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the safety of the citizen and the just, equal and uniform
interpretation of the criminal laws of the State shall re-
quire that a further appeal shall be allowed to the Court
of Appeals, when the same shall be allowed.
Sec. 31. All causes depending at the adoption of this
constitution in the several courts of Baltimore city,
whose jurisdiction is by this article transferred to the
"Supreme Court of Baltimore City, " shall be proceeded
in and prosecuted to final judgment or decree in the said
Supreme Court of Baltimore City, as though the juris-
diction had not been changed.
Sec. 32. There shall be four clerks for the "Supreme
Court of Baltimore City, " who shall be elected by the
legal and qualified voters of the said city, and shall hold
their offices for six years.
Sec. 33. The salary of the said clerks shall be three
thousand five hundred dollars per year, payable quarter-
ly out of the fees of their office, and they shall be entitled
to no other perquisites or compensation.
Sec. 34. The clerks of said court to give bonds not ex-
ceeding $150, 000.
Sec. 35. The General Assembly shall, whenever it may
think the same proper and expedient, provide by law for
the election of an additional judge for the "Supreme Court
of Baltimore City. "
Sec. 36. There shall be an Orphans' Court in the city
of Baltimore, and in each of the counties of this State, to
be held in the case of the city of Baltimore by one of the
judges of the "Supreme Court of Baltimore City" as-
signed thereto, and in the case of the counties by the
judges of the respective Circuit Courts, as follows: The
associate judge of the Circuit Court shall be the judge of
the Orphans' Court of the county in which he resides, and
when the circuit is composed of three or more counties,
in one or more of which no associate judge shall reside,
one of said associates shall be assigned thereto by the
judges of said circuit, who shall be the judge of the Or-
phans' Court of said county or counties, and each judge
of the Orphans' Court of a county shall hold terms of his
court in said county at such time or times as he may
think the business of said court may require, or as the
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