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which it may be held. The said Circuit Courts shall have
and exercise in the respective counties all the power, author-
ity and jurisdiction, original and appellate, which the pre-
sent Circuit Courts of this State now have and exercise, or
which may hereafter be prescribed by law.
Sec. 20. For each of the said Circuits (excepting the 8th,)
there shall be a Chief Judge and two Associate Judges, to
be styled Judges of the Circuit Court, to be elected or ap-
pointed as herein provided. And no two of said Associate
Judges shall at the time of their election or appointment, or
during the term for which they may have been elected or ap-
pointed, reside in the same county. If two or more persons
shall be candidates for Associate Judge in the same county,
that one only in said county shall be declared elected who
has the highest number of votes in the Circuit. In case any
two candidates for Associate Judge residing in the same
county, shall have an equal number of votes, greater than
any other candidate for Associate Judge in the Circuit, it
shall be the duty of the Governor to order a new election for
one Associate Judge; but the person residing in any other
county of the Circuit, and who has the next highest number
of votes shall be declared elected. The said Judges shall
hold a term of the Circuit Court in each of the counties com-
posing their respective Circuits, at such time or times as now
are, or may hereafter be fixed by law, such terms not to be
less than two in each year. One Judge in each of the above
Circuits, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any
business; and the said Judges, or any of them, may hold
Special Terms of their Courts, whenever, in their discretion,
the business of the several counties renders such terms ne-
cessary.
Sec. 21. The Judges of the respective Circuit Courts of
this State, and of the Courts of Baltimore City, shall render
their decisions in all cases argued before them, or submitted
for their judgment, within two months after the same shall
have been so argued or submitted.
Sec. 22. The salary of each Chief Judge shall be five
thousand dollars, and of each Associate Judge of the Circuit
Court, shall be three thousand and five hundred dollars per
annum, payable quarterly, and shall not be diminished dur-
ing his continuance in office.
Sec. 23. There shall be a Clerk of the Circuit Court for
each county, who shall be elected by a plurality of the qual-
ified voters of said county, 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-elligible, subject to be re-
moved for wilful neglect of duty, or other misdemeanor in
office, on conviction in a Court of law; in case of a vacancy
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