the said Court of Common Pleas shall have exclusive
jurisdiction in all applications for the benefit of the
Insolvent Laws of Maryland, and the supervision and
control of the Trustees thereof.

SEC. 29. The Circuit Court of Baltimore City shall have
exclusive jurisdiction in Equity within the limits of said
city, and all such jurisdiction as the present Circuit Court
of Baltimore City has; provided, the said Court shall not
have jurisdiction in applications for the writ of habeas
corpus in cases of persons charged with criminal offenses.

SEC. 30. The Criminal Court of Baltimore shall have
and exercise all the jurisdiction now held and exercised
by the Criminal Court of Baltimore, except in such Appeal
Cases as are herein assigned to the Baltimore. City Court.

SEC. 31. There shall be elected by the legal and quali-
fied voters of said city, at the elections hereinbefore pro-
vided for, one Chief Judge and four Associate Judges,
who, together, shall constitute the Supreme Bench of Bal-
timore City, and shall hold their offices for the term of
fifteen years, subject to the provisions of this Constitution
with regard to the election and qualifications of Judges,
and their removal from office, and shall exercise the juris-
diction, hereinafter specified, and shall each receive an
annual salary of three thousand five hundred dollars,
payable quarterly, which shall not be diminished during
their term of office; but authority is hereby given to the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to pay to each of
the said Judges an annual addition of five hundred dollars
to their respective salaries; provided, that the same, being
once granted, shall not be diminished, nor increased) during
the continuance of said Judge in office.

SEC. 32. It shall be the duty of the said Supreme Bench
of Baltimore City, as soon as the Judges thereof shall be elec-
ted and duly qualified, and from time to time, to provide
for the holding of each of the aforesaid Courts, by the
assignment of one or more of their number to each of the
said Courts, who may sit either separately or together in
the trial of cases; and the said Supreme Bench of Balti-
more City may, from time to time, change the said assign-
ment, as circumstances may require, and the public interest
may demand ; and the Judge or Judges, so assigned to the
said several Courts, shall, when holding the same, have all
the powers and exercise all the jurisdiction which may