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and under the majority report $118, 000 per annum, and
he did not think that system would be worth the addi-
tional expense.
The substitute of Mr. Archer was then rejected by a
vote of 66 to 33.
Several members gave as a reason for voting against
the substitute the fact of the salaries being placed at
£4, 000, which they thought was too high, but at the
same time expressed themselves in favor of an independ-
ent Court of Appeals.
Mr. Archer then renewed his amendment, leaving the
salaries blank, to be filled up afterwards at the judgment
of the Convention.
The substitute was again rejected—36 ayes to 58 nays.
Mr. Dobbin said it now seemed manifest that the Con-
vention was decided on the three-judge system and for an
independent Court of Appeals. Baltimore city must have
the one-judge system, no matter what was selected for
the counties. Each judge in the city would be occupied
the whole year with the business of their own courts, and
would have no time to attend to appellate duty. He had
an amendment to offer to meet this, providing for an
election in the city of Baltimore for one judge of the Court
of Appeals, who shall have no other duty to perform.
Mr. Gill offered an amendment to the amendment that
he shall perform such other duties as the Legislature
may prescribe, which was accepted by Mr. Dobbin, and
the amendment was then agreed to.
No further amendment being proposed, sections 15 and
16 were read and passed over without amendment.
Section 17, providing that the Court of Appeals shall
appoint its own clerk, was read.
Mr. McCormick moved to amend by providing that the
clerk shall be elected by the people, which, after some
discussion, was adopted by a vote of 51 to 47.
Mr. Alvey offered an additional section making it the
duty of the Court of Appeals to prescribe the rules of
practice in said court, &c., so as to insure brevity and dis-
patch of business.
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