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Sec. 29. The Circuit Court of Baltimore city shall
have exclusive jurisdiction in equity within the limits of
said city, and all such jurisdiction as the present Circuit
Court of Baltimore city has, provided the said court shall
not have jurisdiction in application for the writ of habeas
corpus in cases of persons charged with criminal offenses.
Sec. 30. The Criminal Court of Baltimore shall have
and exercise all the jurisdiction now held and exercised
by the Criminal Court of Baltimore, except in such appeal
cases as are herein assigned to the Baltimore City Court.
Sec. 31. There shall be elected by the legal and quali-
fied voters of said city, at the election hereinbefore pro-
vided for, one chief judge and four associate judges, who,
together, shall constitute the Supreme Bench of Balti-
more, and shall hold their offices for the term of fifteen
years, subject to the provisions of this constitution with
regard to the election and qualifications of judges, and
their removal from office, and shall exercise the jurisdic-
tion hereinafter specified, and shall each receive an annual
salary of $———, payable quarterly, which shall not be
diminished during his term of office.
Sec. 32. It shall be the duty of the said Supreme
Bench of Baltimore, as soon as the judges thereof shall be
elected and duly qualified, and from time to time, to pro-
vide for the holding of each of the aforesaid courts, by
the assignment of one or more of their number to each of
the said courts, and may from time to time change the
said assignment, as circumstances may require, and the
public interests may demand; and the judge or judges so
assigned to the said several courts shall, when holding
the same, have all the powers and exercise all the juris-
diction which may belong to the court so being held; and
it shall also be the duty of the said Supreme Bench of
Baltimore, in case of the sickness, absence or disability
of any judge or judges assigned as aforesaid, to provide
for the hearing of the cases, or transaction of the busi-
ness assigned to said judge or judges, as aforesaid, before
some one or more of the judges of said court.
Sec. 33. The Supreme Bench of Baltimore shall have
power, and it shall be its duty to make all needful rules
and regulations for the conduct of business in each of
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