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in the office of Clerk of a Circuit Court, the Judges of said
Court shall have power to fill such vacancy until the general
election for Delegates to the General Assembly to be held
next thereafter, when a successor shall be elected.
Sec. 24. The compensation of each of the said Clerks shall
not exceed three thousand dollars per year, payable out of
the fees of their respective offices, and they shall have no oth-
er perquisites or compensation; they shall appoint, subject
to the confirmation of the Judges of their respective Courts,
as many deputies under them as the said Judges shall deem
necessary to perform, together with themselves the duties of the
said office, who shall be removable by the said Judges for in-
competency or neglect of duty, and whose compensation shall
be according to existing or future provisions of the General
Assembly.
PART IV—COURTS OF BALTIMORE CITY.
Sec. 25. There shall be in the eighth Judicial Circuit, one
Court to be styled "The Supreme Court of Baltimore City,"
which shall consist ef one Chief Justice and five Associate
Judges, who shall be elected by the legal and qualified voters
of said city at the election hereinbefore provided, and shall
each hold his office subject to the provisions of this Constitu-
tion with regard to the election, and qualification of Judges,
and their tenure of, apd removal from office; and each of the
said Judges shall receive an annual salary of five thousand
dollars, payable quarterly, which salary shall not be dimin-
ished during their term of office.
Sec. 26. "The Supreme Court of Baltimore City," and
each of the Judges thereof, shall have all the rights, powers
and jurisdiction of the Superior Court of Baltimore city, the
Court of Common Pleas, Baltimore City Court, the Circuit
Court of Baltimore City, the Criminal Court of Baltimore
City, and the Orphans' Court of Baltimore City.
Sec. 27. It shall be the duty of the said "Supreme Court
of Baltimore City," as soon as the Judges thereof shall be
elected and officially qualified, and from time to time as they
may deem necessary, to provide for the holding of as many
Courts as the performance of its duties may require, and for
the distribution of its business among said Courts; the said
"Supreme Court of Baltimore City," may assign any one or
more of the said Judges, to any one of the said Courts, and
may from time to time change said assignment and distribu-
tion of business, as circumstances may require; and each
Judge, or the said Judges, so assigned, in holding any of the
said Courts, shall have all the powers of the said "Supreme
Court of Baltimore City," and the said "Supreme Court of
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