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cester, Somerset and Dorchester, shall constitute the First
Circuit; the Counties of Caroline, Talbot, Queen Anne's,
Kent and Cecil, the Second; the Counties of Baltimore and
Harford the Third; the Counties of Allegany and Washing-
ton, the Fourth; the Counties of Carroll, Howard and Anne
Arundel, the Fifth; the Counties of Montgomery and Fred-
erick, the Sixth; the Counties of Prince George's. Charles,
Calvert and St. Mary's, the Seventh; and Baltimore City,
the Eighth.
Sec. 20. A Court shall be held in each County of the State,
to be styled the Circuit Court for the County in which it may
be held. The said Circuit Courts shall have and exercise, in
the respective Counties, all the power, authority and juris-
diction, original and appellate, which the present Circuit
Courts of this State now have and exercise, or which may
hereafter be prescribed by Law.
Sec. 21. For each of the said Circuits (excepting the
Eighth,) there shall be a Chief Judge, and two Associate
Judges, to be styled Judges of the Circuit Court, to be elected,
or appointed as herein provided. And no two of said Asso-
ciate Judges shall, at the time of their election, or appoint-
ment, or during the term, for which they may have been elected,
or appointed,reside in the same County. If two or more persons
shall be candidates for Associate Judge, in the same County,
that one only in said County shall be declared elected, who
has the highest number of votes in the Circuit. In case any
two candidates for Associate Judge, residing in the same Coun-
ty, shall have an equal number of votes, greater than any
other candidate for Associate Judge, in the Circuit, it shall
be the duty of the Governor to order a new election for one
Associate Judge; but the person, residing in any other Coun-
ty of the Circuit, and who has the next highest number of
votes shall be declared elected. The said Judges shall hold
not less than two Terms of the Circuit Court in each of the
Counties, composing their respective Circuits, at such times
as are now, or may hereafter be prescribed, to which Jurors
shall be summoned; and in those Counties, where only two
such Terms are held, two other and intermediate Terms, to
which Jurors shall not be summoned; they may alter, or fix
the times for holding any, or all Terms until otherwise pre-
scribed, and shall adopt Rules to the end that all business
not requiring the interposition of a Jury shall be, as far as
practicable, disposed of at said intermediate Terms. One
Judge, in each of the above Circuits, shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of any business; and the said
Judges, or any of them, may hold Special Terms of their
Courts, whenever, in their discretion, the business of the sev-
eral Counties renders such Terms necessary.
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