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Mr. Thomas submitted the following amendment:

Strike out section 36.

Decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Hebb submitted the following amendment:

Insert as an additional section, to follow section 21, the
following:

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The present Judges of the Circuit Courts shall continue to
act as Judges of the respective Circuit Courts within the Ju-
dicial Circuits in which they respectively reside, until the
expiration of the term for which they were respectively
elected, and until their successors are elected and qualified,
viz: the present Judges of the first, second, third, fourth,
sixth and eighth Judicial Circuits, as organized at the time
of the adoption of this Constitution, shall continue to act as
Judges respectively of the first, second, fourth, fifth, ninth
and twelfth Judicial Circuits, as organized under this Consti-
tution; and an election for Judges of the third, sixth, seventh,
eighth, tenth and eleventh Judicial Circuits shall be held on
Tuesday next after the first Monday of November, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four.

On motion of Mr. Stockbridge,

The consideration of the amendment was postponed until
to-morrow.

Mr. Thomas submitted the following amendment:

Sec. —. 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 legal and qualified voters of said city, who shall be
subject to the same constitutional provisions, hold his office
for the same term, of years, and receive the same compensa-
tion as the Judge of the Superior Court of said city, and said
Court shall have such jurisdiction and powers as may be pre-
scribed by law; and the General Assembly may reapportion
the civil jurisdiction among the several Courts in Baltimore
city, from time to time, as in their judgments the public in-
terest and convenience may require;

Decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Audoun submitted the following amendment:

Strike out section 37, and insert:

Sec. 37. The General Assembly, at its first session after the
adoption of this Constitution, shall fix the number of Justices

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