the interposition of a Jury shall be, as far as practicable,
disposed of at said intermediate term. One Judge in each
of the above Circuits shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of any business; and the said Judges, or any of
them, may hold Special Terms of their Courts, whenever in
their discretion, the business of the several Counties renders
such terms necessary.

SEC. 22. Where any term is held, or trial conduced 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 in presenting such points or questions to the
Court in banc, and the decision of 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 judg-
ments of Justices of the Peace, nor to Criminal cases
below the grade of felony, except when the punishment is
confinement in the penitentiary; and this section shall be
subject to such provisions as may hereafter be made by law.

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.

SEC. 24. The salary of each Chief Judge, and of the
Judge of the Court of Appeals from the City of Baltimore
shall be three thousand five hundred dollars, and of each
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court, shall be two thou-
sand eight hundred dollars per annum, payable quarterly,