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nual salary of $——, payable quarterly, which shall not
be diminished during his term of office.
Mr. Vansant moved to fill the blank with $4, 000, which
was agreed to, and the substitute was then adopted.
Section 32 was read.
Mr. Carter moved the following substitute, which was
adopted:
Sec. 32. It shall be the duty of the said Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City, as soon as the judges thereof
shall be elected and duly qualified, and from time to
time, to provide for the holding of each of the aforesaid
courts, by the assignment of one or more of their num-
ber to each of the said courts, who may sit either sepa-
rately or together in the trial of cases, and the said Su-
preme Bench of Baltimore City may from time to time
change the said assignment, as circumstances may re-
quire and the public interest 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 jurisdiction which may belong to the court so be-
ing held; and it shall also be the duty of the said Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City, 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 business assigned to said judge or judges, as afore-
said, before some one or more of the judges of said court.
Sec. 33 was read.
Mr. Carter offered the following substitute:
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 the
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 mo-
tions arise, either on questions of fact or for misdirection
upon any matters of law, and all motions in arrest 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 hearing before it
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