MARYLAND MANUAL.

Court in each of the Counties, comprising their respective-
circuits, at such times as are now, or may hereafter be
prescribed, to which Jurors shall be summoned; and in those
Counties where only two such terms are held, two other
and intermediate terms, to which Jurors shall not be
summoned; they may alter or fix the times for holding
any or all terms until otherwise prescribed, and shall
adopt rules to the end that all business not requiring
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 Court, whenever, in
their discretion, the business of the several Counties renders
such terms necessary.

SEC. 22. Where any term is held, or trial conducted 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 bane 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 bane, and the decision of said Court
in bane shall be the effective decision in the premises, and
conclusive, as against the party at whose motion said points
or questions were reserved; but such decision in bane 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 judgments
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 Judge 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 submilted.

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.
increased to 4,500 by the Acts of 1892, ch. 388.