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 can-
didates 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 Gover-
nor, 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, etc.," 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 hereafter be pro-
vided 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
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 Governor 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 pre-
scribe. 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 Annapolis, 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 session 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, temporarily, to transfer their sittings elsewhere, upon
sufficient cause.

*Thus amended by Act of 1886, ch. 185.