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SEC. 12. Each of the said two courts shall consist of one
Judge, who shall be elected by the legal and qualified voters of
the said city, and shall hold his office for the term of ten years, sub
ject 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 a year, and the legislature shall whenever
it may think the same proper and expedient, provide by law
another court for the city of Baltimore, to consist of one Judge
to be elected by the qualified voters of the said city, who shall be
subject to the same constitutional provisions, hold his office for
the same term of years, and receive the same compensation as
the Judge of the court of common pleas of the said city; and the
said court shall have such jurisdiction and powers as may be pre
scribed by law.
SEC. 13. There shall also be a criminal court for the city of
Baltimore, to be styled the ‘‘ Cr im inal court of wh ich
shall consist of one Judge, who shall also be elected by the
legal and qualified voters of the said city, and who shalt have
and exercise all the jurisdiction now exercised by Baltimore city
court; and the said Judge shall receive a salary of two thousand
dollars a year, shall be subject to the provisions of this consti
tution with regard to the election and qualification of Judges'
tern! of office, and removal therefrom
SEC. 14. There shall be in each county a clerk of the Circuit
court, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of each county,
and the person receiving the greatest number of votes shall be
declared and returned duly elected clerk of said circuit court
for the said county, and shall hold his office for the term
of six years from the time of his election, and until a
new election is held, shall be re-eligible thereto, and subject
to removal for wilful neglect of duty, or other misdemeanor
in office on conviction in a court of law. There shall also be a
clerk of the court of common pleas, in Baltimore city, and a clerk
of the superior court of Baltimore city; and there shall also be a
clerk of the criminal court of Baltimore city, and each of said
clerks shall be elected as aforesaid by the qualified voters of the
city of Baltimore, and shall hold his office for six years from the
time of his election and until a new election is held, and be re
eligible thereto, subject, in like manner, to be removed for wilful
neglect of duty or other misdemeanor in office on conviction in a
court of law. In case of a vacancy in the office of a clerk, the
judge or judges of the court, of which lie was clerk, shall have
the power to appoint a clerk until the general election of delegates
held next thereafter, when a clerk shall be elected to fill such
vacancy.
SEC. 15. The clerk of the court of Common Pleas for Balti
more city shall have authority to issue within the said city all
marriage and other licenses required by law, subject to such pro-