where the debt or damage claimed shall not exceed five hundred
dollars.

Sec. 13. 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 exercised
by Baltimore county court as a court of law; and this last court
shall be styled "The Superior Coutt of Baltimore city."

Sec. 14. There shall also be established a court having equity
jurisdiction, for the city of Baltimore, whose style shall be "The
Chancery Court of the City of Baltimore,'' and which shall have
and exercise the equity jurisdiction now exercised by Baltimore coun
ty court sitting as a court ofequity. Each of the said three courts shall
consist of one Judge, who shall hold his office for the term of ten
years, subject to the provisions of this constitution, with regard to
the election and qualification of judges and their removal from
office; and the salary of each of the said judges shall be twenty-
five hundred dollars per year.

Sec. 15. The Court of Common Pleas shall have jurisdiction
in all appeals from magistrates decisions in the said city, and the
said appeals shall be made to the said court. And the chancery court
shall have jurisdiction in all applications for the benefit of the
insolvent laws of this State, and of the administration of the
estates of insolvent debtors, and the superviston and control of the
trustees thereof.

Sec. 16. There shall be established an Orphans' Court for Bal
timore city, which shall consist of one judge, who shall hold his
office for the term of ten years, and who shall have all the powers
now vested in the Orphans' court of Baltimore county, subject to
such regulations as the Legislature may establish for the conduct
of the ordinary business of the said court by the Register of Wills,
of the said city; and who shall he subject to the provisions of this
constitution as to the election and qualifications of judges and their
removal therefrom; and the salary of the said judge shall be two
thousand dollars per year.

Sec. 17. There shall also be a criminal court for the city of
Baltimore, to be styled ‘‘the Criminal cotirt of Baltimore city,"
which shall consist of one judge, and shall have and exercise
all the jurisdiction now exercised by Baltimore city court,
except so far as the same may be vested in the police
court hereafter to be established, and shall have exclusive
jurisdiction in cases of petition for freedom and in all cases
of petitions to cancel or enforce contracts of apprenticeships;
and the said judge shall receive an annual salary of two thousand
dollars per annum, and shrill be subject to the provisions of this
constitution with regard to the election and qualificatiou of judges
and their removal from office.

 
Sec. 18. There shall also be established a court, to be styled