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 qualified
voters of said city, at the elections hereinbefore provided for,
one Chief Judge and four Associate Judges, who, together
shall constitute the Supreme Bench of Baltimore 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 jurisdiction, hereinafter speci-
fied, 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. 52. It shall be the duty of the said Supreme Bench
of Baltimore City, as soon as the Judges thereof shall be
elected 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
belong to the Court so being held; and it shall also be the
duty of the said Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, in case
of the sickness, absence or disability of any Judge or
Judges assigned as aforesaid, to provide for the hearing of
the cases, or transaction of the business assigned to said
Judge or Judges, as aforesaid, before some one, or more, of
the Judges of said Court.

SEC. 33. The said Supreme Bench of Baltimore City
shall have power, and it shall be its duty, to provide for the

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