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Constitution as practicable, to make and publish rules and
regulations for the prosecution of appeals to said appellate
Court, whereby they shall prescribe the periods within which,
appeals may be taken, what part or parts of the proceedings
in the Court below shall constitute the record on appeal; the
manner in which such appeals shall be brought to hearing or
determination, and regulate generally the practice of said
Court of Appeals, so as to prevent delays, and promote brevity
in all records and proceedings brought into said Court, and to
abolish and avoid all unnecessary costs and expenses in the
prosecution, of appeals therein.
It shall also be the duty of said Judges of the Court of Ap-
peals, as soon after their election as practicable, to devise,
and promulgate by rules or orders, forms and modes of fram-
ing and filing bills, answers and other proceedings and plead-
ings in equity; and also forms and modes of taking and ob-
taining evidence to be used in equity causes; and lo revise
and regulate generally the practice in the Courts of Equity
of this State, so as to prevent delays, and to promote brevity
and conciseness in all pleadings and proceedings therein, and
to abolish all unnecessary costs and expenses attending the
same. And such rules and regulations hereby directed to be
made, shall, when made, have the force of law, until rescind-
ed, changed or modified by the said Judges or the General
Assembly ;"
Mr. Gill submitted the following amendment to the
amendment:
Add after the words "expenses in the prosecution of ap-
peals therein," in proposed new Section 18, the words : "and
to make such reductions in the fees and expenses of the Court
of Appeals as said Court may deem advisable ;"
Which was adopted.
The question then recurring upon the amendment submit-
ted by Mr. Alvey, as amended,
It was adopted.
Pending the consideration of Part III, Circuit Courts, Sec-
tion 19,
Mr. Eider submitted the following amendment as a substi-
tute for the whole section :
"Sec. 19. The State shall be divided into seven Judicial
Circuits in manner and form following, to wit : Worcester.
Somerset and Dorchester counties, shall be the first; Caro-
line, Talbot, Queen Anne's and Kent counties,' the second ;
Cecil, Harford and Baltimore counties, the third; Carroll,
Howard, Montgomery and Anne Arundel counties, the fourth;
Prince George's, Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's, the fifth ;
Allegany, Washington and Frederick the sixth; and Balti-
more city the seventh."
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