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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
of any of said Courts the Judge of the Court, of which he
was Clerk, shall have the power to appoint a Clerk until the
general election for county officers held next thereafter.

Decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Thomas submitted the following amendment:

Strike out section 34, and insert the following:

_ "Sec. 34. The present Clerk of the Superior Court, of Bal-
timore city, and of the Court of Common Pleas, in Balti-
more city, and of the Criminal Court, of Baltimore, shall
continue to act as Clerks of said Courts respectively, during the
time for which they were severally elected, and in case of the
death, resignation or disqualification of either of said Clerks
before the expiration of the time for which they were elected,
the Judge of the Court, where such death, resignation or other
disqualification may occur, shall have the power to appoint a
Clerk as provided by the 33rd section of this Article. The
present Clerk of the Circuit Court of Baltimore city, shall
continue to act as Clerk of said Court, until the first election
for county officers, next after the adoption of this Constitu-
tion, when a Clerk of said Court shall be elected in the same
manner, and hold his office for the same time, and be subject
to the same provisions of this Constitution as the Clerks of
the Courts in said city; "

Decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Thomas submitted the following amendment:

Strike out section 35, and insert:

Sec. 35. That Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, shall
have authority to issue within said city, all marriage and
other licences required by law, subject to such provisions as
the Legislature have now or may hereafter prescribe, and the
Clerk of the Superior Court of said city shall have the custody of
all deeds, conveyances and other papers now remaining in
the office of said Court, and shall hereafter receive and record
all deeds, conveyances and other papers which are required
by law to be recorded in said city. He shall also have custo-
dy of all other papers connected with the proceedings on 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;

Decided in the affirmative.