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Criminal Court of Baltimore, except in such appeal cases as
are herein assigned to the Baltimore City Court.
SEC. 31. There shall be elected by the legal and qualified |
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voters of said city, at the election, hereinbefore provided fur,
one Chief Judge and four Associate Judges, who, together,
shall constitute the Supreme Bench of Baltimore city, and |
Supreme
Bench of
Baltimore
city. |
shall hold their offices fur the term of fifteen years, subject to
the provisions of this Constitution with regard to the election
and qualifications of judges and their removal from office,
and shall exercise the jurisdiction, hereinafter specified, and |
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shall each receive an annual salary of three thousand five
hundred dollars,* payable quarterly, which shall not be
diminished during their term of office; but authority is here-
by given to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to pay
to each of the said judges an annual addition of five hun-
dred dollars to their respective salaries; provided, that the
same being once granted shall not be diminished nor in-
creased during the continuance of said judges in office.
SEC. 32. It shall be the duty of the said Supreme Bench |
Salary. |
of Baltimore city, as soon as the judges thereof shall be
elected and duly qualified, and from time to time, to pro-
vide for the holding of each of the aforesaid courts, by the
assignment of one or more of their number to each of the
said courts, who may sit either separately or together in
the trial of cases: and the said Supreme Bench of Baltimore
city may, from time to time, change the said assignment, as
circumstances may require, and the public interest may
demand; and the judge or judges, so assigned to the said
several courts, shall, when holding the same, have all the
powers and exercise all the jurisdiction which may belong
to the court so being held; and it shall also be the duty of
the said Supreme Bench of Baltimore city, in case of the
sickness, absence or disability of any judge or judges as-
signed as aforesaid, to provide for the hearing of the cases,
or transaction of the business assigned to said judge or
judges, as aforesaid, before some one or more of the judges of
said court.
Jackson v. State, 87 Md., 192.
SEC. 33. The said Supreme Bench of Baltimore city shall |
Assignment
of Judges. |
have power, and it shall be its duty, to provide for the hold-
ing of as many general terms as the performance of its
duties may require, such general terms to be held by not |
Supreme
Bench |
less than three judges; to make all needful rules and regu-
lations for the conduct of business in each of the said courts,
*Increased by Act of 1893, Chapter 388, to four thousand five hundred
dollars. |
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