indictments shall conclude, "against the peace, government and
dignity of the State."

Sec. 9. There shall be a county court in each county of the
State, to consist of one judge, who shall be elected by a plu
rality vote of the qualified and legal voters of said county, from
among those learned in the law, having been admitted to practice
the law in this State, and who shall have been a citizen of this
State at least five years, and above the age of thirty years at the
time of his election, and a resident of said county. The said
judge shall hold his office for the term of ten years from the time of
his election, or until he shall have attained the age of seventy
years, whichever may first happen, and be re-eligibte thereto un
til he shall have attained the age of severity years, and not after,
subject to be removed for incompetency, wilful neglect of duty,
misdemeanor in office, and such other causes as may be prescribed
by law, by presentment of a Grand Jury and conviction of a petit
jury of said county, or by the Governor, upon the address of the
General Assembly, two-thirds of the members of each House con
curring in such address. His salary shall be two thousand dollars
annually, which shall not be diminished during his continuance
in office. He shall reside in or near the county town, and shall
hold two common law terms in each and every year, at such times
and places as may be prescribed by law, and attend at the court
house of said county as often as the Legislature may prescribe by
law for the transaction and despat ch of judicial business.

Sec. 10. The said county courts or the judges thereof respec
tively shall be courts of law and equity, and have original juris
diction in all civil and criminal cases arising in their respective
limits; and in all respects have the same powers and jurisdiction
that the present county courts of this State now have or which
shall hereafter be prescribed by law. They shall also have exclu
sive jurisdiction in all matters relating to last wills and testaments,
executors and administrators and guardians, within their respective
limits, and all and every other power which the orphans courts of
this State now have, or which may be hereafter prescribed by law.
They shall also have and exercise appellate jurisdiction from the
judgments of justices of the peace, subject to such rules and regu-
lations as may be prescribed by law.
Sec. 11. There shall be established for the city of Baltimore,
one court with common law jurisdiction, to be styled the court
of ‘‘Common Pleas," which shall have civil jurisdiction in all
suits where the debt or damage claimed shall not exceed five
hundred dollars.
Sec. 12. There shall also be in said city another common law
court, having jurisdiction over all suits where the debt or damages
claimed shall exceed the sum of five hundred dollars; and each
of said courts shall be vested with all powers now held and exer
cised by Baltimore county court, as a court of law; and this last
court shall be styled "the Superior court of Baltimore city."
Sec. 13. There shall also, be established a court having equity