by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, as the Chief Judge; and in all cases, until
action by the Senate can be had, the Judge so designated
by the Governer, shall act as Chief Judge. The Judge of
the Court of Appeals from the City of Baltimore shall be
elected by the qualified voters of said city at the election
of Judges to be held therein, as hereinbefore provided;
and in addition to his duties as Judge of the Court of
Appeals, shall perform such other duties as the General
Assembly shall prescribe. The jurisdiction of said Court
of Appeals shall be co-extensive with the limits of the
State, and such as now is or may hereafter be prescribed
by Law. It shall hold its sessions in the City of Annap-
olis, on the second Monday in January,* the first Monday
in April and the first Monday in October of each and every
year, or at such other times as the General Assembly may
by Law direct. Its serious shall continue not less than
ten months in the year, if the business before it shall so
require; and it shall be competent for the Judges, tempor-
arily, to transfer their sittings elsewhere, upon sufficient
cause.

SEC. 15. Four of said Judges shall constitute a quorum;
no cause shall be decided without the concurrence of at
least three; but the Judge who heard the cause below
shall not participate in the decision; in every case an
opinion, in writing, shall be filed within three months after
the argument or submission of the cause; and the judg-
ment of the court shall be final and conclusive; and all
cases shall stand for hearing at the first term after the
transmission of the record.

SEC. 16. Provision shall be made by law for publishing
report of all causes argued and determined in the Court
of Appeals, which the Judges shall designate as proper for
publication.

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

*Thus amended by Act of 1886, ch. 183.