bn
Superior Court of Baltimore City; the Court
of Common Pleas. the Circuit Court of Balt-
more City, and the Criminal Court Of Balti-
more; each Court shall consist of one Judge.
who shall he elected 10y the legal and qauliiicd
voters of said city and shall hold his Office for
the term Of fifteen years, subject TO the pro-
visions of this Constitution with regard to the
election and qualification of Judges, and their
removal from office, and shall exercise the jul
risdictiOn hereinafter specified
Section ~ Each of said Judges shall re-
ceive an annual salary Of three thousand dol
lars, payable quarterly.
Section 33-1he Superior Court of Balt-
more City shall have jurisdiction over all suits
where the debt damage claimed, exclusive
of interest, shall exceed the sum Of one thous-
and dollars, and in case any plaintiff or plain
tiIfs shall recover less than the sum or value of
one thousand dollars, he or they shall be
uee'nea ~ "nJ""seu ~ pay I"S's ~ ,t,e u's',e-
NOE OF tae court Inc saia 'oGr' shalI nlso
nave lHrisuietion rs Court OF EQUITY w',hin
the limits OF the said city, ana IN AL other civil
cases which are not hereinafter assigned to the
Court OF common Pleas ana also nave lu-
risdiction in all cases Of appeals from tue Conf
mssioners for OF caing the Streets.
Section 34.--The Court of Common Pleas
shall have civil jurisdiction in all suits where
the debt or damage claimed, exclusive OF in.
terest, shall he over one hundred dollars, and
shall not exceed one thous"nd dollars and
shall also have jurisdictiction in all cases OF
appeal in civil eases from the Judgment OF Jus.
tees OF the Peace IN the said city, ana snail
have jurisdiction IN all Applications for the ben
eft of the lnsolvcnt laws OF this State, and
the supervision and control of the trustees
thereof
Section 35.-The Circuit Court OF Baltimore
City snail nave Jurisdictlon concurrent win
the superior Court OF Baltimore City, IN all
cases in Equity, ll cases arising under the act