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said courts; the said "Supreme Court of Baltimore City"
may assign any one or more of the said judges to any one
of the said courts, and may from time to time change
said assignment and distribution of business as circum-
stances may require; and each judge, or the said judges
so assigned, in holding any of the said courts, shall have
all the powers of the said "Supreme Court of Baltimore
City, " and the said "Supreme Court of Baltimore City, "
shall provide for the holding of as many general and
special terms as the performance of its duties may re-
quire, the general terms to be held by not less than three
judges and the special terms by one or more judges, but
the said general and special terms may at all times be
regulated and controlled by the General Assembly.
Sec. 28. It shall be the duty of the said "Supreme
Court of Baltimore City, " in case of the sickness, absence
or disability of any judge or judges assigned as afore-
said, to provide for the hearing of the cases or transac-
tion of the business assigned to said judge or judges as
aforesaid, before some other one or more of the judges
of the said court.
Sec. 29. The said "Supreme Court of Baltimore City"
shall have power to make all needful rules for the con-
duct of business in the said court or courts during the
general and special terms thereof, and in vacation, or in
chambers before any of the said judges; and shall pro-
vide rules for the granting, hearing and determination
of motions for a new trial, either upon questions of fact,
or for misdirection upon matters of law, or upon motions
in arrest of judgment, or upon, any matters of law by the
said judge or judges determined.
Sec. 30. No appeal shall lie from a special to a general
term in any case heard upon appeal from a Justice of the
Peace, but the decision thereof in special term shall be
final. In cases in equity and in common law cases where
the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, is above one
hundred dollars, an appeal shall lie from the said court
to the Court of Appeals. In criminal cases a writ of error
shall lie, as now accustomed, or hereafter may be allowed
by law, in cases proper for such writ, from a special to a
general term, and the judgment of the court in general
term shall be final, unless the court in general term think
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