otherwise prescribed, and shall adopt rules to the end
that all business, not requiring the interposition of a jury,
shall be, as far as practicable, disposed of at said inter-
mediate terms. One judge, in each of the above circuits,
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any busi-
ness ; and the said judges, or any of them, may hold
special terms of their courts, whenever, in their discre-
tion, the business of the several counties renders such
terms necessary.

RIGHT OF APPEAL.

SEC. 22, When any term is held, or trial conducted, by
less than. the whole number of said circuit judges, upon
the decision or determination of any point or question,
by the court, it shall be competent to the party against
whom the ruling or decision is made, upon motion, to have
the point or question reserved for the consideration of
the three judges of the circuit, who shall constitute a
court in banc for such purpose; and the motion for such
reservation shall be entered of record during the sitting
at which such decision may be made; and the several
circuit courts shall regulate, by rules, the mode and
manner of presenting such points or questions to the
court in banc, and the decision of the said court in banc
shall be the effective decision in the premises, and con-
clusive, as against the party at whose motion said points
or questions were reserved; but such decision in banc
shall not preclude the right of appeal or writ of error to
the adverse party, in those cases, civil or criminal, in
which appeal, or writ of error to the Court of Appeals
may be allowed by law. The right of having questions
reserved shall not, however, apply to trials of appeals
from judgments of justices of the peace, nor to criminal
cases below the grade of felony, except when the punish-
ment is confinement in the penitentiary ; and this section
shall be subject to such provisions as may hereafter be
made by law.
DECISIONS IN TWO MONTHS.

SEC. 23. The judges of the respective Circuit Courts of
this State, and of the Courts of Baltimore city, shall
render their decisions, in all cases argued before them or
submitted for their judgment, within two months after
the same shall have been so argued or submitted.

SALARIES NOT TO BE DIMINISEED.

SEC. 24. The salary of each Chief Judge, and of the