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PUBLISHING REPORTS OF CASES.

SEC. 16. Provisions shall be made by law for publishing
reports of all cases, argued and determined in the Court of
Appeals, which the judges shall designate as proper for publica-
tion.

CLERK ELECTED—REMOVAL—VACANCY.

SEC. 17. There shall be a Clerk of the Court of Appeals who
shall be elected by the legal and qualified voters of the State,
who shall hold his office for six years, and until his successor is
duly qualified; he shall be subject to removal by the said Court
for incompetency, neglect of duty, misdemeanor in office, or
such other cause, or causes, as may be prescribed by law; and in
case of a vacancy in the office of said clerk, the Court of
Appeals shall appoint a clerk of said Court, who shall hold his
office until the election and qualification of his successor, who
shall be elected at the next general election for members of the
General Assembly; and the person, so elected, shall hold his
office for the term of six years from the time of election.

GENERAL LAWS RELATING TO COURT OF
APPEALS.

REPORTER TO THE COURT op APPEALS.

SECTION 1. The State Reporter shall be appointed by the judges
of the Court of Appeals, and shall hold his office for the term of
four years, unless sooner removed by said judges, and shall be
styled the State Reporter, and shall be re-eligible from time to
time.

SALARY.

SEC. 2. He shall receive an annual salary of one thousand
dollars.

His DUTIES.

SEC. 3. He shall report and publish all cases argued and deter-
mined in the Court of Appeals of this State, from and after the
passage of this Act, designated by said court to be reported,
within six months from the time when the same shall have been
determined; the reports in all cases shall be limited to a state-
ment of the material facts, the principal points and authorities
relied on by the respective counsel, the opinion of the court, and
an abstract or head-note of the points decided; and each volume
of said reports shall also contain a list of the cases therein
reported, a list of the cases decided during the period embraced
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