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one of whom shall be designated by the Governor, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, as the Chief
Judge. And in all cases, until action by the Senate can be
had, the Judge so designated by the Governor shall act as
Chief Judge. And the jurisdiction of said Court shall be
co-extensive with the limits of the State, and such as now is
or may hereafter be prescribed by law. It shall hold its ses-
sions in the City of Annapolis, on the first Monday in
April, and the first Monday in October, of each and every
year, or at such other times as the General Assembly may
by law direct. Its sessions shall continue not less than ten
months in the year, if the business before it shall so require,
and it shall be competent for the Judges temporarily, to
transfer their sittings elsewhere, upon sufficient cause.
Sec. 15. Four of said Judges shall constitute a quorum;
no cause shall be decided without the concurrence of at least
three, but the Judge who heard the cause below, shall not
participate in the decision; in every case an opinion in writ-
ing shall be filed within three months after the argument or
submission of the cause, and the judgment of the Court shall
be final and conclusive; and all cases shall stand for hear-
ing at the first term after the transmission of the record.
Sec. 16. Provision shall be made by law for publishing
reports of all causes argued and determined in the Court of
Appeals, which the Judges shall designate as proper for
publication.
Sec. 17. The Court of Appeals shall appoint its own
Clerk, who shall hold his office for six years, and may be
re-appointed at the end thereof; he shall be subject to re-
moval by the said Court for incompetency, neglect of duty,
misdemeanor in office, or such other cause or causes as may
be prescribed by law.
PART III—CIRCUIT COURTS.
Sec. 18. The State shall be divided into eight Judicial
Circuits, in manner following, viz: the counties of Wor-
cester, Somerset, Dorchester and Caroline, shall constitute
the First Circuit; the counties of Talbot, Queen Anne's,
Kent and Cecil, the Second , the counties of Baltimore and
Harford, the Third; the counties of Allegany and Wash-
ington, the Fourth; the counties of Carroll, Howard and
Anne Arundel, the Fifth; the counties of Montgomery and
Frederick, the Sixth; the counties of Prince George's,
Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's, the Seventh; and Balti-
more City, the Eighth.
Sec. 19. A Court shall be held in each County of the
State; to be styled the Circuit Court for the County in
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