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SEC. The Circuit Court of Baltimore City shall have juris-
diction in all cases in equity within the limits of said City,
and in cases arising under the act to direct descents and its sup-
plements, and shall exercise all the power that is now confer-
red by law, provided, said Court shall not have jurisdiction in
applications for the writ of habeas corpus, in cases of persons
charged with criminal offences.
SEC. The Criminal Court of Baltimore shall have and exer-
cise all the jurisdiction now held and exercised by the Crim-
inal Court of Baltimore, except in such cases as are herein-
after assigned to Baltimore City Court.
SEC. - The Baltimore City Court shall have jurisdiction in
all cases of appeal, whether civil or criminal from the judgment
of Justices of the Peace in said City, and in all cases of appeals
from the commissioners for opening streets, and shall also have
jurisdiction in all cases of assault and battery, for keeping a
disorderly house, and for violation of the license laws of the
State; in all such cases the party charged shall be tried upon
the commitment, or recognizance of the Justice of the Peace
as the case may be, without indictment, but the Judge of the
Court or the State's Attorney of Baltimore City may direct
the witnesses for the prosecution in any such case to be recog-
nized to appear before the grand jury, and may commit or
hold the traverser to bail, to appear and answer before the
Criminal Court of Baltimore City.
SEC. The Judges of the Superior Court of Baltimore City,
the Court of Common Pleas, the Criminal Court of Baltimore,
and the Baltimore City Court shall constitute the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City, of which the Judge of the Supe-
rior Court shall be the Chief Justice, and any three of said
Judges shall constitute a quorum. In the granting, hearing
and determination of motions for new trial, and in arrest of
judgment, the Supreme Bench shall have jurisdiction con-
current with each of said Courts, and shall hear and deter-
mine the same, at the election of either party, or upon the
order of the Judge in whose court such motion or motions
shall have been made, and its judgment thereon shall be cer-
tified to, and taken as the judgment of such other court; and
the Supreme Bench shall have such, other jurisdiction as may
hereafter be provided by law.
SEC. - In case of the absence, sickness, or disability of any
one or more of the Judges of the aforesaid six courts, except
the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, or when the accumula-
tion of business and the dispatch thereof in anyone or more of
said courts, or the public interest shall make it expedient, it
shall be the duty of the said Judges, as the case may require,
to act in the stead of, or concurrently with such one or more of
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