voters of said city, and shall hold his office
for the term of fifteen years, subject to the
provisions of this constitution with regard to
the election and qualification of judge's, and
their removal from office, and shall exercise
the jurisdiction hereinafter specified.
Sec. 32. Each of said judges shall receive
an annual salary of three thousand dollars,
payable quarterly.
Sec. 33. The superior court of Baltimore
city shall have jurisdiction over all suits where
the debt or damage claimed, exclusive of in-
terest, shall exceed the sum of one thousand
dollars, and in case any plaintiff or plaintiffs
shall recover less than the sum or value of
one thousand dollars, he or they shall be
allowed or adjudged to pay costs in the dis-
cretion of the court. The said court shall
also have jurisdiction as a court of equity
within the limits of tine said city, and in all
other civil cases which are not hereinafter as-
signed to the court of common pleas, and also
have jurisdiction in all cases of appeals from
the commissioners for opening streets,
Sec. 34. The court of common pleas shall
have civil jurisdiction in all suits where the
debtor dunnage claimed, exclusive of interest,
shall be over one hundred dollars, and shall
not exceed one thousand dollars; and shall
also have jurisdiction in all cases of appeal in
civil causes from the judgment of justices of
the peace in the said city, and shall have
jurisdiction in all applications for the benefit
of the insolvent haws of this State, and the
supervision and control of the trustees thereof.
Sec. 35. The circuit court of Baltimore
city shall have jurisdiction concurrent with
the superior court of Baltimore city, in all
cases in equity, in cases arising under the act
to direct de-cents, and its supplements, and
shall exercise all the power that is now con-
ferred by law, provided said court shall not,
have jurisdiction in applications for the writ
of habeas corpus, in cases of persons charged
with criminal offices.
Sec. 36. The criminal court of Baltimore
shall have and exercise all the jurisdiction
now held and exercised by the criminal court
of Baltimore, except in cases of appeals from
commissioners fur opening streets, and shall
have jurisdiction in all cases of appeals from
justices of the peace in said city, for the re-
covery of fines, penalties and forfeitures .
Sec. 37. The present judges of the several
courts of Baltimore city, shall continue to act
as such until the expiration of the terms for
which they were respectively elected, and
until their successors are elected and quali-
fied.
Sec. 38. All causes pending in the several
courts of Baltimore city at the adoption of
this constitution shall be prosecuted to final
judgment, as though the jurisdiction of the
several courts in which they may be pending
had not been changed.
Sec. 39. There shall be a clerk of each of |
the said courts of Baltimore city, who shall
be elected by the legal and qualified voters of
said city, and shall hold his office for six
years from the time of his election, and until
his successor is elected and qualified, and be
re-eligible thereto, subject 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 of any
of the said courts the judge of file court of
which he wans clerk, shall have the power to
appoint a clerk until the general election for
county officers held next thereafter, when a
clerk of said court shall be elected to serve
tor six years thereafter.
Sec. 40. The present clerk of the superior
court of Baltimore city and of the court of
common pleas, and of the criminal court of Baltimore,
shall continue to act as clerks of said
courts respectively during the lime for which
they were severally elected, and until their
successors are elected and qualified, and in
case of the death, resignation or disqualifica-
tion of either of said clerks before the expira-
tion of the time for which they were elected,
the judge of tine court where such death, resignation
or other disqualification may occur,
shall halve tine power to appoint a clerk as
provided by tine thirty-ninth 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 finis consti-
tution, 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.
Sec. 41. The general assembly shall,, when-
ever it may think the same proper and expe-
dient, provide by law another court for the
city of Baltimore, to consist of one judge, to
be elected by tine legal and qualified voters of
said city, who shall be subject to the same
constitutional provisions) hold his offices for
the same term of years) and receive the same
compensation as the judge of the;' superior
court of said city, and said court shall have
such jurisdiction and powers as may be prescribed
by law; and the general assembly
may re-apportion tine civil jurisdiction among
the several courts in Baltimore city from time
lo time, as in their judgments the public in-
terest and convenience may require.
Sec. 42. The clerk of the court of common
pleas shall have authority to issue within said
city, all marraige and other licenses required
by law, subject to such provisions as the gen-
eral assembly have now or may hereafter pre-
scribe, and the clerk of the superior court of
said city shall receive and record all deeds,
conveyances, and other papers which are re-
quired by law to be recorded in said city. He
shall also have custody of all papers connected
with the proceedings on the law or equity side
of Baltimore county court, and of the dockets |
