The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-11-01

| Section ~ OF TINS hrucle( a. Judge OF MS
| Circuit, but any such additional Judge shall
be eligible to appointment as the member Of
/ the Court OF Appeals from his respective
| Appellate Judicial Circuit Any vacancy IN
any Appellate Judicial Circuit shall be 6lled
| by designation by the Governor of one Of
tie additional Judges from such Appellate
| Judicial Circuit, If any, to hold office for
the residue of the term for which he was
originally elected. Upon his appointment OF
designation as a member Of the Court OF
Appeals from his Appellate Judicial Circuit,
such additional Judge shall cease to be the
/ Chief Judge Of his Circut.l The Judges OF
the Court OF Appeals shall be elected by the
qualihed voters OF their respective Appellate
! Judicial Circuits, their terms to begin On
the date of their qualification. One OF the
Judges OF the Court Of Appeals shall be
designated by the Governor as the Chief
Judge. The jurisdiction Of the Court OF
Appeals shall be co-extensive with the limits
of the State and such as now 10 or may
hold its sessions in the City of Annapolis
Ion the second Monday in January in the
year 1915, and thereafter at such time OF
times as it shall from time to time By rule
prescribe. Its session or sessions shall con
tnue not less than ten months in each year,
II the business before 1t shall so require,
and il shall be competent for the judges
temporarily to transfer their sittingS else.
where upon sufficient cause The salary OF
each Judge of the Court OF Appeals shall BE-
that now or hereafter prescribed by the
General Assembly and shall not be diminish
ed during his continuance in ofhce. When
the number OF Judges shall have become
reduced to five, threeI ThrSs Of the Judges
shall constitute quorum, and the concur
renee of a majority of 4 quorum shall Be
sufficient for the decision Of any cause.
SEC. IS. flour of said Judges shall con
stitule quorum; no cause shall be decided
without the concurrence OF at least three;
but thel The Judge who heard the cause
below u shall not participate in the decision;
in every case an opinion, IN writing, shall
be filed within three months after the afg+
ment, or submission of the cause; and the
/ judgment OF the Court shall be final and
conclusive; and all cases shall stand for
hearing al the first term after the nAnS
mission of the Record.
| SEC II. There shall be a Clerk Of the
Court of Appeals, who T. after the sxpira.
ton of the current term OF the present
incumbent,l shall be appointed by and shall
hold his office At the pleasure OF said Court
SEC. i8 It shall be the duty Of the
/ Judges of the Court OF Appeals [, "a soon
after their election, under this Constitution.
as practiCable,l to make and publish rules
and regulations for the prosecution of Ap
peals to said appellate Court, whereby they
shall prescribe the periods within which ap
I peals may be taken, what part or parts OF
/ the proceedings in the Court below shall
constitute the record on appeal, and the
manner in which such appeals shall be
4 brought to hearing or determination, and
4 shall regulate, generally, the practice OF
said Court Of Appeals, SO as TO prevent de
I lays, and promote brevity in all records and
/ proceedings brought into said Court, and
| to abolish and avoid all unnecessary costs
and expenses in the prosecution of appeals
/ therein and the said Judges shall make
such reduction in the fees and expenses Of
/ the said Court as they may deem advisable
/ Il shall also be the duty of said Judges OF
/ the Court of Appeals [, as soon after their
election as practicable,l to devise, and pro:
mulgate by rules, or orders, forms and
modes of framing and filing bills. answers,
and other proceedings and pleadingS in
/ Equity; and also forms and modes of taking
and obtaining evidence, to be used in Equity
cases; and TO revise and regulate, generally,
the practice in the Courts Of Equity of this
/ State, so as TO prevent delays, and to pro
mote brevity and conciseness in all plead.
ings and proceedings therein, and to abolish
all unnecessary costs and expenses attending
( the same And all rules and regulations
/ hereby directed to be made, shall, when
/ made, have the force of Law, until rescinded,
changed, or modified by the said Judges or
/ the General Assembly.
SEC. 10. The State shall be divided into
eight Judicial Circuits, in manner following,
viz: The Counties of Worcester. WiconieO,
Somerset, and Dorchester, shall constitute
the First Circuit; the Counties of Caroline,
Talbot, Queen Anne's, Kent and Cecil, the
! Second; the Counties Of Baltimore and Har.
/ Garrett, and Washington, the Fourth; the
/ Counties Of Carroll Howard and Anne
Arundel the Fifth; the Counties of Mont
gomery and Frederick, the Sixth; the Coun.
/ ties of Prince Georges, Charles, Calvert,
and ST. Mary's, the Seventh; and Baltimore
City, the Eighth.
SEC. "a. The salary of each Chief Judge
and of 1.-THE Judge of the Court of Appeals
from the City of Baltimore shall be three
thousand FIVE hundred dollars, and of each
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court I,
shall be two thousand eight hundred dollars
per annum, payable quarterly, andl shall
not be diminished during his continuance in
| office.
SEC. Is. There shall be a Clerk Of the
Circuit Court for each County, who shall
be elected by a plurality of the qualified
voters OF said County, and shall hold his
office for Isixl four years from the time OF
his election, and until his successor is elect
ed and qualified, and be re-elgible, subject
to be removed for willful neglect of duty or
other misdemeanor in office, on conviction
in Court of Law. In case of vacancy
in the Office of Clerk of Circuit Court, the
| Judges of said Court shall have power 10
fill such vacancy until the general election
for Delegates TO the General Assembly, TO
be held next thereafter, when a successor
shall be elected for the term Of Isixl four
years.
of the said Courts of Baltimore city, except
the Supreme Bench, who shall be elected by
the legal and qualified voters of said City,
at the election to be held in said City on the
Tuesday next after the First Monday. Of
November, in the year eighteen hundred
and siXty-sevenl StaetefS hundred ard Fifty
right, and shall hold his Office for Tsixl four
years from the time of his election, and
until his successor is elected and qualified,
and be re-eligible thereto, subject to be
removed for willful neglect OF duty, or other
misdemeanor in Office, on conviction IN .
Court of Law. The salary of each of the
said Clerks shall be PAYABLE AS PRO-
VIDED IN SECTION As OF ARTICLE
; OF THIS CONSTITUTION, and they
shall be entitled to no other perquisites, or
compensation. In case of vacancy in the
Office of Clerk of any of said Courts, the
Judges of said Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City, shall have power to NIL such vacancy
until the general election of Delegates to
the General Assembly, to be held next there
after, when 4 Clerk of said Court shall be
elected to serve for Isixl four years there
after; and the provisions of this Article in
Isat e, to the appointment 5s Ct Dspu s t p
Counties shall apply to the Clerks Il the
Courts in Baltimore City.
SEC. 40. The qualified voters Of the City
of Baltimore, and of the several Counties,
Monday in November Inextl .nisstssn
hundred ond ftty-eiohf, and on the same
day in every fourth year thereafter, elect
three men to be Judges of the Orphans
Courts of said City and Counties, respee'
lively, who shall be citizens Of the State,
and residents for the twelve months preeed-
ing, in the City, or County, for which they
may be elected. They shall have all the
powers now vested in the Orphans Courts
of the State. subject to such changes as the
Legislature may prescribe, Each OF said
{ Judges shall be paid per diem for the time
they are actually in session, to be regulated
by law, and to be paid by the said City, OF
/ Counties respectively. In case Of vacancy
in the Office of Judge Of the Orphans
Court, the Governor shall appoint, subject
to confirmation, or rejection by the Senate
. some suitable person to fill the came for the
. residue of the term.
. SEC. Al. There shall be Register Of
; Wills in each county of the State, and The
! city of Baltimore, to be elected by the ega
J and qualified voters of said counties anc
0 city, respectively, who shall hold his Office
] for Isixl tour years from the time of hi:
election and until his successor is elected
and qualified; he shall be re-eligible, anc
! subject at all times to removal for willfu
E neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in Office il