Worcester, Somerset and Dorchester shall constitute the
first circuit; the counties of Caroline, Talbot, Queen
Anne's, Kent and Cecil the second; the counties of Balti-
more and Harford the third; the counties of Allegany
and Washington the fourth; the counties of Carroll,
Howard and Anne Arundel the fifth; the counties of
Montgomery and Frederick the sixth; the counties of
Prince George's, Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's the
seventh, and Baltimore city the eighth. (Garrett created
in 1872, belongs to the fourth district.)

A COURT IN EACH COUNTY—JURISDICTION.
SEC. 20. A court shall be held in each county of the State
to be styled the Circuit Court for the county in which it may
be held. The said Circuit Courts shall have and exercise,
in the respective counties, all the power, authority and
jurisdiction, original and appellate, which the present
Circuit Courts of this State now have and exercise, or
which may hereafter be prescribed by law.
CHIEF JUDGE AND Two ASSOCIATES.

SEC. 21. For each of the said circuits, (excepting the
eighth), there shall be a chief judge and two associate
judges, to be styled judges of the circuit court, to be
elected or appointed, as herein provided. And no two of
said associate judges shall, at the time of their election
or appointment, or during the term for which they may
have been elected or appointed, reside in the game county.
If two or more persons shall be candidates for associate
judge, in the same county, that one only in said county
shall be declared elected who has the highest number of
votes in the circuit. In case any two candidates for as-
sociate judge, residing in the samie county, shall have an
equal number of votes, greater than any other candidate
for associate judge, in the circuit, it shall be the duty of
the Governor to order a new election for one associate
judge; but the person residing in any other county of
the circuit and who has the next highest number of votes
shall be declared elected.. The said judges shall hold not
less than two terms of the circuit court in each of the
counties composing their respective circuits, at such times
as are now, or may hereafter, be prescribed, to which
jurors shall be summoned; and in those counties where
only two such terms are held, two other and intermediate
terms, to which jurors shall not be summoned; they may
alter or fix the times for holding any or all terms until