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Baltimore City," shall provide for the holding of as many
general and special terms as the performance, of its duties
may require, the general terms to be held by not less than
three Judges, and the special terms by one or more Judges;
but the said general and special terms may at all times be re-
gulated and controlled by the General Assembly.
Sec. 28. It shall be the duty of the said "Supreme Court
of Baltimore City," in case of the sickness, absence or disa-
bility of any Judge or Judges assigned as aforesaid, to pro-
vide for the hearing of the cases, or transaction of the busi-
ness, assigned to said Judge or Judges as aforesaid, before
some other one or more of the Judges of the said Court.
Sec. 29. The said "Supreme Court of Baltimore City,"
shall have power to make all needful rules for the conduct of
business in the said Court or Courts during the general and
special terms thereof, and in vacation, or in chambers before
any of the said Judges; and shall provide rules for the
granting, hearing and determination of motions for a new
trial, either upon questions of fact, or for misdirection upon
matters of law, or upon motions in arrest of judgment, or
upon any matters of law by the said Judge or Judges deter-
mined.
Sec. 30. No appeal shall lie from a special to a general
term in any case heard upon appeal from a Justice of the
Peace, but the decision thereof in special term shall be final.
In cases in equity and in common law cases where the mat-
ter in dispute exclusive of costs is above one hundred dollars,
an appeal shall lie from the said Court to the Court of Ap-
peals; In criminal cases, a writ of error shall lie, as now
accustomed, or hereafter may be allowed by law, in cases pro-
per for such writ, from a special to a general term, and the
judgment of the Court in general term shall be final, unless
the Court in general term shall think the safety of the cit-
izen and the just, equal and aniform interpretation of the
criminal laws of the State, shall require that a further ap-
peal shall be allowed to the Court of Appeals, when the
same shall be allowed.
Sec. 31. All causes depending at the adoption of this Con-
stitution, in the several Courts of Baltimore City, whose ju-
risdiction is by this article transferred to the "Supreme
Court of Baltimore City," shall be proceeded in and prose-
cuted to 'final judgment or decree in the said "Supreme
Court of Baltimore City," as though the jurisdiction had
not been changed.
Sec. 32. There shall be four Clerks for the "Supreme Court
of Baltimore City," who shall be elected by the legal and
qualified voters of the said city, and shall hold their offices
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