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submitted for their judgment, within two months after
the same shall have been so argued or submitted.
Sec. 22. The salary of each chief judge shall be five
thousand dollars, and of each associate judge of the Cir-
cuit court, shall be three thousand five hundred dollars
per annum, payable quarterly, and shall not be diminished
during his continuance in office.
Sec. 23. There shall be a clerk of the Circuit Court for
each county, who shall be elected by a plurality of the
qualified voters of said county, and shall hold his office
for six years.
Sec. 24. The compensation of each of the said clerks
shall not exceed three thousand dollars per year, payable
out of the fees of their respective offices, and they shall
have no other perquisites or compensation.
Sec. 25. There shall be in the eighth judicial circuit
one court to be styled "the Supreme Court of Baltimore
City, " which shall consist of one chief justice and five
associate judges, who shall be elected by the legal and
qualified voters of said city at the election hereinbefore
provided, and shall each hold his office subject to the pro-
visions of this constitution with regard to the election
and qualification of judges, and their tenure of and re-
moval from office; and each of the said judges shall re-
ceive an annual salary of five thousand dollars, payable
quarterly, which salary shall not be diminished during
their term of office.
Sec. 26. "The Supreme Court of Baltimore City, " and
each of the judges thereof, shall have all the rights, pow-
ers and jurisdiction of the Superior Court of Baltimore
city, the Court of Common Pleas, Baltimore City Court,
the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, the Criminal Court
of Baltimore City and the Orphans' Court of Baltimore
City.
Sec. 27. It shall be the duty of the said "Supreme Court
of Baltimore City, " as soon as the judges thereof shall
be elected and officially qualified, and from time to time
as they may deem necessary, to provide for the holding
of as many courts as the performance of its duties may
require, and for the distribution of its business among
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