insure the faithful performance of the duties of said offices;
and it shall be the duties of the Judges of said Courts,
respectively, to make from time to time, such rules and
regulations as may be necessary and proper for the govern-
ment of said Clerks, and for the performance of the duties
of their offices, which shall have the force of law until
repealed or modified by the General Assembly.

SEC. II. The election for Judges hereinbefore provided,
and all elections for Clerks, Registers of Wills and other
officers provided in this Constitution, except State's Attor-
neys, shall be certified, and the returns made by the
Clerks of the Circuit Courts for the Counties, and the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, respectively,
to the Governor, who shall issue commissions to the differ-
ent persons for the offices to which they shall have been,
respectively, elected; and in all such elections the person
having the greatest number of votes, shall be declared to
be elected.

SEC. 12. If in any case of election for Judges, Clerks of
the Courts of Law, and Registers of Wills, the opposing
candidates shall have an equal number of votes, it shall
be the duty of the Governor to order a new election; and
in case of any contested election, the Governor shall send
the returns to the House of Delegates, which shall judge
of the election and qualification of the candidates at such
election; and if the judgment shall be against the one
who has been returned elected, or the one who has been
commissioned by the Governor, the House of Delegates
shall order a new election within thirty days.

SEC. 13. All Public Commissions and Grants shall run
thus: "The State of Maryland, &c.," and shall be signed
by the Governor, with the Seal of the State annexed; all
writs and process shall run in the same style, and be
tested, sealed and signed, as heretofore, or as may here-
after be provided by law; and all indictments shall conclude,
"against the peace, government and dignity of the State."

Part II.—Court of Appeals.

SEC. 14. The Court of Appeals shall be composed of the
Chief Judges of the first seven of the several Judicial Cir-
cuits of the State, and a Judge from the City of Baltimore
specially elected thereto, one of whom shall be designated