prevent delays, and to promote brevity and conciseness in all
pleadings and proceedings therein, and to abolish all unneces-
sary costs and expenses attending- the same. And all rules
and regulations hereby directed to be made shall, when made,
have the force of Law, until rescinded, changed or modified
by the said Judges, or the General Assembly.

Part III—Circuit Courts.

SEC. 19. The State shall be divided into Eight Judicial
Circuits, in manner following, viz: The Counties of Wor-
cester, Somerset, Dorchester and Wicomico,* shall constitute
the First Circuit; the Counties of Caroline, Talbot, Queen
Anne's, Kent and Cecil, the second; the Counties of Balti-
more and Harford, the Third; the Counties of Allegany,
Washington and Garrett + the Fourth; the Counties of Car-
roll, Howard and Anne Arundel,the Fifth; the Counties of
Montgomery and Frederick, the Sixth; the Counties of Prince
George's, Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's, the Seventh, and
Baltimore City, the Eighth.

SEC. 20. A Court shall be held in each County of the State,
to be styled the Circuit Court for the County in which it may
he held. The said Circuit Courts shall have and exercise, in
the respective Counties, all the power, authority and jurisdic-
tion, original and appellate, which the present Circuit Courts
of the State now have and exercise, or which may hereafter
be prescribed by law.

SEC. 21. For each of the said Circuits (excepting the
Eighth) there shall be a Chief Judge and two Associate
Judges, to be styled Judges of the Circuit Court, to be elected
or appointed as herein provided. And no two of said Asso-
ciate Judges shall at the time of their election or appointment,
or during the term for which they may have been elected, or
appointed, reside in the same County. If two or more per-
sons shall be candidates for Associate Judge in the same
County, the one only in said County shall be declared
elected who has the highest number of votes in the Circuit.
In case any two candidates for Associate Judge, residing in
the same County, shall have an equal number of votes,
greater than any other candidate for Associate Judge in the
Circuit, it shall be the duty of the Governor to order a new
election for one Associate Judge; but the person residing
in any other County of the Circuit, and who has the next
highest number of votes, shall be declared elected. The
said Judges shall hold not less than two terms of the Circuit

*Wicomico formed since the adoption of this Constitution.
+ Garrett formed since the adoption of this Constitution.