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the voters of said city, qualified under this Constitution, an-
other judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore city, who
shall be subject to the same constitutional provisions, hold his
office for the same term of years, receive the same compensa-
tion, and have the same powers, as are herein provided for
the judges of said Supreme Bench of Baltimore city; and
all of the provisions of this Constitution relating to the as-
signment of judges to the courts, now existing in said city,
and for the dispatch of business therein, shall apply to the
court, for whose creation provision is made by this section.*
And the General Assembly may re-apportion, change or en- .
large the jurisdiction of the several courts in Baltimore
city, until otherwise provided by law, the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Baltimore city, of the Court of Common Pleas, of
the Circuit Court of Baltimore city, of the Baltimore City
Court, and of the Criminal Court of Baltimore, shall each
give bond in such penalty as is now prescribed by law to be
given by the clerks of the courts, bearing the same names,
under the present Constitution.
[SEC. 39. The General Assembly shall, as often as it may |
Additional
judges. |
think the same proper and expedient, provide by law for
the election of an additional judge of the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore city, and whenever provision is so made by the
General Assembly, there shall be elected by the voters of
said city another judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
city, who shall be subject to the same constitutional provi-
sions, hold his office for the same term of years, receive the
same compensation, and have the same powers as are, or
shall be, provided by the Constitution or laws of this State,
for the judges of said Supreme Bench of Baltimore city, and
the General Assembly may provide by laws, or the Supreme
Bench by its rules for requiring causes in any of the courts
of Baltimore city to be tried before the court without a jury,
unless the litigants or some one of them shall within such
reasonable time or times as may be prescribed, elect to have
their causes tried before a jury. And the General Assembly
may re-apportion, change or enlarge the jurisdiction of the
several courts in said city. ]+
Part V—Orphans' Court. |
Three Judges.
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SEC. 40. The qualified voters of the city of Baltimore and
of the several counties shall on the Tuesday next after the
*Under this section, the Genera! Assembly, by the Act of 1888, Chapter
194, established the Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City, conferring upon
It the same Jurisdiction as that possessed by the Circuit Court of Baltimore
City.
+Thus amended by Chapter 313, Acts of 1892, ratified by the people Novem-
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