ART. IV.] CONSTITUTION. 57
tion, except cases belonging to that class, jurisdiction over
which is by this Constitution transferred to the Baltimore
City Court, all of which shall, together with all cases now
pending in the City Court of Baltimore, be proceeded in and
prosecuted to final judgment in said Baltimore City Court.
Orrick v. Boehm, 49 Md., 72.
SEC. 37. There shall be a clerk of each of the said courts |
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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 |
Clerks. |
sixty-seven, and shall hold his office for six 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
wilful neglect of duty or other misdemeanor in office, on |
Term. |
conviction in a court of law. The salary of each of the said
clerks shall be thirty-five hundred dollars a year, payable
only out of the fees and receipts collected by the clerks of
said city, and they shall be entitled to no other perquisites or |
Salary. |
compensation. In case of a vacancy in the office of clerk
of any of said courts, the judges of said Supreme Bench of
Baltimore city shall have power to fill such vacancy until
the general election of Delegates to the General Assembly
to be held next thereafter, when a clerk of said court shall
be elected to serve for six years thereafter; and the provi-
sions of this Article in relation to the appointment of depu-
ties by the clerks of the Circuit Courts in the counties shall
apply to the clerks of the courts in Baltimore city.
Wells v. Monroe, 86 Md., 450. Vansant v. State, 96 Md., 127.
SEC. 38., The clerk of the Court of Common Pleas shall |
Vacancies. |
have authority to issue within said city all marriage and
other licenses required by law, subject to such provisions as
are now or may be prescribed by law. The Clerk of the
Superior Court of said city shall receive and record all
deeds, conveyances and other papers which are or may be
required by law to be recorded in said city. He shall also
have custody of all papers connected with the proceedings
on the law or equity side of Baltimore County Court and
the dockets thereof, so far as the same have relation to the
city of Baltimore, and shall also discharge the duties of
Clerk to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore city unless other-
wise provided by law. |
Licenses. |
SEC. 39. The General Assembly shall, whenever it may
think the same proper and expedient, provide, by law, an-
other court for the city of Baltimore, and prescribe its juris-
diction and powers; in which case there shall be elected by |
Additional
Court. |
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