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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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of Baltimore City, and shall hold their
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offices for the term of fifteen years, subject
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to the provisions of this Constitution with
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regard to the election and qualifications of
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Judges, and their removal from office, and
shall exercise the jurisdiction, hereinafter
specified, and shall each receive an annual
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See Section 5.14, Eligibility for Nomination
and Appointment, p. 47.
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salary of three thousand five hundred
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dollars, payable quarterly, which shall not
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be diminished during their term of office;
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but authority is hereby given to the Mayor
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and City Council of Baltimore to pay to
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each of the said Judges an annual addition
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of five hundred dollars to their respective
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salaries; provided, that the same, being
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once granted, shall not be diminished, nor
increased, during the continuance of said
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See Section 5.24, Judicial Compensation, p.
51.
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Judges in office.
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Sec. 31 A. In addition to the authority
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granted to fhe Mayor and City Council of
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Baltimore by the preceding section to pay
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to each of the Judges of the Supreme Bench
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the annual sum of five hundred dollars,
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authority is hereby given to said Mayor and
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City Council to pay to each of said Judges
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such further annual sum as an addition to
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their respective salaries as the Mayor and
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City Council of Baltimore shall from time
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to time deem right and proper, provided,
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that any such sum being once granted shall
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not be diminished during the continuance
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of said Judges in office.
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Sec. 32. It shall be the duty of the said
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See Section 5.31, Administration of Judicial
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Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, as soon
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System, p. 52.
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as the Judges thereof shall be elected and
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duly qualified, and from time to time, to
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provide for the holding of each of the afore-
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said Courts, by the assignment of one, or
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more of their number to each of the said
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Courts, who may sit either, separately, or
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together, in the trial of cases; and the said
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Supreme Bench of Baltimore City may,
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from time to time, change the said assign-
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ment, as circumstances may require, and the
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public interest may demand; and the Judge,
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or Judges, so assigned to the said several
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Courts, shall, when holding the same, have
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all the powers and exercise all the juris-
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diction, which may belong to the Court so
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being held; and it shall also be the duty of
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the said Supreme Bench of Baltimore City,
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in case of the sickness, absence, or disability
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of any Judge or Judges, assigned as afore-
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said, to provide for the hearing of the cases,
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or transaction of the business assigned to
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said Judge, or Judges, as aforesaid, before
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some one, or more of the Judges of said
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Court.
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