Sec. 35. The clerk of the superior court
shall have the custody of all dockets, records
and papers now in the custody of the clerk
of the superior court or court of common
pleas, and of all such other dockets, records
and papers as he may hereafter be required
by law or by the judges of the said court to
take custody of, and shall receive and record
all deeds and other papers required by law to
be recorded in said city, and not otherwise
provided for; he shall, unless the general assembly
shall provide a different mode, issue
all marriage and other licenses required by
law, and discharge all the duties and be sub-
ject to all the obligations heretofore dis-
charged by or imposed upon the clerk of the
superior court and the clerk of the court of
common pleas, subject to such modifications
thereof as may be made by law or by the
judges of his said court.
Sec. 36. The clerk of the circuit court of
Baltimore city shall halve the custody of all
the dockets, records and papers now in the
office and custody of the clerk of the circuit
court of Baltimore city, and of the clerk of the
criminal court of Baltimore city, and of all
dockets, records and papers hereafter pertain-
ing to the business said circuit court
as hereby constituted, or which he may be
required by law, or by the judges of said
court to take custody of. He shall discharge
all the duties pertaining to the office of clerk
of said court, or which have heretofore been
imposed by law upon the clerks of the circuit
or criminal court of Baltimore city, or which
may hereafter be imposed by law or required
by the judges of his said court. And the
present clerk of the criminal court of Baltimore
city shall be clerk of the circuit court
as hereby constituted until the end of the
time for which be was elected clerk of said
criminal court.
PART VI.
Justices of the Peace.
Sec. 37. The judges of the circuit coarts
shall appoint in each election district of the
several counties composing their respective
circuits, and the judges of the superior court
and of the .circuit court of Baltimore city,
by concurrent action, shall appoint in the
city of Baltimore such number of )justice of
the peace as the wants and intercats of the
people may require. They shall certify their
appointment so made to the governor, by
whom the appointees shall be commissioned
as justices of the peace of the State of
Maryland, in and for— county and city.
The justices so appointed and commissioned
shall be conservators of the peace, shall hold
their office for two years, and shall have such
jurisdiction, duties and compensation, sub-
ject to such right of appeal as hath been
heretofore exercised or shall be hereafter pre-scribed
by law. |
PART VI.
Sheriffs, &c.
Sec. 38. There shall be elected in each
county and the city of Baltimore, in every sec-
ond year, one person resident in said county
or city, above the age of twenty-five years,
and at least five years preceding his election
a citizen of this Static, to the office' of sheriff.
He shall hold his office for two years and
until his successor is duly qualified, and shall
he ineligible for two years thereafter, shall
give such bond, exercise such powers, and
perform such duties as now are or may
hereafter be fixed by law. In case of a
vacancy by death, refusal to serve or neglect
to qualify or give bond, by disqualification
or removal from the county or city, the cir-
cuit court shall appoint a person to be sheriff
for the remainder of the official term.
Sec. 39. Coroners, elisors and notaries
public may be appointed for each county and
the city of Baltimore, in the manner, for the
purposes, and with the powers now fixed or
which may hereafter be prescribed by law.
The report having been read the first time,
was ordered to a second reading, and to be
printed.
Mr. SANDS. I would inquire of the chair-
main whether I understood him to say that
this was a unanimous report?
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. I said nothing what-
ever on the subject, if the gentleman and
the convention wish to know the facts in ref-
erence to this report, I will state them, I,
make the report from the committee on the
judiciary. The committee differ among
themselves as to some of the details, with
reference to which there is nothing reported
but what has met with the concurrence of a
majority of the committee. While the mem-
bers of the committee differ as to some of the
details, and hold themselves free to vote for
modifications or amendments, possibly to
propose modifications or amendments, I
was instructed to present this as the report of
the committee; but not one in all the pro-
visions of which all the members of the com-
mittee have concurred.
I would, at this time, move that it be made
the order of the day for some day certain.
As the gentleman from Kent (Mr. Cham-
bers) has asked and obtained leave of ab-
sence which will necessarily take him from
the convention a considerable portion of next
week, it would be my desire to postpone it
to as late a day as possible. But. on glancing
at the reports which have been) made here, I
find but three unacted upon. together with the
one unfinished which has been under consid-
eration this morning. Those reports do not
contain much, and will not occupy the con-
vention for any great length of time. I am
rather embarrassed to tell how Icing this re-
port can be deferred without interfering with
the time of the convention. I will, however |
