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timore 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.
Section 37 was read.
Mr. Carter offered the following substitute, which was
adopted:
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 of 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-
ful neglect of duty, or other misdemeanor in office, on con-
viction in a court of law. The salary of each of the said
clerks shall be the amount hereinbefore provided, payable
quarterly out of the fees and receipts collected by the
clerks of said city; and they shall be entitled to no other
perquisites or compensation. In case of a vacancy in the
office of clerk of any of the said courts, the judge of said
court shall have power to fill such vacancy until the gen-
eral election of delegates to the General Assembly to be
held next thereafter, when a clerk of said court shall be
elected, to serve for six years thereafter.
Section 38 was read.
Mr. Carter offered the following substitute, which was
adopted:
Sec. 38. The clerk of the Court of Common Pleas shall
have authority to issue, within said city, all marriage and
other licenses required by law, subject to such provisions
as are now or may be prescribed by law. The clerk of the
Superior Court of said city shall receive and record all
deeds, conveyances and other papers which are or may be
required by law to be recorded in said city. He shall also
have custody of all papers connected with the proceedings
of the law or equity side of Baltimore County Court, and
of the dockets thereof, so far as the same have relation
to the city of Baltimore; and shall also discharge the
duties of clerk to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City,
unless otherwise provided by law.
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