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66 MARYLAND MANUAL.

and shall not be diminished during his continuance in
office.

SEC. 25. There shall be a Clerk of the Circuit Couit tor
each County, who shall be elected by a plurality of the
qualified voters of said County, and shall hold his office
for six years from the time of his election, and until his
successor is elected and qualified, and be re-eligible, sub-
ject to be removed for wilful neglect of duty or other mis-
demeanor in office, on conviction in a Court of Law. In
case of a vacancy in the office of Clerk of a Circuit Court,
the Judges of said Court shall have power to fill such
vacancy until the general election for Delegates to the
General Assembly, to be held next thereafter, when a suc-
cessor shall be elected for the term of six years.

SEC. 26. The said Clerks shall appoint, subject to the
confirmation of the Judges of their respective Courts, as
many deputies under them, as the said Judges shall deem
necessary to perform, together with themselves, the duties
of the said office, who shall be removable by the said judges
for incompetency, on neglect of duty, and whose com-
pensation shall be according to existing or future provisions
of the General Assembly.

Part IV.—Courts of Baltimore City.

SEC. 27. There shall be in the Eighth Judicial Circuit,
six courts, to be styled the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City, the Superior Court of Baltimore City, the Court of
Common Pleas, the Baltimore City Court, the Circuit
Court of Baltimore City, and the Criminal Court of Balti-
more.

SEC. 28. The Superior Court of Baltimore City, the
Court of Common Pleas, and the Baltimore City Court
shall each have concurrent jurisdiction in all civil common
law cases, and concurrently all the jurisdiction which the
Superior Court of Baltimore City, and the Court of Com-
mon Pleas now have, except jurisdiction in Equity, and
except in applications for the benefit of the Insolvent Laws
of Maryland, and in cases of Appeal from judgments of
Justices of the Peace in said city, whether civil or criminal,
or arising under the ordinances of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, of all of which appeal cases the
Baltimore City Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction; and

 

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