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of the Peace; but the decision by said Judge, or Judges,
shall be final; and all Writs and other Process issued out of
either of said Courts requiring attestation, shall be attested
in the name of the Chief Judge of the said Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City.
Sec. 35. Three of the Judges of said Supreme Beach of
Baltimore City, shall constitute a quorum of said Court.
Sec. 36. All causes depending, at the adoption of this Con-
stitution, in the Superior Court of Baltimore City, the Court
of Common Pleas, the Criminal Court of Baltimore, and the
Circuit Court of Baltimore City, shall be proceeded in, and
prosecuted to final judgment, or decree, in the Courts, respec-
tively, of the same name established by this Constitution,
except cases belonging to that class, jurisdiction over which
is by this Constitution transferred to the Baltimore City
Court, all of which shall, together with all cases now pend-
ing in the City Court of Baltimore be proceeded in, and pros-
ecuted to final judgment in said Baltimore City Court.
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 to be held in said City on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday of November, in the year eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven, 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 misdemeanor in office, on
conviction in a Court of Law. The salary of each of the said
Clerks shall be thirty-five hundred dollars a year, payable
only .out of the fees and receipts 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 said Courts, the Judges of said Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City shall have power to fill such vacancy until
the general election of Delegates to the General Assembly,
to be held next thereafter, when a Clerk of said Court shall
be elected to serve for six years thereafter; and the provi-
sions of this Article in relation to the appointment of Depu-
ties by the Clerks of the Circuit Courts in the Counties shall
apply to the Clerks of the Courts in Baltimore City.
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 custody of all Papers connected with the Proceed-
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