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SEC. 26. The said clerks shall appoint, subject to the con- |
Deputy
clerks. |
firmation of the judges of their respective courts, as many
deputies under them as the said judges shall deem neces-
sary to perform, together with themselves, the duties of the
said office, who shall be removable by the said (judges for in-
competency, or neglect of duty, and whose compensation
shall be according to existing or future provisions of the
General Assembly.
Part IV—Courts of Baltimore City.
SEC. 27. There shall be in the Eighth Judicial Circuit six |
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Courts. |
courts, to be styled the Supreme Bench of Baltimore city,
the Superior Court of Baltimore city, the Court of Common
Pleas, the Baltimore City Court, the Circuit Court of Balti-
more city* and the Criminal Court+ of Baltimore.
SEC. 28. The Superior Court of Baltimore city, the Court |
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Jurisdiction. |
of Common Pleas and the Baltimore City Court} shall each
have concurrent jurisdiction in all civil common law cases,
and concurrently all the jurisdiction which the Superior
Court of Baltimore city and the Court of Common Pleas
now have, except jurisdiction in equity, and except in appli-
cations for the benefit of the insolvent laws of Maryland,
and in cases of appeal from judgments of Justices of the
Peace in said city, whether civil or criminal, or arising
under the ordinances of the Mayor and City Council of Bal-
timore, of all of which appeal cases the Baltimore City
Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction; and the said Court
of Common Pleas shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all ap-
plications for the benefit of the insolvent laws of Maryland,
and the supervision and control of the trustees thereof.
State v. Mace, 5 Md., 337. Manly v. State, 7 Md., 135. Abbott v.
Gatch, 13 Md., 314. Miller v. Barroll. 14 Md., 173. Van Nostrand v.
Carr, 30 Md., 128. Page v. Mayor and C. C. of Balto., 34 Md., 558.
Rohr v. Anderson, 51 Md., 205. Reese v. Hawkes, 63 Md., 130.
SEC. 29. The Circuit Court of Baltimore city shall have |
Jurisdiction
of Circuit
Court. |
exclusive jurisdiction in equity within the limits of said
city, and all such jurisdiction as the present Circuit Court
of Baltimore city has; provided, the said court shall not
have jurisdiction in applications for the, writ of habeas cor-
pus in cases of persons charged with criminal offenses. |
Jurisdiction
of Criminal
Court. |
SEC. 30. The Criminal Court of Baltimore shall have and
exercise all the jurisdiction now held and exercised by the
*Circuit Court No. 2 established by Act of 1888, Chapter 194.
+Criminal Court No. 2 established by rule of the Supreme Bench, December
21, 1897. See 87 Md., 191.
T The Jurisdiction of the Baltimore City Court, the Superior Court and the
Court of Common Pleas was enlarged by the Act of 1870, Chapter 177. |
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