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The fixed compensation for all court officers appointed by
judges, must be prescribed by the Legislature. Article 4,
section 9, Constitution.

The Judge of the Court of Appeals from the City of Balti-
more shall perform such other duties as the the General Assem-
bly shall prescribe. Article 4, section 14, Constitution.

The time of the sessions of the Court of Appeals may be
changed by the Legislature; and the Legislature must make pro-
vision for the publication of the reports of cases determined by
said court. Article 4, sections 14 and 16, Constitution.

The General Assembly may change, re-apportion or enlarge
the jurisdiction of the several courts in Baltimore City. Article
4, section 39, Constitution.

The Legislature has power to fix the compensation of Judges
of the Orphans' Court; prescribe the duties of Coroners, Elisors,
and Notaries Public; prescribe the duties, powers, number and
compensation of County Commissioners; prescribe the duties
and compensation of County Surveyors; and prescribe the duties
of the Wreckmaster of Worcester County. Article 4, sections
40 and 45. Article 7, sections 1, 2, and 6, Constitution.

A thorough and efficient system of free public Schools shall
be maintained by the General Assembly. Article 8, section 1,
Constitution.

The Legislature is required to pass such Laws as will promote
volunteer militia organizations, and will afford them effectual
encouragement. Article 9, section 1, Constitution.

Either branch of the Legislature can require the Governor to
report the petitions, recommendations, and reasons which influ-
enced him in the granting of pardons. Article 2, section 20,
Constitution.

New counties, with the consent of the voters in the sections
affected, may be organized and, with same consent, county seats
may be located, or removed, by the Legislature. Before such
formation shall take place, the consent of the majority of
legal voters residing within the limits proposed to be formed
into said new county must be obtained. If said new county
is formed out of two or more portions of counties, the con-
sent of a majority of legal voters of such parts of said coun-
ties, respectively, shall be required; nor shall the lines of any
county be changed without the consent of a majority of the legal
voters residing within the district which, under said proposed
change, would form a part of a county different from that to
which it belonged prior to said change. All new counties must
contain at least four hundred square miles of area and ten thous-
and white inhabitants. No change in county lines can be made
that will reduce its area below four hundred square miles and