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said courts during the session thereof, and in vacation,
or in chambers, before any of said judges; and shall also
have jurisdiction to hear and determine all motions for
a new trial, in cases tried in any of said courts, where
such motions arise, either on questions of fact or for mis-
direction upon any matters of law, and all motions in ar-
rest of judgment, or upon any matter of law determined
by the said judge or judges, while holding said several
courts; and the said Supreme Bench of Baltimore City
shall make all needful rules and regulations for the hear-
ing before it of all of said matters; and the same right of
appeal to the Court of Appeals shall be allowed from the
determination of the said court on such matters as would
have been the right of the parties if said matters had been
decided by the court in which said cases were tried.
Sec. 34. No appeal shall lie to the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore city from the decision of the judge or judges
holding the Baltimore City Court in cases of appeal from
a justice of the peace, but the decision by said judge or
judges shall be final.
Sec. 35. Three of the judges of the said Supreme
Bench of Baltimore shall constitute a quorum of said
court.
Sec. 36. All causes depending, at the adoption of this
Constitution, in the Superior Court of Baltimore city, the
Court of Common Pleas, the Criminal Court of Baltimore,
and the Circuit Court of Baltimore, shall be proceeded in
and prosecuted to final judgment or decree therein, ex-
cept cases belonging to that class of jurisdiction over
which is, by this Constitution, transferred to the Balti-
more City Court, all of which shall, together with all
cases now pending in the said Baltimore City Court, be
proceeded in and prosecuted to final judgment in said
last mentioned court.
Sec. 37. There shall be a clerk of each of the said
courts of Baltimore city, except the Supreme Bench, who
shall be elected by the legal and qualified voters of said
city at the election for judges hereinbefore provided, and
shall hold his office for six years from the time of his
election, and until his successor is elected and qualified,
and be re-eligible thereto, subject to be removed for wil-
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