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Sec. 37. There shall be a clerk of each of the said Courts
of Baltimore City, except the Supreme Bench, who shall be
elected by the legal and qualified voters of said city, at the
election for Judges hereinbefore provided, 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-eligible thereto,
subject to be removed for wilful neglect of duty, or other mis-
demeanor in office, on conviction in a Court of law. The
salary of each of the said clerks shall be the amount herein-
before provided, payable quarterly out of the fees and re-
ceipts collected by the clerks of said city, and they shall be
entitled to no other perquisites or compensation. In case of
a vacancy in the office of clerk of any of the said Courts, the
Judges of said Supreme Bench, of Baltimore City shall have
power to fill such vacancy, until the general election of Del-
egates to the General Assembly, to be held next thereafter,
when a clerk of said Court shall he elected to serve for six
years thereafter;
Which was adopted.
Mr. Carter submitted the following amendment as an
additional Section, to be inserted as Section 38 :
Sec. 38, The Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas shall
have authority to issue within said city, all marriage and
other licenses required by law, subject to such provisions as
are now or may be prescribed by law. The Clerk of the
Superior Court of said city shall receive and record all Deeds,
Conveyances, and other papers, which are or may be required
by law, to be recorded in said city. He shall also have cus-
tody of all papers connected with the proceedings on the Law
or Equity side of Baltimore County Court, and of the Dock-
ets thereof, so far as the same have relation to the City of
Baltimore; and shall also discharge the duties of Clerk to
the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, unless otherwise pro-
vided by law;
Which was adopted.
Mr. Carter submitted the following amendment, to be in-
serted as Section 39 :
Sec. 39. The General Assembly shall, whenever it may
think the same proper and expedient, provide by law another
Court for the City of Baltimore, and prescribe its jurisdiction
and powers; in which case there shall be elected by the
voters of said city, qualified under this Constitution, another
Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, who shall be
subject to the same constitutional provisions, hold his office
for the same term of years, receive the same compensation.
and have the same powers as is herein provided for the Judges
of said Supreme Bench of Baltimore City; and all of the pro-
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