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Part IV.Courts of Baltimore City.
SEC. 27. There shall be in the Eighth Judicial Circuit,
six courts, to be styled the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
city, the Superior Court of Baltimore city, the Court of
Common Pleas, the Baltimore City Court, the Circuit
Court of Baltimore City, and Criminal Court of Balti-
more.
SEC. 28. The Superior Court of Baltimore City, the
Court of Common Pleas, and the Baltimore City Court,
shall each have concurrent jurisdiction in all civil common
law cases, and, concurrently, all the jurisdiction which
the Superior Court of Baltimore city and the Court of
Common Pleas now have, except jurisdiction in equity,
and except in applications for the benefit of the insolvent
laws of Maryland, and in cases of appeal from judgments
of Justices of the Peace in said city, whether civil or
criminal, or arising under the ordinances of the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, of all of which appeal
cases, the Baltimore City Court shall have exclusive juris-
diction; and the said Court of Common Pleas shall have
exclusive jurisdiction in all applications for the benefit of
the insolvent laws of Maryland, and the supervision and
control of the trustees thereof.
SEC. 29. The Circuit Court of Baltimore City shall
have exclusive jurisdiction in equiy 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 applications for the writ of
habeas corpus in cases of persons charged with criminal
offences.
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. 81. 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 Bal-
timore City, and shall hold their offices for the term of
fifteen years, subject to the provisions of this Constitu-
tion with regard to the election and qualifications of
judges, and their removal from office, and shall exercise
the jurisdiction, hereinafter specified, and shall each re-
ceive an annual salary of three thousand five hundred
dollars, payable quarterly, which shall not be diminished
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