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The 26th section was read.
Section 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;
they shall appoint, subject to the confirmation of the
judges of their respective courts, as many deputies under
them as the said judges shall deem necessary to per-
form, together with themselves, the duties of said office,
who shall be removable by the said judges for incom-
petency or neglect of duty, and whose compensation shall
be according to existing or future provisions of the Gen-
eral Assembly.
The amendment of Mr. Page to strike out all relating
to the salaries of the clerks was adopted.
The eighth section, which was passed over informally
some days since, was then, on motion of Mr. Walsh, re-
turned to.
Section 8. The parties to any cause may submit the
same to the court for determination without the aid of a
jury; and the judge or judges of any court of this State,
except the Court of Appeals, shall order and direct the
record of proceedings in any suit or action, issue or pe-
tition, presentment or indictment, pending in such court,
to be transmitted to some other court having jurisdiction
in such cases, whenever any party to such cause, or the
counsel of any party, shall make it satisfactorily appear
to the court, by affidavit or other proper evidence, that
the party cannot have a fair and impartial trial in the
court in which such suit or action, issue or petition, pre-
sentment or indictment is pending; and the General As-
sembly shall make such modifications of existing law as
may be necessary to regulate and give force to this pro-
vision.
Mr. Walsh moved to amend by inserting after the word
"pending" where it occurs the second time, the words,
"or when the judges of said court shall be disqualified
under the provisions of this constitution to sit in any suit,
action, issue or petition, presentment or indictment, "
which was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Ritchie, the consideration of part 4,
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